Erdmann II, Count of Promnitz
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 Wolfgang Caspar Printz and Georg Philipp Telemann as Kapellmeister to his court in Sorau.
Family
In 1705, he married Anna Maria, the daughter of the Duke Johann Adolf I, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels. They had the following children:- Christine Johanna Emilie, married in 1726 Prince Augustus Louis, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen
- Anna Friederike, married in 1732 Augustus Louis of Anhalt-Köthen, who had been the husband of her late elder sister;
- Johanna Sophia
- Balthasar Erdmann
- Marie Elizabeth, married Henry Ernest of Stolberg-Wernigerode
- John Erdmann married Caroline of Schönaich-Carolath
- Agnes Sophie, married Heinrich XXVIII, Count of Reuss-Ebersdorf son of Heinrich XXIX, Count of Reuss-Ebersdorf
- Seyfried of Promnitz-Drehna, married Caroline Wilhelmine Louise, daughter of Count Charles Frederick Augustus of Lippe-Biesterfeld.