Rudolf Sparr von Greiffenberg
Rudolf rafters of Greiffenberg (* unknown, † 1639 ) was Electoral Mainz upper office man in Koenigstein im Taunus and Kurkölner High Chancellor.
origin
Rudolf Sparr von Greiffenberg came from the Uckermark noble family von Sparr. His grandfather was Valentin von Sparr auf Greiffenberg . His parents were Franz von Sparr († 1621) and his wife Anna von Sparr from the Trampe family.
Life
Rudolf Sparr von Greiffenberg entered the Kurmainzer service and became a bailiff in the Dieburg and Prozelten offices . In 1625 he became senior bailiff in Königstein. At Christmas 1631 the Swedes took the fortress and the city of Königstein under King Gustav II Adolf . Rudolf Sparr von Greiffenberg had to flee and resigned as senior bailiff.
As part of his escape, he entered the service of Kurkölner and became the Elector of Cologne. As a result, he acquired property in Westphalia and became the progenitor of the Westphalian line of his house.
family
He married Anna Katharina von Partenheim, the heir to Philipp von Partenheim , with whom his family died out. The couple had the following children:
- Anselm Casimir Ferdinand ∞ Margaretha Petronella von der Recke from the House of Kemnade
- Nikolaus († June 22, 1684), Commander of the Teutonic Order in Heilbronn
literature
- Friedrich Stöhlker: The Kurmainzer Oberamtmen in Königstein (1581–1781). In: Heimatliche Geschichtsblätter , Königstein im Taunus 1957, No. 4, pp. 48–48.
- Christian W. Grundmann: Attempt at a Ucker-Märckische nobility history , 1744, online
- Theodor von Mörner , Märkische Kriegs-Obersten of the seventeenth century , p. 26 , p. 77
Web links
- Rudolf von Sparr at geneall.net
Individual evidence
- ↑ HJ Vetter, Authentic collection of the noble coats of arms and family records that existed and sworn up by the Bergische Knighthood , p. 67, digitized
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sparr von Greiffenberg, Rudolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Oberamtmann in Koenigstein |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 16th Century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1639 |