Erdmann II, Count von Promnitz (born 22 August 1683 in Sorau,

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); died: 7 September 1745 at the forest castle near Żary) was Lord of Żary (german: Sorau) and

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(german: Triebel) in

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, and

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(german: Pless) in

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He served

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, elector of Saxony and king of Poland, and later his son and successor

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and as cabinet minister. In 1703, Erdmann II inherited his father's vast estates. He administered this estate himself. Erdmann von Promnitz brought

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and

Wolfgang Caspar Printz Wolfgang Caspar Printz (10 October 1641 – 13 October 1717), normally referred to as Wolfgang Printz (with sometimes the variation of Kaspar), was a German composer who studied theology and was appointed cantor at Promnitz, Treibel and Sorau ...

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to his court in Sorau.

Family

In 1705, he married Anna Maria, the daughter of the Duke

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. They had the following children: * Christine Johanna Emilie (15 September 1708 – 20 February 1732), married in 1726 Prince

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(9 June 1697 – 6 August 1755) * Anna Friederike (May 30, 1711 – March 31, 1750), married in 1732 Augustus Louis of Anhalt-Köthen, who had been the husband of her late elder sister; * Johanna Sophia (born and died 1713) * Balthasar Erdmann (born and died 1715) * Marie Elizabeth (24 October 1717 – 20 July 1741), married

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(1716–78) * John Erdmann (2 February 1719 – 4 July 1785) married Caroline of Schönaich-Carolath (20 June 1727 – 18 December 1762) * Agnes Sophie (14 May 1720 – 2 August 1791), married Heinrich XXVIII, Count of Reuss-Ebersdorf (30 August 1726 – 10 May 1797) son of

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He later married his second wife, Henriette Eleonore (1 January 1706 – 7 April 1762), daughter of Heinrich XV, Count of Reuss-Lobenstein (1674–1739). They had one son: * Seyfried of Promnitz-Drehna (22 May 1734 – 27 February 1760), married Caroline Wilhelmine Louise (15 July 1733 – 18 February 1766), daughter of Count Charles Frederick Augustus of Lippe-Biesterfeld. Counts of Germany 1683 births 1745 deaths 18th-century German people Recipients of the Order of the White Eagle (Poland) {{Germany-noble-stub