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 Georg Philipp Telemann and Wolfgang Caspar Printz as Kapellmeister to his court in Zary.Family
In 1705, he married Anna Maria, the daughter of the Duke Johann Adolf I, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels. They had the following children:
He later married his second wife, Henriette Eleonore, daughter of Heinrich XV, Count of Reuss-Lobenstein. They had one son:
