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Friedrich Wilhelm von Thulemeyer or Frederick William von Thulemeier was born or baptized on November 9, 1735. He died July 6, 1811, also in Berlin. In 1763 he was sent by Frederick the Great as a diplomat in the Republic of the Seven United Provinces. In 1784/85 he was one of the architects of a trade relations between the US and Prussia.〔(The Diplomatic Correspondence of the United States of America )〕 In 1788 he became justice minister under Friedrich Wilhelm II of Prussia. Of particular importance is - even today - his collection of music prints.〔Robert Eitner: ''Thematischer Katalog der von Thulemeier'schen Musikalien-Sammlung''. Beilage zu den ''Monatscheften für Musikgeschichte'' 1898/99, Leipzig 1898; Tobias Schwinger: ''Die Musikaliensammlung Thulemeier und die Berliner Musiküberlieferung in der zweiten Hälfte des 18. Jahrhunderts'', Ortus-Musikverlag, Beeskow 2006 ISBN 3-937788-08-5 bzw. ISBN 978-3-937788-08-1.〕 ==Life== Thulemeyer was the son of Wilhelm Heinrich von Thulemeyer, a royal Prussian Minister of State and War and a member of the Tabakskollegium. His family can be traced back to around 1560, located in the Principality of Lippe.〔Robert von Blumenthal: Das Geschlecht Thulemeier aus Horn in Lippe. In: Genealogie , Band 36, 1987, pp. 737-757.〕 His mother, Ernestine von Schilden, came from Hanover. When his father suddenly died his mother was only 34. The young Thulemeyer was educated at public expense, most probably on the royal ''Joachimsthalsches Gymnasium'', while he was the godson of Friedrich Wilhelm I of Prussia. Thulemeyer studied law in Frankfurt and was trained by a Mr. Passavant. According to Von Putkamer he moved to Paris after finishing his studies. In 1763 he obtained a post in The Hague. On behalf of Frederick the Great, he was involved to arrange a marriage between the prince William V of Orange and the sixteen-year-old Wilhelmine of Prussia. Thulemeyer was poorly rewarded and had difficulties to pay his expenses.〔Wanda von Puttkamer: ''Friedrich Wilhelm von Thulemeyer, gezant van Frederik den Grooten in Den Haag (1763-1781)''. In: ''Haagsch Maandblad'', 1735, Seiten 429-438.〕 Around 1782 or before he made acquaintance with a rich widow Agatha Theodora Geelvinck (Amsterdam, 1739 - Hanau, 1805) who paid for his expensives.〔Dépêches van Thulemeyer 1763 - 1788 (1912) In de bewerking van Robert Fruin, ingeleid en aangevuld door H.T. Colenbrander, S. XXV.〕 She came from a powerful and very rich family of burgemeesters from Amsterdam and lived almost next to the French Embassy. Both her brothers Nicolaas Geelvinck, Joan Geelvinck and her daughter Constancia van Lynden van Hoevelaken had either close relations with the Patriots or with the stadholder. Frederick the Great did not allow to marry her, may be while his independence was in danger. Thulemeyer did improve his financial situation and moved to an elegant house near the Binnenhof. The rumours about his venality did not diminish. Thulemeyer had good diplomatic relations. In 1784/1785 Thulemeyer cared for the important trading relationship between Prussia and the United States through his contacts in the Hague John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin in Paris.〔(Frederick the Great and the United States; Relations That Existed Between the Greatest of the Hohenzollerns and the Statesmen of the Young Republic. By HUGH HASTINGS, STATE HISTORIAN. NY Times, June 15, 1902 )〕 Thulemeyer dealt with the free ports of Emden and Stettin to set up trade. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Friedrich Wilhelm von Thulemeyer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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