Ulrich Lebrecht von Mandelsloh
Ulrich Lebrecht Graf von Mandelsloh (born February 16, 1760 in Toitenwinkel , † April 30, 1827 in Stuttgart ) was the Privy Councilor and Minister of State of the Kingdom of Württemberg .
Career
Mandelsloh came from the originally Lower Saxon, later Mecklenburg noble family von Mandelsloh . His father August Lebrecht von Mandelsloh was a landlord in Mecklenburg, his mother Maria von Mandelsloh came from the von Gloeden family . In 1773 he came to the Württemberg military academy, which was soon relocated to Stuttgart as the Hohe Karlsschule . Here he first devoted himself to forest science and then studied law and political science. After graduating, he entered the state service in Württemberg. In 1783 he was appointed aristocratic councilor of Württemberg. Duke Carl Eugen commissioned Mandelsloh with important missions early on. In 1793 he was appointed director of the Swabian district . In this function he took part in July 1796 in the conclusion of the armistice with the French General Moreau who had invaded Württemberg . Since Duke Friedrich Eugen was dissatisfied with the peace conditions, he sent Mandelsloh to Paris . Due to the changed situation, he was able to obtain cheaper concessions there. Duke Friedrich sent Mandelsloh as an envoy to the Rastatt Congress . In 1799 Mandelsloh became a member of the Privy Council . When Moreau again marched into Württemberg at the head of French troops in 1800 and the duke had to flee, Mandelsloh succeeded in preventing France from taking over the administration of the state and easing the burden of war. As the successor to Count Johann Karl von Zeppelin , Mandelsloh became President of the Privy Council.
Minister of State
During the reorganization of the government associated with the establishment of the Kingdom of Württemberg , Mandelsloh was entrusted with the management of the clerical department, which was associated with the interests of the churches, the school system and the higher education system. Mandelsloh now initiated the first laws on the legal equality of Protestants and Catholics. Negotiations with the papal nuncio about the conditions of the Catholic Church did not lead to any result. Furthermore, Mandelsloh took care of the restructuring of the University of Tübingen . On May 21, 1808, Mandelsloh exchanged the clerical department for the finance department, which he had already headed from January 1806 to May 28, 1807. Here he managed to get the escalating national deficit under control. King Friedrich raised him to the rank of count and made him supervise the public library , the fine arts and the theater . During the dispute that broke out from 1815 on the constitution unilaterally drawn up by King Friedrich, Mandelsloh had to give up political ground and lost his government offices after King Friedrich's death, as he had always advocated princely absolutism. This made him appear intolerable to the estates . The new King Wilhelm appointed Mandelsloh as Minister of the Bundestag in Frankfurt in 1816 . In 1819 he was appointed envoy in Vienna . In 1820 he retired. Mandelsloh had been the bearer of the Grand Cross of the Order of the Württemberg Crown since 1827 .
literature
- Eugen Schneider : Mandelsloh, Ulrich Leberecht Graf von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 20, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1884, p. 173 f.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Werner Gebhardt: The students of the High Charles School. A biographical lexicon . Stuttgart 2011, p. 369.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mandelsloh, Ulrich Lebrecht from |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mandelsloh, Ulrich Lebrecht Graf von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | State Minister of Württemberg |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 16, 1760 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Toitenwinkel |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 30, 1827 |
| Place of death | Stuttgart |