Samuel von Hertefeldt

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Samuel Freiherr von und zu Hertefeldt , also Hertefeld , (* 1664 ; † January 16, 1730 at Castle Liebenberg ) was a Prussian statesman .

Life

family

Samuel von Hertefeldt was a member of the Klevian noble family von und zu Hertefeldt . His parents were the Klevisch- Märkish hunter Georg Wilhelm von und zu Hertefeldt and Justina, née von Imbise zu Granbene. He married Maria Anna Isabella Freiin von Wylich in 1702 . Three sons are known from the marriage:

  • Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Hertefeld (* 1705), chief forester, Knight of St. John, heir to Hertefeld and Kolk
  • Ludwig Casimir Freiherr von Hertefeld (1709–1790), Chamberlain, Rittmeister and Knight of St. John, heir to Boetzlaer and Liebenberg, ⚭ 1737 Louise Susanne von Bechefer (1711–1766), a daughter of the Prussian Lieutenant General Jakob von Bechefer (1661–1731)
  • Friedrich Samuel von Hertefeld (1717–1763), heir to Guten-Germendorf, ⚭ Augusta Sabine Charlotte von Quast (1732–1808)

Career

Hertefeldt entered the service of Prince Elector Friedrich von Brandenburg as a hunting page at the age of fifteen . With his employer he took part in the Palatinate War of Succession , in particular the siege of Bonn . In 1697 he became Klevescher Jägermeister and in 1704, following his uncle Jobst Gerhard von Hertefeldt in this office, Brandenburg-Prussian chief hunter master.

While still in Kleve he was the secret finance councilor, Drost zu Cranenburg, Waldgraf zu Nergena and jurisdiction over Hoennepel and Nieder-Moermter.

He also finished the work begun by his uncle to rest of the colony of New Holland , making it the attention Frederick William I pulled up. After his assumption of government, he commissioned Hertefeldt with the reclamation of the Havelland lynx by building the Great Havelland main canal . Later he led similar land reclamations in East Prussia and Lithuania together with master builder, war and domain counselor Johann Carl Stolze .

He was a knight of the Black Eagle Order , and a secret chief finance, war and domain council. On September 10, 1727, he became a real secret budget and had the rank of minister in the Prussian government .

Hertefeldt was the heir to Hertefeld, Weeze, Kolk , Liebenberg (residence, which he had considerably expanded and designed), Häsen, Guten-Germendorf, Bergsdorf, Grüneberg, Boetzlaer and Appeldorn. He was buried in Liebenberg's vault on January 22, 1730.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Johann Gottfried Dienemann: Nachrichten vom Johanniterorden , Berlin 1767, p. 216.
  2. ↑ Hermann Keipp: Berlin Revue , Volume 11, Berlin 1857, S. 537, No. 65th.
  3. ↑ Christian August Ludwig Klaproth, Immanuel Karl Wilhelm Cosmar: The king. Prussian and Churfürstl. Brandenburg Really Secret State Council on its bicentenary foundation day, January 5th, 1805. Berlin 1805, p. 411, no. 163.
personal data
SURNAME Hertefeldt, Samuel von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hertefeldt, Samuel Freiherr von und zu; Hertefeld, Samuel Freiherr from and to
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian statesman
DATE OF BIRTH 1664
DATE OF DEATH January 16, 1730
Place of death Liebenberg Castle