Rudolf von Drachenfels

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Rudolf von Drachenfels , also Rudolph von Drachenfels (born June 4, 1582 in Markvippach ; † February 1, 1656 ), was a German court marshal and Weimar councilor. He also went down in history as an occasional poet.

Life

Drachenfels was the son of Hauptmann zu Mittau and Dobeln in Courland, Philipp von Drachenfels, and his wife Euphemia von Rosen. He accompanied Princes Johann Ernst the Younger of Saxe-Weimar and Friedrich of Saxe-Weimar as court and chamber junker on June 7, 1608 to study at the University of Jena . His own matriculation was recorded there on September 1, 1608. Later, at the age of 31, Drachenfels had to leave with Johann Ernst the Younger in 1613 on his one-year Cavalier tour through France, Great Britain and the Netherlands. After his return, Drachenfels lived at the Weimar court as a chamberlain.

As such, he married Susanna Sybilla von Werthern in 1618. With her he had two sons, Wolf Friedrich von Drachenfels and Ernst Wilhelm von Drachenfels, and a daughter, Sophia († 1645). In August 1639, Drachenfels was envoy to Duke Johann Ernst of Saxe-Weimar . On the occasion of this mission, Diederich von dem Werder suggested him as a member of the Fruit- Bringing Society , and Drachenfels was accepted under the name of the shocker .

Rudolf von Drachenfels was recorded with the number 344 in the Köthen Society Book of the Fruit Bringing Society. This is also where his motto is the gall above . As an emblem he was given peanuts < Lathyrus tuberosus (L.)>.

On the occasion of his initiation, Drachenfels wrote the following rhyme law:

"Poke the peanuts out of the bile properly,
if they are prepared for the doctor.
I puff 'therefore' say: You should poke the anger bile
, but be
careful that sin does not happen in words and commands
Vnd vice-haffte werck 'in Vnß to be practiced:
To use who' only the fruit is harvested, whom
God's good spirit to love 'had led.

From 1647 to 1655, Drachenfels held the office of court marshal and councilor at the court of Weimar. He died at the age of 74.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Archive for German aristocratic history, genealogy, heraldry and sphragistics: Vierteljahrsschrift, Volume 2, Rauh, 1865, p. 291 restricted preview in the Google book search
  2. ↑ Journal, Volume 11; Volume 19; Verein für Thüringische Geschichte und Altertumskunde, G. Fischer, 1899 ( limited preview in Google book search)
  3. ↑ Journal, Volume 11; Volume 19, Verein für Thüringische Geschichte und Altertumskunde, G. Fischer, 1899, p. 428 restricted preview in the Google book search
  4. ↑ The Fruchtbringende society oldest Ertzschrein: Letters, p 494 limited preview in Google Book Search
  5. ↑ Martin Bircher: In the garden of the palm. Catalog of a collection of documents on the effectiveness of the Fruitful Society. Harrassowitz Verlag, 1998, p. 378 ( limited preview in Google book search)
personal data
SURNAME Drachenfels, Rudolf von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Drachenfels, Rudolph von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German administrative officer and occasional poet
DATE OF BIRTH June 4, 1582
PLACE OF BIRTH Markvippach
DATE OF DEATH February 1, 1656