Wilhelm Goswin Anton von Galen

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Wilhelm Goswin Anton von Galen zu Assen (born October 1, 1678 in Dinklage , † September 11, 1710 in Düsseldorf ) was treasurer in the Prince Diocese of Münster .

Life

Origin and family

 Numerous prominent and well-known personalities have emerged from the ancient  Westphalian  noble family  von Galen , which is one of the most important in the  Duchy of Münster . In the 16th century it partially sympathized with the  Reformation , but later became Catholic again  . Wilhelm Goswin Anton von Galen zu Assen was born the son of  Franz Wilhelm von Galen zu Assen and his wife Ursula Helena  von Plettenberg-Lehnhausen (* 1654, † 1720), sister of  Prince-Bishop Friedrich Christian von Plettenberg  , and had four sisters: Anna Maria ( * 1672, ⚭  Franz Anton von Landsberg), Francelina (* 1680, ⚭ Franz Christoph von Hörde zu Störmede), Elisabeth Antonetta († 1715, canons in Nottuln) and Maria Theresia († 1727, canon in Nottuln, ⚭ Franz Otto von Weichs). His brother Franz Heinrich Christian (* 1679, † 1712) was canon in Münster and Worms,  Friedrich Christian  cathedral dean in Münster and Wilhelm Ferdinand heir and treasurer. He married on February 8, 1705 in Henrichenburg the heiress Anna Maria von Sythen (1686-1724). The daughter Anna Helena Maria Antonia Josepha Von Galen (* 1707, † 1739, ⚭ 1728 Christian Franz Dietrich von Fürstenberg ) emerged from the marriage.

Career and work

In 1693 Wilhelm Goswin Anton received the second family praise in Minden , which he renounced in May 1697 in favor of his brother Friedrich Christian . This was followed by a two-year course in Prague . On August 10, 1701 the revival to the knighthood of Münster took place. On May 12, 1716, he nominated his daughter Anna Helena for a prebend at Nottuln Abbey , which she gave to Maria Sophia Franzisca von Galen because of her marriage in 1728.

Inheritance disputes over the Sythen house

Before they got married, Wilhelm Goswin Anton von Galen and Anna Maria von Sythen signed an extensive marriage contract on September 6, 1704. After that, after Anna Maria's death in 1724, the eldest daughter Anna Helena Maria had inheritance claims. Nevertheless, Anna Maria's granddaughter from her second marriage, Wilhelmina Friderica von Westerholt zu Westerholt and Alst and their son Wilhelm, made (in vain) claims. Franz von Fürstenberg and Franz Egon von Fürstenberg were heirs to the Sythen family .

Others

Wilhelm Anton Goswin is buried in the parish church in Haltern . Its epitaph is also located here.

Epitaph Wilhelm Goswin Antons von Galen in St. Sixtus , Haltern (1710)

literature

  • Marcus Weidner: Landadel in Münster 1600–1760 , NF 18.1 a. February 18, Aschendorff Verlag, Münster 2000.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Marriage contract of September 6, 1704, * marriage contract, digital copy
personal data
SURNAME Galen, Wilhelm Goswin Anton von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Chamberlain in the Principality of Münster
DATE OF BIRTH October 1, 1678
PLACE OF BIRTH Dinklage
DATE OF DEATH September 11, 1710
Place of death Dusseldorf