Stephan Heinrich von Eberstein

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Count Stephan Heinrich von Everstein (born April 10, 1533 - † October 6, 1613 at Quarkenburg Castle) was a diplomat for the Dukes of Pomerania , Lord of Naugard and Massow and district administrator there .

family

Stephan Heinrich von Everstein was a son of Count Georg von Everstein (1481–1553) and his wife Walpurgis, born. Countess Schlick (1500–1575). He married Countess Margarethe von Dietz (1544–1608), a daughter of Landgrave Philip I of Hesse (1509–1567) from his morganatic second marriage with Margarethe von der Saale on August 10, 1577 in Frauenberg . His wife left him two children.

Career

He studied first in Wittenberg , later also in Italy, France and England. He then found a place of work at the Imperial Court of Justice and then worked for Duke Ludwig of Württemberg and Archbishop Gebhard of Cologne . In 1593 he went back to Pomerania and entered the service of the dukes there . In 1603 he became district administrator. He died at the Quarkenburg castle that he had built.

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personal data
SURNAME Eberstein, Stephan Heinrich von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Everstein, Stephan Heinrich Graf von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Diplomat of the Dukes of Pomerania
DATE OF BIRTH April 10, 1533
DATE OF DEATH October 6, 1613
Place of death Quarkenburg Castle