Birth and Education
He was born in Dresden, where his father held office in the Saxon court. He was descended from a noble family which had originally sprung from the Mark of Brandenburg, and of which one branch had been for over 300 years settled in Saxony. After studying at Leipzig and Göttingen he entered the Saxon public service.
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