Rudolph von Dieskau

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Rudolph von Dieskau , modernized Rudolf , (* February 5, 1593 ; † July 20, 1656 in Dresden ) was an electoral Saxon councilor and court master as well as manor owner , member of the Fruitful Society and author of didactic and satirical poems.

Life

Rudolph was a member of the Saxon noble family von Dieskau , a son of the Brandenburg Privy Councilor and Envoy Hieronymus von Dieskau (1565-1625) and Anna Pflug from the house of Kottwitz († 1635).

After the death of his wealthy father in July 1625, he and his brothers inherited the paternal estates in the Electorate of Brandenburg and the Electorate of Saxony .

In 1628 Rudolph von Dieskau became a member of the Fruit Bringing Society . He was named The Low One .

Since 1625 he had been in the service of Duke Wilhelm IV of Saxony-Weimar as court master , but turned his back on him and entered the service of Elector Johann Georg I of Saxony in Dresden . From 1633 to 1640 Rudolph von Dieskau was governor of Weißenfels . During this time he was appointed war commissioner for the Electoral Saxony in 1636 . From 1639 until his death he was councilor and court master of the later Elector Johann Georg II of Saxony , in the same function he also served Duke Moritz von Sachsen-Zeitz , the younger brother of the former.

Under various pseudonyms he wrote poems about spring and a satirical story.

When Rudolph von Dieskau died in Dresden in the summer of 1656, the funeral sermon given for his funeral at Melchior Bergen in Dresden appeared in print.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Areligen Häuser , Gotha 1905, p. 226.
  2. ↑ Entry at the Fruitful Society.
personal data
SURNAME Dieskau, Rudolph von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dieskau, Rudolf von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Electoral Saxon councilor and court master
DATE OF BIRTH February 5, 1593
DATE OF DEATH July 20, 1656
Place of death Dresden