page_title: Erdmann II, Count of Promnitz
hierarchical_section_title: Erdmann II, Count of Promnitz
caption_attribution_description: Polski: Żary - kompleks zamkowo-pałacowy, od lewej: - ruina zamku Biebersteinów - ruina barokowego pałacu Promnitzów
context_page_description: Erdmann II, Count von Promnitz was Lord of Żary and Trzebiel in Lower Lusatia, and Pszczyna in Upper Silesia.
  He served Augustus II the Strong, elector of Saxony and king of Poland, and later his son and successor Augustus III as Privy Councillor and as cabinet minister.
  In 1703, Erdmann II inherited his father's vast estates. He administered this estate himself.
  Erdmann von Promnitz brought Georg Philipp Telemann and Wolfgang Caspar Printz as Kapellmeister to his court in Zary.
context_section_description: Erdmann II, Count von Promnitz (born 22 August 1683 in Sorau, Electorate of Saxony (now Żary, Poland); died: 7 September 1745 at the forest castle near Żary) was Lord of Żary (German: Sorau) and Trzebiel (German: Triebel) in Lower Lusatia, and Pszczyna (German: Pless) in Upper Silesia.
  He served Augustus II the Strong, elector of Saxony and king of Poland, and later his son and successor Augustus III as Privy Councillor and as cabinet minister.
  In 1703, Erdmann II inherited his father's vast estates.  He administered this estate himself.
  Erdmann von Promnitz brought Georg Philipp Telemann and Wolfgang Caspar Printz as Kapellmeister to his  court in Zary.
caption: Promnitz Palace in Żary (formerly Sorau)
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