Ferdinand von Plettenberg
Count Ferdinand von Plettenberg und Wittem, commonly referred to as Ferdinand von Plettenberg (b. 25 July 1690 Paderborn - 18 March 1737 Vienna) was Prime Minister of the Electorate of Cologne, Treasurer and Hereditary Marshal of Prince-elector Clemens August of Bavaria and an important supporter of Maria Theresa in the succession to the throne for the Habsburgian Erblande.[1][2]
Early life and ancestry[edit]
Friedrich Christian was born into an old westphalian House of Plettenberg, as the only son of Baron Johann Adolph von Plettenberg zu Lenhausen (1655–1695) and his wife, Baroness Maria Theresia Gudula von Wolff-Metternich zur Gracht (b. 1667). He was nephew of Friedrich Christian von Plettenberg, Prince-Bishop of Münster.
Career[edit]
For his loyal service to the House of Habsburg, he was awarded with the title of Imperial Count on 8 September 1724 by Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor and made Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece.[3]
Personal life[edit]
He was married in 1712 to Countess Bernhardine von Westerholt (1695-1757), daughter of Count Dietrich Conrad Adolph von Westerholt zu Lembeck (1658-1702) and his wife, Baroness Maria Anna Theodora Waldbott von Bassenheim (1665-1742). They had a son and a daughter:
- Franz Joseph, Graf von Plettenberg-Wittem (1714-1779), married Countess Maria Aloisia von Lamberg (1718-1796) and had issue
- Bernhardine Maria Sophie Ferdinande, Gräfin von Plettenberg (1719-1769), married Count Josef Franz Bonaventura Kilian von Schönborn-Buchheim (1708-1772) and had issue[4]
References[edit]
- ^ Biographie, Neue Deutsche (2001). "Plettenberg, Ferdinand Graf zu - Deutsche Biographie". www.deutsche-biographie.de (in German). 20: 536–537. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
- ^ Krischer, Andre (December 2002). "Ein nothwendig Stück der Ambassaden - Zur politischen Rationalität des diplomatischen Zeremoniells bei Kurfürst Clemens August". Annalen des Historischen Vereins für den Niederrhein. 205 (1): 161–200. doi:10.7788/annalen.2002.205.1.161. S2CID 163866727.
- ^ https://genealogy.euweb.cz/titles/pq.html
- ^ https://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00037828&tree=LEO
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