Samuel von Chwalkowski

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Samuel von Chwalkowski , also Chwałkowo-Chwałkowsky , Chwalkowo-Chwalkowsky or Chwalkowo von Chwalkosky , (* in Fraustadt ; † October 30, 1705 ) was a Brandenburg-Prussian statesman.

Life

family

Katharina Elisabeth von Chwałkowsky, engraving by Johann Georg Wolfgang

Samuel von Chwalkowski came from a Polish noble family with the Odrowąż coat of arms . His parents were Nikolaus Chwalkowo von Chwalkowski and Hedwig von Webere. His brother Nikolaus was a resident of Courland as a lawyer and writer . Two daughters are known from Samuel's marriage to Charlotta Sophia von dem Knesebeck , a daughter of Thomas von dem Knesebeck (1628–1689).

Eleonore Philippine, née Chwalkowo von Chwalkowski (1693–1741), was the last of her sex to wed to Prussia with Chamber President Christian Ernst von Münchow (1671–1749).

Career

Chwalkowski was initially a court squire at the Polish royal court and was entrusted with various diplomatic activities for Denmark and Brandenburg . After he came into contact with Johann von Hoverbeck in Warsaw , he switched to Brandenburg-Prussian services in 1679. Until then he was still working as a Danish correspondent in Poland. He then made a special contribution to negotiations on Polish issues. In 1680 he was appointed court and chamber judge by Elector Friedrich Wilhelm .

Since 1682 he was the governor of the Starostei Draheim , where he has proven himself very well. This did not go unnoticed, and so he was appointed by Dodo (II.) Zu Innhausen and Knyphausen to the Secret Court Chamber, the first Prussian central specialist authority that administered the domains and their income. In 1687 he was promoted to Privy Councilor , in 1692 to Vice President and Chamber President, 1698 to Real Privy Councilor and President of the Chamber of Commerce, and on October 17th of this year finally to Director of Domains and Finance, i.e. Minister of Finance. In 1699 he also became captain of Mühlenhof and Möllenbeck .

He was also entrusted several times with diplomatic missions, for example in 1694 to the Saxon court in Dresden, where he noticed the considerable influence of Schöning , which was of lasting importance for Brandenburg. His great esteem, however, lay in the area of ​​the Prussian domain administration. After the fall of Knyphausen in 1698 at the beginning of the reign of Frederick III. Khwalkovsky was the most important specialist in domain administration. It is mainly thanks to him that despite the uncertain conditions, such as the favoritism under Frederick III. brought with it that the General Domain Directorate could emerge as an independent specialist authority, which was to become an important developmental factor in the reorganization of the administration in the 18th century.

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  1. ↑ Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Adeligen Häuser (AA), fourth year, Justus Perthes , Gotha 1903, p. 599.
  2. ↑ Peter Bahl: The court of the great elector. Studies on the higher office holdings of Brandenburg-Prussia (= publications from the archives of Prussian cultural property, supplement 8). Böhlau, Cologne, Weimar, Vienna 2001, p. 174.
  3. ↑ Christian August Ludwig Klaproth, Immanuel Karl Wilhelm Cosmar: The king. Prussian and Churfürstl. Brandenburg Really Secret State Council on its bicentenary foundation day on January 5th, 1805. Berlin 1805, p. 391, no. 119.
personal data
SURNAME Chwalkowski, Samuel von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Chwałkowo-Chwałkowsky, Samuel von; Chwalkowo-Chwalkowsky, Samuel von; Chwalkowo by Chwalkosky, Samuel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Brandenburg-Prussian statesman
DATE OF BIRTH 17th century
PLACE OF BIRTH Woman city
DATE OF DEATH October 30, 1705