Ulrich Friedrich von Suhm

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Ulrich Friedrich von Suhm (born April 29, 1691 in Dresden , † November 8, 1740 in Saint Petersburg ) was a diplomat and a friend of Frederick the Great .

family

Ulrich Friedrich von Suhm came from the Danish aristocratic family Suhm and was a son of the royal Polish and Electoral Saxon secret war and chamber councilor Burchard von Suhm (1666-1720) and the Gesilla von Brüggemann (1672-1711). He was married to Charlotte von der Lieth (1700–1730) since 1721. The marriage resulted in a daughter and five sons.

Life

He studied in Geneva , then found a job in the law firm Jacob Heinrich von Flemmings or in the foreign department of the Secret Cabinet in Electoral Saxony. In 1717 he became a councilor and in 1718 accompanied Flemming's embassy to Vienna .

In the years 1720–1730 Suhm was the electoral Saxon ambassador to the Berlin court, where he came into close contact with the then Crown Prince Friedrich II and was in a very friendly and philosophical correspondence throughout his life , which was called Correspondance familiaire after the king's death de Frédéric II avec UF de S. appeared in two volumes. By 1722 at the latest, Suhm was also elected a secret war councilor. In 1736/1737 Suhm translated Christian Wolff's German metaphysics into French for the Prussian Crown Prince .

From 1730 to 1736 Suhm moved into a pension, but in 1736 he became the Saxon ambassador to Russia . Then in 1740, when Frederick II took office in Prussia, Suhm entered Prussian service, but could no longer take up this position because he died on November 8, 1740 in Saint Petersburg.

As hereditary lord , Suhm also owned the old Zuhm fiefdoms Marlow and Trockendorf on Rügen. It was not until 1763 that these goods were lent to Julius Christoph von der Lancken by the Swedish king .

The fact that Suhm was one of Friedrich II's friends was also evident in the king's care for Suhm's relatives after his death.

Remarks

  1. ^ Reprinted in: Oeuvres de Frédéric le Grand, Volume XVI
  2. ^ According to Matzke, he died in Warsaw on the journey from St. Petersburg to Berlin
  3. ^ Letters from a Prussian field preacher concerning various traits of Frederick the Single. Potsdam 1791, pp. 61-65

literature

  • Friendly correspondence between Friedrich the Zweyten, King of Prussia, and UF von Suhm. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Bibliothek, Volumes 81–82, 1788, pp. 33–43 ( digitized in the Google book search).
  • Franz Schnorr von Carolsfeld:  Suhm, Ulrich Friedrich von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 37, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1894, p. 138 f.
  • Judith Matzke: Legation and diplomatic service of Saxony 1694–1763. Dissertation Dresden, 2007 (PDF; 2.93 MB) , p. 374
predecessor Office successor
Albrecht von der Lieth Electoral Saxon envoy in Berlin
1720–1730 		Moritz Karl von Lynar
Moritz Karl von Lynar Electoral Saxon envoy in Saint Petersburg
1736–1740 		Moritz Karl von Lynar
personal data
SURNAME Suhm, Ulrich Friedrich von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Diplomat and a friend of Frederick the Great
DATE OF BIRTH April 29, 1691
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden
DATE OF DEATH November 8, 1740
Place of death St. Petersburg