Valentin von Loienfels

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Valentin von Löwenfels (epitaph in the Church of St. Cosmae et Damiani in Stade)

Valentin von Loienfels , also Loyenfels , Löwenfels , Loewenfels or Lejonfels , (born March 8, 1628 in Stralsund as Valentin Maus , † March 25, 1670 in Stade ) was a German lawyer in the Swedish service.

Life

The son of the merchant of the same name Valentin Maus and Katharina Burwitz attended school in Stralsund and the Stettin pedagogy . At the age of 15 he went to the University of Rostock , where he studied for three years. He then went on a trip to the Netherlands , where he visited the universities of Groningen and Leiden . The Swedish imperial general Jakob De la Gardie noticed him and made him court master of his sons, with whom he attended the University of Uppsala and then traveled to Italy and France. After his return appointed him Charles X Gustav to trainee at Greifswald Hofgericht . In 1657 the Swedish king summoned him to Poland during the Second Northern War and appointed him general auditor of his army.

In 1660 he was appointed Assessor of the Court Court in Stade with the titles of Justice and Consistorial Councilor. In the same year Valentin Musculus, as he called himself since his student days, was raised to the Swedish nobility with the name of mice . At his request, the name was later changed to von Loienfels .

From 1661 he was married to Anna Bulder, the widow of Stade council relative Bernhard Bulder and daughter of Chancellor Hinrich von Haren. Their daughter Anna Katharina (* 1663) was born out of the marriage.

There was a portrait of Loienfels in the church of St. Cosmae et Damiani in Stade.

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personal data
SURNAME Loienfels, Valentin von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Loewenfels, Valentin von; Loyenfels, Valentin von; Muscle, Valentinus; Loyenfelss, Valentin; Mice, Valentin von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer in the service of Sweden
DATE OF BIRTH March 8, 1628
PLACE OF BIRTH Stralsund
DATE OF DEATH March 25, 1670
Place of death Stade