Alois Friedrich von Brühl

Alois Friedrich von Brühl
Born	(1739-07-31)31 July 1739 Dresden
Died	30 January 1793(1793-01-30)(aged 53) Berlin

Alois Friedrich von Brühl(Polish:Alojzy Fryderyk Bruhl;31 July 1739Dresden– 30 January 1793Berlin) was aSaxon-born diplomat, politician, Freemason, soldier, actor and playwright in thePolish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

Biography

He was the eldest son of ministerHeinrich von Brühl,one of the advisors to KingAugust II of Polandand member of the nobleBrühl family.He was sent to theUniversity of Leipzig,but his mother was not satisfied with the progress the much pampered minister's son was making there and sent him on toLeiden,where the foundation of his knowledge was laid. When he was 19, his father contrived to have him appointed as a general master of ordnance for the Polish crown, and he traveled through most of Europe without significant expenditure. During theSeven Years' War,he participated in several of the campaigns as a volunteer in theArmy of the Holy Roman Empire.

With the death of kingAugust IIIin 1763, he lost all his offices, and thereafter devoted his time to his passion for the theater: he wrote plays and performed on stage.

He was also briefly a governor ofWarsaw.In that role, he founded the modern sewer system there.

Works

• Theatralische Belustigungen,5 Bände, 1785–1790

Literature

• Johann Georg Meusel:Lexikon der vom Jahr 1750 bis 1800 verstorbenen teutschen Schriftsteller.Band 1, 1802. S. 625–627 (GBS)
• Hans von Krosigk:Karl Graf von Brühl,General-Intendant der Königlichen Schauspiele, später der Museen in Berlin und seine Eltern. Lebensbilder auf Grund der Handschriften des Archivs zu Seifersdorf.Mittler & Sohn, Berlin, 1910
• Juliusz Dudziak:Alojzy Fryderyk von Brühl (1739 - 1793),Zielona Góra, 2010

References

• "BRÜHL (Heinrich Reichsgraf v.)".Allgemeine Encyclopädie der Wissenschaften und Künste.Vol. 13. pp. 202–205.Alois Friedrich von Brühl is discussed on pages 203 and 204.