Dodo von Knyphausen

Dodo ( II ) Freiherr zu Innhausen and Knyphausen, even Dodo of Knyphausen ( born March 30, 1641 Farmsum ( at Delfzijl in the Dollard, The Netherlands); † September 13, 1698 in Berlin) was a Brandenburg- Prussian statesman.

Life

Dodo ( II ) was a descendant of the East Frisian noble family Innhausen and Knyphausen. His grandfather Dodo Innhausen and Knyphausen (1583-1636) was a major general in the service of Sweden. His father Enno Adam to Innhausen and Knyphausen (1611-1654) was also a Swedish colonel, his mother was Johanna Occa Baroness von Ripperda. After studying in Leiden and Vienna Knyphausen occurred in 1672 in the service of the East Frisian manorial court in Aurich (since 1678 Chairman). 1677 he won in a dispute over inheritance rule Lützburg ( Lütetsburg ), where he renewed the castle and the Reformed Church Bargeburer - even for the Reformed Church in the nearby town of the north - was built. Because this was against the privileges of the Norder Lutheran, the church was inaugurated only in 1684 under the protection of the now stationed in East Frisia Prussian troops.

Dodo Innhausen and Knyphausen was now entered into the service of the Brandenburg-Prussian Elector Frederick William himself. In April 1683 he took over as head of the privy chamber system, in October, he was appointed Privy Councilor, who was in the overall management of the State domains. Soon he was able to increase the government revenue significantly and was appointed in September 1687 to Hofkammerpräsidenten. One of his goals was the unification of the domain system in the loosely connected state. On the basis of his proposals founded Elector Frederick III. 1689 the Collegium of the Secret Court Chamber, a first step towards the administrative reforms that promoted Rise of Prussia. In the wake of the fall of the senior minister Eberhard von Danckelman but Dodo was released in 1698 to Innhausen and Knyphausen and sentenced to a fine. He died shortly thereafter.

Even in Lütetsburg Knyphausen had in 1677 received the persecuted mystic Antoinette Bourignon. Later he used his influence to the protection of representatives of radical Pietism as Johann Wilhelm and Johanna Eleonora Petersen. He was a member of the Philadelphian Society Jane Leades.

Family

He was with Baroness Hedwig Orianna from Frydag (* January 24, 1648, † December 5, 1694 ) married. The couple had the following children:

  • Franz Ferdinand (* February 1, 1673; † August 30, 1725 ) ∞ Sophie Luise of Tettau ( daughter of Johann Georg von Tettau )
  • Karl Christian
  • Johanna Elisabeth ( * 1675, † February 13, 1702 ) ∞ Christoph Heinrich von Galen
  • Wilhelm
  • Enno Adam
  • Ernst Friedrich (1678 -1731) ∞ Charlotte Ilgen (1702-1751, daughter of Heinrich Rüdiger von Ilgen )
  • Haro Moritz
  • Juliane Celestine
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