Marcus von Eickstedt
Marcus von Eickstedt, Marx von Eickstedt (d. 1661) - Pomeranian nobleman, diplomat. From 1627 in the service of the last Pomeranian Duke Boguslaw XIV. Sent on diplomatic missions to Emperor Ferdinand I, to the Elector of Brandenburg, to King Gustav II Adolf of Sweden and to King Christian IV of Denmark. After the sudden death of Boguslav XIV in 1637, a supporter of previously concluded treaties that transferred West Pomerania to Brandenburg, and the adversary to seize the duchy by Sweden. He was sent along with Szczecin's Town Administrator Friedrich Rung by the Pomeranian states for peace talks to Osnabrück to oppose the claims made by Sweden and later (with particular determination) tried to prevent the division of Western Pomerania. After the failure of the latter, it seems that Marcus von Eickstedt withdrew from public life. Bibliography
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