Thure Leonard Klinckowström
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Thure Leonard Klinckowström (born December 29, 1735 , † November 23, 1821 in Stockholm ) was the Swedish chief marshal and president of the Wismar tribunal .
Life
Thure Leonard came from the Swedish-Pomeranian family Klinckowström . His parents were the government councilor Thure Gustav Klinckowström (1693-1765) and his wife Maria Charlotte von Borcke (1714-1785). The father was raised to the baron status in 1759 . He joined the Swedish court service as a chancellery junker and became court junker in 1763, chamberlain in 1764 and royal chamberlain in 1766. In 1767 he was archivist of the Royal Order of Majesty (KMO), in 1774 Court Marshal and in 1776 Knight of the North Star Order . In 1782 he was appointed President of the Wismar Tribunal. In the same year he became sub-chancellor of the Order of Majesty. In 1794 he was commander of all orders of majesty and supreme ombudsman of the orders.
After he had signed the contract about the engagement of the Swedish King Gustav IV Adolf to Luise Charlotte zu Mecklenburg in 1795 , which was canceled soon afterwards, he was appointed the Queen's Supreme Marshal and Knight of the Order of the Seraphines . He was also given the title “En af rikets herrar” (about Lord of the Empire ). In 1797 he became Supreme Marshal of Queen Friederike Dorothea . In 1799 he resigned from the office of president of the tribunal. In 1811 he became a Knight of the Freemasons reserved the Order of Charles XIII. appointed.
Thure Leonard Klinckowström owned on the basis of the ordinance of his uncle Leonard Klinckowström (1685-1759) Rinkesta in Arla socks as Fideikommiss , which he later exchanged for Graneberg in Gryts socks , Södermanland .
He was considered very rich. It was all the more surprising when shortly after his death his bankruptcy was disclosed.
In 1768 he married Carolina Sophia Freiin von Lantinghausen (* 1749, † 1769), who died the following year. His second marriage was in 1773 with Hedwig Eleonora Countess von Fersen (* July 2, 1753, † November 8, 1792 in Pisa ), the daughter of the Imperial Councilor Count Friedrich Axel von Fersen . With her he had a daughter and three sons.
literature
- Gabriel Anrep : Svenska Adelns Ättar-Taflor. Part 2, Norstedt & Söner, Stockholm 1861, p. 443 ( Google books ).
- Vilhelm Fredrik Palmblad, Peter Wieselgren, Karl Fredrik Werner (eds.): Biografiskt lexicon öfver namnkunnige svenske men. Vol. 7, Uppsala 1841, p. 76 ( Google Books ).
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SURNAME | Klinckowström, Thure Leonard |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Klinckowström, Thure Leonhard; Klinckowström, Thure |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish High Court Marshal, President of the Wismar Tribunal |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 29, 1735 |
DATE OF DEATH | November 23, 1821 |
Place of death | Stockholm |