Johann Kasimir Kolbe von Wartenberg [SEP] place of death
Johann Kasimir Kolbe von Wartenberg
Johann Kasimir Kolbe von Wartenberg (6 February 1643, in Wetterau – 4 July 1712, in Frankfurt am Main) was the first ever Minister-President (effectively Prime Minister) of the kingdom of Prussia, and the head of the "Cabinet of Three Counts".
Life.
In his youth he was Oberstallmeister and Geheimer Rat in the council of Mary of Orange (1642–1688), sister-in-law of the Great Elector and wife of Pfalzgraf Ludwig Heinrich von Simmern (
mounted, crown-prince Frederick William intervened and Johann's cabal fell. In 1711 Johann was released from government service and retired to his estates.
Sources.
- Siegfried Isaacsohn: "Johann Kasimir Kolbe, Graf von Wartenberg." In: "Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie" (ADB). Bd. 16, Leipzig 1882, S. 463–65.
- "Johann Kasimir Kolbe von Wartenberg." Article in: "Meyers Konversations-Lexikon", 4. Aufl. 1888–1890, Bd. 16, S. 403 f.