Valentin von Massow (Obermarschall)

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Valentin von Massow (born March 19, 1752 in Minden ; † August 10, 1817 in Steinhöfel ) was a Prussian court official. From 1792 to 1809 he was court marshal of the Crown Prince, then King Friedrich Wilhelm III. In 1809 he was appointed chief marshal in the Kingdom of Prussia .

Valentin von Massow, Court Marshal Sr. Königl. Majesty of Prussia

Life

Coming from the Pomeranian noble family Massow , he was the son of his father of the same name, Valentin von Massow . He joined the Prussian Army in 1765 and from 1787 was an honorary member of the Berlin Academy of the Arts , architecture department. In 1788 he was promoted to company commander and major in the Berlin Gensdarmes regiment, which Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm also joined in the same year . The Crown Prince valued Massow as an art expert and drew him into his personal circle.

Gilly's design for Paretz Castle was based on the suggestion of Massow based on Steinhöfel's

In the years 1790 to 1795, Massow had his newly acquired, typically Brandenburg manor house in Steinhöfel completely rebuilt in a programmatic way by David Gilly , who enlisted his son Friedrich Gilly to collaborate. The "Mustergut" Steinhöfel became an "initial building of the new artistic, horticultural and economic ideas", the influence of which "cannot be overestimated" on the subsequent rural building activity. During a visit to Steinhöfel in 1794, the Crown Prince and Crown Princess Luise were so impressed by the village, palace and park grounds that Massow was commissioned to design their future summer residence as well.

In 1792 Massow resigned from the army as a lieutenant colonel and took over the office of court marshal to the crown prince. In this office he was responsible, among other things, for the redevelopment of the Berlin Crown Prince's Palace for the future King Friedrich Wilhelm III. After his accession to government in 1797, he also received the office of Intendant of the Royal Palaces and Gardens. Now Massow had, among other things, the responsibility for the construction of the castle and village Paretz by David and Friedrich Gilly .

In 1809 Massow was given the higher rank of chief marshal in the Kingdom of Prussia with the predicate " excellence ". Burchard Friedrich von Maltzahn became the new court marshal . Massow initially retained his duties as director of the Royal Palaces and Gardens. In the following year, however, Massow fell out of favor with the king because he had signed a protest petition from the Lebus and Beeskow-Storkow estates; The management board also went to the new court marshal Maltzahn. In 1811 Massow withdrew to his Steinhöfel estate.

progeny

Massow married Charlotte Auguste Johanne Luise Countess von Blumenthal on December 18, 1788 (* August 25, 1766; † June 3, 1835). She was the daughter of the Prussian Minister Joachim Christian von Blumenthal and his first wife Katharina Sophie Auguste, née von der Groeben . The following children were born from the marriage:

  • Valentin (1793–1854), Prussian lieutenant general
  • Ludwig (1794–1859), Prussian civil servant
⚭ 1823 Hermine von der Schulenburg -Emden (* April 21, 1796; † October 25, 1846)
⚭ 1849 Auguste Freiin von Canitz and Dallwitz (* April 22, 1822; † 1904)
  • Luise (June 9, 1796 - February 27, 1827)
  • Karl Friedrich Valentin (7 September 1797 - 16 October 1813), died near Leipzig
  • August Karl Valentin (May 10, 1799 - December 25, 1882) ⚭ 1835 Wilhelmine Marie von Glasenapp (January 14, 1816 - June 6, 1873) from the Warchow family
  • Friedrich Heinrich Valentin (* May 12, 1801; † August 12, 1817)
  • Wilhelm (1802–1867), Privy Councilor, member of the Prussian manor house
⚭ 1836 Laura Caroline von Wartensleben (* 1815; † 1849)
⚭ 1852 Julie Wilhelmine von Behr (* 1825; † 1901)

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The representation follows Christiane Salge: "... I forbid the expression castle". The noble "Land-Gut" in Brandenburg around 1800 . In: Markus Jager: Palaces and Gardens of the Mark. Festival ceremony for Sibylle Badstübner-Gröger . Lukas, Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-936872-96-1 , pp. 65–80, on Steinhöfel pp. 66–70, cit. P. 69
  2. ^ Thomas Stamm-Kuhlmann : The court of Friedrich Wilhelm III. von Prussia 1797 to 1849. In: Karl Möckl (Hrsg.): Court and court society in the German states in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Harald Boldt Verlag, Boppard am Rhein 1990, p. 291 f. ( Online ).
  3. ↑ The widow married Ferdinand Stiehl in 1868 (* April 12, 1812; † September 16, 1878)
personal data
SURNAME Massow, Valentin von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian court official
DATE OF BIRTH March 19, 1752
PLACE OF BIRTH Minden
DATE OF DEATH August 10, 1817
Place of death Steinhöfel