Count Karl-Wilhelm Finck von Finckenstein

Karl Wilhelm Graf Finck von Finckenstein ( born February 11, 1714 † January 3, 1800 ) was a Prussian minister.

Life

Graf Finck von Finckenstein, son of Field Marshal and Governor Albrecht Konrad Finck von Finckenstein of the Crown Prince Frederick and father of Friedrich Ludwig Karl Finck von Finckenstein, studied in Geneva and was hired by travel in France and Holland in 1735 as a counselor of legation in the Prussian civil service and as Prussian envoy sent to Stockholm, where he remained until 1740.

Frederick the Great, who had great faith in his childhood friend, sent him first as envoy to the Danish court, to England in 1742, 1744 back to Stockholm as his sister Luise Ulrike married the King of Sweden; 1747 Finck was given the title of Minister of State and was ambassador at the Russian court.

1749 appointed Cabinet Minister, Finckenstein then became part of the most intimate councils of the king, with the same continually, namely, corresponded during the Seven Years' War, on all matters, and he asked for advice in the most difficult cases. In a secret instruction from January 11, 1757, Frederick II replied on the event of his death or capture of the Ministers of State.

From the death of Count Heinrich von Podewils ' 1760 to the occurrence Ewald Friedrich von Hertzberg's into the ministry in 1763 Finckenstein headed the foreign affairs alone. 1762 Black Eagle Order, he was awarded. Even after 1763 he had the predominant influence with the king; up to Frederick's death he enjoyed the position of a friend of the king and also served the following monarch Frederick William II and Frederick William III. and was able to celebrate its 50th anniversary minister. After he was 53 years minister of state, he died, 85 years old, on January 3 in 1800.

Family

He was married to Sophie Henriette Susanne Finck von Finckenstein (1723-1762) from the House Gilgenburg. The couple had 3 daughters and 3 sons, including:

  • Friedrich Wilhelm ( * March 6, 1744, † February 11, 1755 )
  • Friedrich Karl Ludwig (1745-1818), President of the Government Neumark ∞ Albertine of Schoenberg -Glauchau (1748-1810)
  • Elisabeth Amalie Charlotte (1749-1813) ∞ Alexander Friedrich George von der Schulenburg ( 1745, † May 16 1790 ), the Prussian Minister of State
  • Susanne Marie Caroline (1751-1828) ∞ Otto Carl Friedrich von Voss (1755-1823), Prussian Minister of State
  • Friederike Wilhelmine Henriette (* November 14, 1752 † December 23, 1730 ) ∞ August Ludwig von Schierstedt (* September 25, 1746; † November 8, 1831 )

Works

  • Memoire pour justifier la conduite du Roy contre les fausses imputations de la Cour de Saxe. Berlin 1756th
  • Justification of conduct Sr. Royal Majesty in Prussia made ​​of the maximum Deroselben of the Chur- Saxon Royal Court in false accusations. The same in German.
  • The behavior justified his Royal. Majesty in Prussia against the false accusations of Dreßdenschen court. 1756 ( digitized )
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