Wilhelm von Levetzau
Wilhelm Friedrich Ludwig Theodor von Levetzau (born April 8, 1820 in Flensburg , Schleswig-Holstein , † May 22, 1888 in Lübeck ) was a German administrative lawyer in the Danish and Prussian services.
Life
Wilhelm von Levetzau came from the Danish branch of the originally Mecklenburg noble family Levetzow / Levetzau . He was a son of the Danish court marshal Joachim Godsche / Godske von Levetzau (1782-1859) and his wife Wilhelmine Charlotte, born. von Stolle (1798–1822).
He studied law and in 1846 passed his exam at the Schleswig-Holstein-Lauenburg Higher Appeal Court in Kiel . He found his first job as a chamberlain at the Danish court and chancellor in the cabinet secretariat in Copenhagen .
In 1850 he became Herredsfoged (district judge) of Husby and Nieharde , and in 1851 he was bailiff over the Neumünster office . In 1855 he was appointed chamberlain .
From 1857 he was bailiff for the office Steinburg , connected with the supervision of the royal estate Drage (Steinburg) .
In 1855, 1857 and 1859 he was royal commissioner at the meetings of the Holstein Estates Assembly .
In 1866 he became the last Danish bailiff of the ducal offices of Trittau , Tremsbüttel and Reinbek . After the Prussian annexation of the duchies in 1867 he was appointed the first Prussian district administrator for the new Stormarn district. Reinbek Castle remained his official seat until 1873 , when the district administrator's seat was moved to Wandsbek . On July 1, 1880, he was retired for health reasons, which he spent in Lübeck.
Wilhelm von Levetzau was initially married to Sophie Marie Asuntha Catherine, born on August 15, 1849. von Blücher- Altona (1827–1851), a daughter of Count Gustav Blücher-Altona (1798–1864) and granddaughter of Conrad Daniel von Blücher-Altona . In his second marriage in 1857 he married Countess Mathilde Caroline von Moltke (1832–1882), a daughter of Magnus Theodor Graf Moltke (1806–1860) and granddaughter of Adam Gottlob Detlev von Moltke .
Awards
- 1859 Dannebrogorden , commander
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Levetzau, Wilhelm von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Levetzau, Wilhelm Friedrich Ludwig Theodor von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish bailiff |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 8, 1820 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Flensburg , Schleswig-Holstein |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 22, 1888 |
| Place of death | Lübeck |