Person:Erdmann of Promnitz (1)

Erdmann II of Promnitz
d.7 Sep 1745
  1. Erdmann II of Promnitz1683 - 1745
  • HErdmann II of Promnitz1683 - 1745
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  1. Seyfried of Promnitz-Drehna1734 - 1760
Facts and Events
Name Erdmann II of Promnitz
Gender Male
Birth[1] 22 Aug 1683 Żary, Zielona Góra, Poland
Marriage to Anna Maria of Saxe-Weissenfels
Marriage to Henriette Eleonore of Reuss-Lobenstein (add)
Death[1] 7 Sep 1745
Reference Number? Q97371?


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Erdmann II, Count von Promnitz (born 22 August 1683 in Sorau, Electorate of Saxony (now Żary, Poland); died: 7 September 1745 at the forest castle near Żary) was Lord of Żary and Trzebiel in Lower Lusatia, and Pszczyna in Upper Silesia.


He served Augustus II the Strong, elector of Saxony and king of Poland, and later his son and successor Augustus III as Privy Councillor and as cabinet minister.

In 1703, Erdmann II inherited his father's vast estates. He administered this estate himself.

Erdmann von Promnitz brought Georg Philipp Telemann and Wolfgang Caspar Printz as Kapellmeister to his court in Sorau.

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References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Erdmann II of Promnitz, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.