FREIHERR VON KARL See also:

• LUDWIG, KARL FRIEDRICH WILHELM (1816—1895)
• LUDWIG, OTTO (1813-1865)

LUDWIG See also:

• FREIHERR VON KARL LUDWIG POLLNITZ (1692-1775)

POLLNITZ (1692-1775)  , See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German adventurer and writer, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Issum on the 25th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1692 . His See also:

• FATHER

father, Wilhelm See also:

• LUDWIG, KARL FRIEDRICH WILHELM (1816—1895)
• LUDWIG, OTTO (1813-1865)

Ludwig von See also:

• POLLNITZ, KARL LUDWIG, FREIHERR VON (1692-1775)

Pollnitz (d . 1693), was in the military service of the elector of See also:

• BRANDENBURG

Brandenburg, and much of his son's youth was passed at the electoral See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court in See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin . He was a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man of restless and adventurous disposition, unscrupulous even for the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age in which he lived, visited many of the See also:

• EUROPEAN

European courts, and served as a soldier in See also:

• AUSTRIA
• AUSTRIA, LOWER (Ger. Niederosterreich or Osterreich unter der Enns, " Austria below the river Enns ")
• AUSTRIA, UPPER (Ger. Oberosterreich or Osterreich ob der Enns, " Austria above the river Enns ")

Austria, See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy and See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain . Returning to Berlin in 1735 he obtained a position in the See also:

• HOUSEHOLD, ROYAL

household of See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King See also:

• FREDERICK
• FREDERICK (Mod. Ger. Friedrich; Ital. Federigo; Fr. Frederic and Federic; M.H.G. Friderich; O.H.G. Fridurih, " king or lord of peace," from O.H.G. fridu, A.S. frith, " peace," and rfh " rich," " a ruler," for derivation of which see HENRY)

Frederick See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William I. and afterwards in that of Frederick the See also:

• GREAT

Great, with whom he appears to have been a great favourite; and he died in Berlin on the 23rd of See also:

• JUNE

June 1775 . Pollnitz's Memoires (See also:

• LIEGE
• LIEGE (Walloon, Lige, Flemish, Luik, Ger. Lilltich)

Liege, 1734), which were translated into German (See also:

• FRANKFORT

Frankfort, 1735), give interesting glimpses of his See also:

• LIFE

life and the See also:

• PEOPLE

people whom he met, but they are very untrustworthy . He also wrote Nouveaux mmoires (See also:

• AMSTERDAM
• AMSTERDAM (NEw AMSTERDAM)

Amsterdam, 1737) ; Etat abrege de is tour de See also:

• SAXE, JOHN GODFREY (1816-1887)
• SAXE, MAURICE, COMTE DE (1696-1750)

Saxe sous le regne d'Auguste III . (Frankfort, 1734; Ger. trans., See also:

• BRESLAU (Polish Wraclaw)

Breslau, 1736) ; and Memoires pour servir a l'histoire See also:

• DES

des quatres derniers souverains de la maison de Brandenbourg, published by F . L . See also:

• BRUNN (Czech Brno)

Brunn (Berlin, 1791; Ger. trans., Berlin, 1791) . Perhaps his most popular See also:

• WORKS

works are La Saxe galante (Amsterdam, 1734), an See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of the private life of See also:

• AUGUSTUS (a name 1 derived from Lat. augeo, increase, i.e. venerable, majestic, Gr. Ee0avr6s)

Augustus the Strong, elector of See also:

• SAXONY
• SAXONY (Ger. Provinz Sachsen)

Saxony and king of See also:

• POLAND (Polish Polska, Ger. Polen), (see POLAND, RUSSIAN, below)
• POLAND, RUSSIAN

Poland; and Histoire secrete de la duchesse d'Hanovre, epouse de Georges I . (See also:

• LONDON

London, 1732) .

There is an See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation of the Memoires (London, 1738-1739) . See P. von Pollnitz, Stammtafeln der Familie von Pollnitz (Berlin, 1894) ; and J . G . See also:

• DROYSEN, JOHANN GUSTAV (1808—1884)

Droysen, Geschichte der preussischen Politik, pt. iv . (See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig, 1870) .