Werner Wilhelm von Blaspiel
Werner Wilhelm (Reichsfreiherr) von Blaspiel (* around 1615 , † 1681 in Berlin , alternative spellings: Blaspeil , Blaspijl or Blasspiel ) was a Brandenburg politician and diplomat .
Life
Origin and family
Werner Wilhlem von Blaspiel was a son of Johann Moritz von Blaspiel was a son of the reformed Klevian land rent master and chamber councilor Lucas Blaspiel (1585–1668) and Margarte, née Bachmann († 1664). The Prussian statesman Johann Moritz von Blaspiel († 1723) was his son.
Career
During the residence of the Great Elector in Kleve from 1647 to 1649, Blaspiel was appointed to the secret government and chamber council. As envoy of the Brandenburg state and diplomat, he gained a high reputation, in particular by resolving the bilateral disputes over the repayment of national debts to Holland , through which he on the one hand a consolidation of the relations between the two countries and on the other hand a closer cooperation with the involvement of the Habsburg states against Louis XIV hoped for. He played a key role in bringing about the Brandenburg-Palatinate hereditary settlement over the Jülich-Klevian lands in 1666 and in the negotiations for the Peace of Nijmegen 1676-78. On December 19, 1678, Blaspiel was elevated to the status of imperial baron .
Portraits
Engraving after JH Quiter, Bibl. Nat., Paris, Kupf.-Kab
literature
- Peter Bahl : The court of the great elector. Studies on the higher office holdings of Brandenburg-Prussia (= publications from the archives of Prussian cultural property, supplement 8). Böhlau, Cologne, Weimar, Vienna 2001, p. 431.
- Helmut Dahm : Blaspiel, Werner Wilhelm. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1955, ISBN 3-428-00183-4 , p. 291 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Bernhard Erdmannsdörffer : Blaspeil, Werner Wilhelm . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, pp. 696-698.
- Friedrich Ludwig Joseph Fischbach : Historical political, geographical, statistical and military contributions, concerning the Royal Prussian and neighboring states. 2nd part, 2nd volume. Johann Friedrich Unger, Berlin 1783, p. 519, no.12
- Samuel von Pufendorf : De Rebus Gestis Friderici Wilhelmi Magni Electoris Brandenburgici Commentariorum Libri Novendecim. Postum Berlin 1694/1695, p. 483 ff
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Blaspiel, Lucas in the German biography
- ↑ Maximilian Gritzner : Chronological register of the Brandenburg-Prussian class elevations and acts of grace from 1600–1873. Berlin 1874, p. 9.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Blaspiel, Werner Wilhelm von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Blaspeil, Werner Wilhelm Freiherr von (full name with title 1678) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Brandenburg politician and diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1615 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1681 |
| Place of death | Berlin |