Urban Dietrich von Lüdecke
Urban Dietrich von Lüdecke (born September 8, 1655 in Calbe ; † November 15, 1729 , buried in the Trinity Church in Wolfenbüttel ), statesman of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel , royal Prussian and princely Brunswick-Lüneburg privy councilor and chancellor of Wolfenbüttel, hereditary lord of Sickte .
family
Lüdecke was born as the son of the electoral Brandenburg bailiff zu Giebichenstein Jacob Lüdecke and Clara Elisabeth, née. Core. He married on October 18, 1681 in Halle (Saale) Clara Elisabeth Mathesius (* October 18, 1661 in Halle, † January 1, 1721 in Wolfenbüttel), daughter of Johann Mathesius and Clara Margarethe, born. Pisser. They had 15 children.
Life
He attended the grammar school in Halle and studied first from 1672 at the University of Leipzig and from 1675 at the University of Frankfurt (Oder) , where he disputed in 1677 under Samuel Stryk de curiositate . From 1678 he traveled to the Netherlands, England and France for two years. From 1681 he practiced in Halle, became a peasant and inspector of the council treasury. 1685 Assessor at the Schöppenstuhl . In 1686 he was appointed court advisor at the court in Wolfenbüttel. 1693 privy councilor , 1697 real privy councilor. In 1703 he was appointed privy councilor, collegiate governor and chief tax director of Quedlinburg by the King of Prussia while retaining his services in Brunswick . In 1704 he was introduced and at the same time appointed by the Brunswick court to director of the chancellery and the consistory . On September 29, 1704, the Prussian King Friedrich I elevated him to the hereditary nobility. In 1706 he was called to Berlin, where he was offered the presidential position in the tribunal or higher appellate court. He was also ready to take up this position, but Duke Anton Ulrich did not want to let him go and so he received permission from the royal Prussian court to stay in Wolfenbüttel. In 1714 a peace congress was to take place in Braunschweig because of the northern unrest, with King Friedrich Wilhelm I appointing Lüdecke as his plenipotentiario . Duke Anton Ulrich intervened. Friedrich Wilhelm I then asked Lüdecke to leave either the princely Brunswick or the royal services, including the Quedlinburg captaincy. Lüdecke decided on the latter. On November 17, 1718, Chancellor Philipp Ludwig Probst von Wendhausen died and Duke August Wilhelm made Lüdecke his successor the following day. He stayed that way until the end of his life.
Fonts (selection)
- De curiositate. (= Dissertation University of Frankfurt) Schrey, Frankfurt / Oder 1677, OCLC 257406190 .
progeny
- Johann Jacob von Lüdecke (1682–1750), married. I. Anna Elisabeth Wlömer, married. II. Sophia Jurina von Helmolt.
- August Wilhelm von Lüdecke (1687–1711).
- Urban Dietrich von Lüdecke (1688–1755), married. Sophia Helena Johanna von Burchtorff.
- Margarethe Elisabeth von Lüdecke (1689–1725).
- Johann Adolph von Lüdecke (1692–1728), married. Sophie Eleonore von Rauschenplat.
- Rudolf Anton von Lüdecke (1694–1725), married. Sophie Margarethe Elisabeth Diederichs.
9 out of 15 children died at a young age.
literature
- Johann Christoph von Dreyhaupt : Pagus neletici et nudzici - description of the hall circle. (Reprint of the edition of 1749/1750) Fly head, Hall 2002; ISBN 3930195704 .
- Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Dieter Lent et al. (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon - 8th to 18th century . Appelhans Verlag, Braunschweig 2006, ISBN 3-937664-46-7 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lüdecke, Urban Dietrich von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German privy councilor and chancellor of Wolfenbüttel |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 8, 1655 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Calbe |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 15, 1729 |
| Place of death | Wolfenbüttel |