Minich, Johann Ernst

Born in the family of the future Field Marshal Minich .

He came to Russia at the age of 13 years. Studied in Riga and Geneva , studied law, foreign languages ​​and philosophy. Since 1727 he worked in the College of Foreign Affairs . From 1729 - at the Russian embassy in France , from 1731 - charge d'affaires (in the absence of a permanent ambassador).

In 1733 he returned to Russia, received the rank of chamber junker , in 1737 - chamberlain , in 1740 - Ober-Hoffmeister and the rank of lieutenant-general , enjoyed the favor of Empress Anna Ioannovna , and after her death, Anna Leopoldovna .

After the overthrow of the latter, in 1741 he was captured, convicted, deprived of ranks and estates with his father, after which he was exiled with his family to Kostroma province , and in 1743 - to Vologda , where he remained in exile for 20 years, until the death of Empress Elizabeth Petrovna .

In 1762 , with the accession of Emperor Peter III , he was pardoned and returned to St. Petersburg. Then the ranks, awards and lost property were returned to him. In 1763 , already during the reign of Empress Catherine II , he received the rank of Actual Privy Councilor . Since 1764 - member of the Customs Commission, chief director of the country's customs duties. From 1774 until his death, he was chairman of the Commerce College .

The famous memoirist , I. E. Minich, during the years of the Vologda exile wrote “Notes of Count Ernst Minich ...”, interesting in a detailed depiction of the court life of the times of Anna Ioannovna and portraits of political figures of that era.

He was awarded the orders of St. Alexander Nevsky (1740), White Eagle (1741) and St. Apostle Andrew the First-Called (1774).

• "Notes by Count Ernst Minich, son of the field marshal, written by him for his children in Vologda in 1758," St. Petersburg 1817.
• "Comments on the notes of General Manstein, " "Domestic Notes." 1825-1828 .
• Minikh I.E. Letters from Vologda 1756-1758 / Publ., Translation and commentary. Dm Tolstoy // Russian antiquity, 1887. - V. 53. - No. 2. - S. 465-469.

Of the 14 children of Burchard Christoph, only four survived: Johann Ernst and his three sisters. Ernst was the only surviving son, and therefore was the only continuer of the count line of the family of the Minichs. In 1739, his wife was Baroness Anna Dorothea von Mengden (October 12, 1716–29 February 1760), maid of honor at the court of Anna Ioannovna, sister of Juliana Mengden , daughter of the Swedish lieutenant colonel and Livonian land marshal Baron Magnus-Gustav von Mengden (1663-1726) and Dorothea Sophia von Rosen (1690-1773). In 1743, she went into exile with her husband in Vologda, where she died in 1760. The family had 9 children:

• Johann Gottlieb (Ivan Sergeevich) (May 9, 1740–5 November 1813), State Councilor, was a Landrat in Livonia, and from 1765 married to Sophia Elizabeth von Fitingof (1750–1802).
• Anna Ulrika (Anna Sergeevna, Anna Ernestovna) (May 7, 1741–16 January 1811), was married on October 23, 1756 to the secret adviser Baron Otto German von Fitingof (1722-1792).
• Ernst Gustav (Sergey Sergeevich) (June 6, 1744 - January 20, 1817), commandant of Vitebsk, major general.
• Dorothea Khristina (Dorothea Sergeevna) (January 9, 1746–4 April 1803), was married since 1766 to the actual state adviser Karl Gustav von Berg (1724–1808); their daughter was married to Major General Modest Matveevich Okulov .
• Burchard Christoph (Khristofor Sergeevich) (January 8, 1747– February 10, 1800), under Catherine II he was a Privy Councilor and Senator. He was married since 1772 to Countess Anna Andreevna Efimovskaya (August 1, 1751–22 May 1824), granddaughter of the mother of Count Pavel Ivanovich Yaguzhinsky .
• Ludwig Anton (Anton Sergeevich) (January 6, 1748– October 21, 1810), guard captain (1800), was married to Vera Nikolaevna Choglokova (12.10.1752–14.01.1800) ^[1] , maid of honor Catherine II, daughter of the Chief Executive Officer Nikolai Naumovich Choglokov .
• Juliana Eleonora (Julia Sergeevna, Julia Ernestovna) (April 30, 1749– December 7, 1824), was married since 1766 to the current state councilor Count Ludwig Wilhelm Tsege-von Manteifel (April 9, 1726 - January 3, 1792); one of their sons is Major General Ivan Vasilyevich Manteifel .
• Karl Alexander (June 3, 1750 - November 7, 1753), died in childhood.
• Sophia Aurora (March 2, 1755 - July 2, 1755), died in infancy.

• “Russia and the Russian Court in the 1st Half of the 18th Century”, St. Petersburg, 1891.
• For the biography of Count John-Ernest Minich // Russian archive, 1866. - Issue. 10. - St. 1544-1567.

• Minich, Ernst (neopr.) . Eastern literature . Date of treatment March 29, 2011. Archived August 21, 2011.