Rudolf Emanuel Passavant
Rudolf Emanuel Passavant (born October 21, 1641 in Basel ; † December 7, 1718 in Frankfurt am Main ) was the first passer-by in the Free Imperial City of Frankfurt, where the family later came to be influential and rich.
Life
He was born in Basel, but had already been living in Hanau for 15 years when he was allowed to settle in Frankfurt am Main in 1682, where he successfully expanded his English manufactured goods business, which he had already established in Hanau. In 1686 he took the citizenship oath and bought a house in the Alte Mainzer Gasse at the Fahrtor . In 1703 he also bought the house at Zum Strahlberg am Römerberg . He was married three times and had 45 grandchildren. His first wife was Jeanne de Bassompierre from Frankfurt, to whom he a. a. wrote an intimate love letter still preserved.
Passavant was a member of the Reformed Congregation in Bockenheim . Since religious services by the Reformed community were not allowed in the Lutheran Frankfurt, Rudolf Emmanuel bought a plot of land with a house in Bockenheim. His grave is in the Peterskirchhof .
Wives and children
- On May 11, 1667 he married Jeanne de Bassompierre (1649–1678) and had the following children with her:
- Anna Maria (1669-1697)
- John (1671–1692)
- Rudolf (1673–1752)
- On August 19, 1679 he married Agatha (S) chombart (1651–1706) and had the following children with her:
- Susanna (* 1681, † 1760 in Bremen)
- Johanna (1683-1730)
- Jacob (1684–1773), was the founder of the younger Frankfurt line of the Passavant family. He died wealthy as a citizen captain (elected head of one of the fourteen city districts) and a member of the 51 College , a citizens' committee. His grandson Philipp Jakob Passavant (1748–1822) founded the Philipp Passavant & Son iron shop in 1804 , which still exists today as part of the Staecker Group.
- Walperta (1685-1718)
- Susanna Katherina (1688–1707)
- After 1706 he married Anne Marguerite Jordis (* 1656), with whom he had no further children.
literature
- Wolfgang Klötzer (Hrsg.): Frankfurter Biographie . Personal history lexicon . Second volume. M – Z (= publications of the Frankfurt Historical Commission . Volume XIX , no. 2 ). Waldemar Kramer, Frankfurt am Main 1996, ISBN 3-7829-0459-1 . P. 127
Remarks
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Passavant, Rudolf Emanuel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Merchant in Frankfurt am Main |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 21, 1641 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Basel , Old Confederation |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 7, 1718 |
| Place of death | Frankfurt am Main , Holy Roman Empire |