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'''Ludvig Vilhelm August Douglas''', Count of [[Mühlhausen (Kraichgau)|Mühlhausen]], Gondelsheim, Skenninge and Stjernorp, Lord of Langenstein and Stjernorp castles (24 November 1849 - 20 July 1916), was a conservative Swedish politician and official. He was a direct patrilineal descendant of Field Marshal [[Robert Douglas, Count of Skenninge|Robert Douglas]].
| image = File:Ludvig_Douglas_1913.JPG
| birth_date = 24 November 1849
| birth_place = [[Zürich]], Switzerland
| death_date = 20 July 1916
| office = [[Minister for Foreign Affairs (Sweden)|Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden]]
| term_start = 1895
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| term_end = 1899
| office1 = [[Riksmarskalk]]
| term_start1 = 1911
| term_end1 = 1916
| office2 = [[List of governors of Uppsala County|Landshövding (governor)]] of [[Uppsala County]]
| term_start2 = 1893
| term_end2 = 1895
| office3 = [[List of governors of Östergötland County|Landshövding (governor)]] of [[Östergötland County]]
| term_start3 = 1901
| term_end3 = 1912
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'''Ludvig Vilhelm August Douglas''', Count of [[Mühlhausen (Kraichgau)|Mühlhausen]], Gondelsheim, Skenninge and Stjernorp, Lord of Langenstein and Stjernorp castles (24 November 1849 – 20 July 1916), was a conservative Swedish politician and official. He was a direct patrilineal descendant of Field Marshal [[Robert Douglas, Count of Skenninge|Robert Douglas]].


Ludvig Douglas was born at Zürich, Switzerland. His parents were Count Carl Israel Douglas (1824-1898), first count of the Douglas family in the nobility of [[Grand Duchy of Baden|Baden]] (since 1848) as Count of Mühlhausen, and his wife Countess Louise von Gondelsheim and Langenstein (1825-1900), herself a daughter of the morganatic marriage of [[Louis I, Grand Duke of Baden]] and Katharina Werner. Through his mother, he was a second cousin of [[Victoria of Baden]], wife of [[Gustaf V of Sweden|King Gustaf V of Sweden]].
Ludvig Douglas was born at Zürich, Switzerland. His parents were Count Carl Israel [[Clan Douglas#The Swedish branch|Douglas]], first count of the Douglas family in the nobility of [[Grand Duchy of Baden|Baden]] (since 1848) as Count of Mühlhausen, and his wife Countess Louise von Gondelsheim and Langenstein, herself a daughter of the morganatic marriage of [[Louis I, Grand Duke of Baden]] and Katharina Werner. Through his mother, he was a second cousin of [[Victoria of Baden]], wife of [[Gustaf V of Sweden|King Gustaf V of Sweden]].


He received the fideicommiss of Muhlhausen and the castle of Langenstein as his share of the family inheritance and reclaimed in c1875 his ancestral castle of [[Stjärnorp Castle|Stjernorp]] in Sweden, which had been lost to his family after a fire in 1789. He ultimately succeeded his childless elder brother as head of the comital House of Douglas.
He received the fideicommiss of Muhlhausen and the castle of Langenstein as his share of the family inheritance and reclaimed in c1875 his ancestral castle of [[Stjärnorp Castle|Stjernorp]] in Sweden, which had been lost to his family after a fire in 1789. He ultimately succeeded his childless elder brother as head of the comital House of Douglas.


Douglas was a [[protectionist]] and solidly oriented towards Germany. From 1895 to 1899, he served as [[Minister for Foreign Affairs (Sweden)|Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden]].<ref>{{cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= |authorlink= | title=Article 13 -- No Title | date=1895-06-18 | publisher= | url =http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9A06E5DF1E30E333A2575BC1A9609C94649ED7CF | work =The New York Times | pages =5 | accessdate = 2010-02-20 | language = | format=PDF}}</ref> He resigned because he refused to accept that [[Norway]] ([[Union between Sweden and Norway#State of the Union|then in union with Sweden]]) would have their flag without the [[Union badge of Norway and Sweden|mark of the union]], i.e. he opposed the so-called [[Flag of Norway|pure flag]].
Douglas was a [[protectionist]] and solidly oriented towards Germany. From 1895 to 1899, he served as [[Minister for Foreign Affairs (Sweden)|Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden]].<ref>{{cite news | title=Article 13 – No Title | date=1895-06-18 | url =https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1895/06/18/105980236.pdf | work =The New York Times | pages =5 | access-date = 2010-02-20 }}</ref> He resigned because he refused to accept that [[Norway]] ([[Union between Sweden and Norway#State of the Union|then in union with Sweden]]) would have their flag without the [[Union badge of Norway and Sweden|mark of the union]], i.e. he opposed the so-called [[Flag of Norway|pure flag]].<ref>{{cite news | title=Norwegian Consular Flag Adopted. | date=1899-07-26 | url =https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1899/07/26/105969849.pdf | work =The New York Times | pages =7 | access-date = 2010-02-20 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title=Norwegian Flag Law Stands | date=1899-10-14 | url =https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1899/10/14/101135350.pdf | work =The New York Times | pages =7 | access-date = 2010-02-20 }}</ref>
<ref>{{cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= |authorlink= | title=Norwegian Consular Flag Adopted. | date=1899-07-26 | publisher= | url =http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9501EFD61030E333A25755C2A9619C94689ED7CF | work =The New York Times | pages =7 | accessdate = 2010-02-20 | language = | format=PDF}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= |authorlink= | title=NNorwegian Flag Law Stands.orwegian Consular Flag Adopted. | date=1899-10-14 | publisher= | url =http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9C00E4DA1538E733A25757C1A9669D94689ED7CF | work =The New York Times | pages =7 | accessdate = 2010-02-20 | language = | format=PDF}}</ref>


He also held the position of ''[[Royal Court of Sweden|Riksmarskalk]] (Marshal of the Realm)'' (1911-1916), [[List of governors of Uppsala County|Landshövding (governor)]] of [[Uppsala County]] (1893-1895),<ref>{{Citation
He also held the position of ''[[Riksmarskalk]] (Marshal of the Realm)'' (1911–1916), [[List of governors of Uppsala County|Landshövding (governor)]] of [[Uppsala County]] (1893–1895),<ref>{{Citation
| title = worldstatesmen.org, ''Counties of Sweden: Uppsala''
| title = worldstatesmen.org, ''Counties of Sweden: Uppsala''
| url = http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Sweden_county.html#Uppsala
| url = http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Sweden_county.html#Uppsala
| accessdate = 2010-02-20
| access-date = 2010-02-20
}}</ref> and [[List of governors of Östergötland County|Landshövding (governor)]] of [[Östergötland County]] (1901-1912).<ref>{{Citation
}}</ref> and [[List of governors of Östergötland County|Landshövding (governor)]] of [[Östergötland County]] (1901–1912).<ref>{{Citation
| title = worldstatesmen.org, ''Counties of Sweden: Ostergotland''
| title = worldstatesmen.org, ''Counties of Sweden: Ostergotland''
| url = http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Sweden_county.html#Ostergotland
| url = http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Sweden_county.html#Ostergotland
| accessdate = 2010-02-20
| access-date = 2010-02-20
}}</ref> Douglas worked for the Norrlander farmers' party against the forest products companies, they demanded protective legislation in field of wood market.
}}</ref> Douglas worked for the Norrlander farmers' party against the forest products companies, they demanded protective legislation in field of wood market.


Count Ludvig died at [[Lysekil]], and is buried at the Douglas family graveyard in [[Vreta Abbey|Vreta]] monastic church, Sweden.
Count Ludvig died at [[Lysekil]], and is buried at the Douglas family graveyard in [[Vreta Abbey|Vreta]] monastic church, Sweden.


His wife was Countess Anna Louise Ehrensvärd, daughter of Count [[Albert Ehrensvärd the Elder]], Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden (1885-1889), and sister of Count [[Albert Ehrensvärd the Younger]], Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden (1911-1914).
His wife was Countess Anna Louise Ehrensvärd, daughter of Count [[Albert Ehrensvärd the Elder]], Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden (1885–1889), and sister of Count [[Albert Ehrensvärd the Younger]], Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden (1911–1914).


The Swedish branch of the Counts Douglas, to which Ludvig belonged, was the main surviving lineage of the family until Ludvig's sons and grandsons created several new branches (which spread over both Sweden and Germany. Lines descended from Ludvig Douglas include:
The Swedish branch of the Counts Douglas, to which Ludvig belonged, was the main surviving lineage of the family until Ludvig's sons and grandsons created several new branches (which spread over both Sweden and Germany. Lines descended from Ludvig Douglas include:


* von Douglas-Langenstein, descendants of Robert, eldest son of Ludvig. They hold the palace of [[Langenstein Palace|Langenstein]] in [[Baden-Württemberg]], Germany. Robert's second (and childless) wife was [[Augusta Victoria of Hohenzollern]], dowager queen of Portugal.
* Counts von Douglas-Langenstein, descendants of Robert, eldest son of Ludvig. They still hold [[Langenstein Castle]] in [[Baden-Württemberg]], Germany. Robert's second (and childless) wife was [[Augusta Victoria of Hohenzollern]], dowager queen of Portugal.
** von Reischach-Douglas, descendants of a grandson of Robert von Douglas-Langenstein
** Counts Douglas, Barons von Reischach, descendants of a grandson of Robert von Douglas-Langenstein
** Douglas-Gerstorp, the branch (settled in Sweden) descending from the youngest son of Robert von Douglas-Langenstein
** Counts Douglas-Gerstorp, the branch (settled in Sweden) descending from the youngest son of Robert von Douglas-Langenstein
* Douglas-Stjernorp, the branch descending from the Swedish general [[Archibald Douglas-Stjernorp]], second son of Ludvig. In this branch is held the Castle of Stjärnorp
* Counts Douglas-Stjernorp, the branch descending from the Swedish general [[Archibald Douglas (1883–1960)|Archibald Douglas-Stjernorp]], second son of Ludvig. This branch resides at [[Stjärnorp Castle]] and [[Rydboholm Castle]]. Archibald, through his eldest son, Carl Ludvig, is the grandfather of financier Count [[Gustaf Douglas]] and his sisters, Princess Elisabeth, Duchess in Bavaria and [[Rosita Spencer-Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough]].
* Douglas-Kolfall, the branch descending from Oscar, the youngest son of Ludvig.
* Counts Douglas-Kolfall, the branch descending from Oscar, the youngest son of Ludvig.

== Honours ==
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* {{flag|Sweden|1844}}:<ref name="Sveriges">{{citation|title=Sveriges statskalender|year=1915|pages=66, 670, 776, 885|url=https://runeberg.org/statskal/1915/0066.html|via=runeberg.org|access-date=2018-01-06|language=sv}}</ref>
** [[Order of the Polar Star|Knight of the Polar Star]], ''1892''; Commander 1st Class, ''1895''; Commander Grand Cross, ''1896''<ref>{{cite web|title=Ludvig W. A. Douglas|url=https://sok.riksarkivet.se/sbl/Presentation.aspx?id=17614|via=riksarkivet.se|language=sv}}</ref>
** [[Order of the Seraphim|Knight and Commander of the Seraphim]], ''21 January 1898''
** Knight of the [[Order of Charles XIII]], ''28 January 1904''
** Commander Grand Cross of the [[Order of Vasa]], ''2 June 1906''
** Crown Prince Gustaf V and Crown Princess Victoria Silver Wedding Medal, ''1906''
* {{flag|Austria-Hungary}}: Grand Cross of the [[Order of Leopold (Austria)|Imperial Order of Leopold]], ''1897''<ref>{{citation|chapter-url=http://alex.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/alex?aid=shb&datum=1900&page=345&size=45|chapter=Ritter-Orden: Leopold-orden|title=Hof- und Staatshandbuch der Österreichisch-Ungarischen Monarchie|date=1900|access-date=2 November 2019|page=69|language=de}}</ref>
* {{flag|Belgium}}: Grand Cordon of the [[Order of Leopold (Belgium)|Royal Order of Leopold]]<ref name="Sveriges"/>
* {{flag|Denmark}}: [[Order of the Dannebrog|Grand Cross of the Dannebrog]], ''16 October 1897'';<ref name="DanskStatskalender">{{Cite book |url=https://dis-danmark.dk/bibliotek/918019.pdf#page=45 |title=Statshaandbog for Kongeriget Danmark for Aaret 1912 |publisher=J.H. Schultz A.-S. Universitetsbogtrykkeri |year=1912 |editor-last=Bille-Hansen |editor-first=A. C. |series=Kongelig Dansk Hof- og Statskalender |location=Copenhagen |pages=11–12 |language=da |trans-title=State Manual of the Kingdom of Denmark for the Year 1912 |format=PDF |access-date=16 September 2019 |orig-year=1st pub.:1801 |editor-last2=Holck |editor-first2=Harald |via=[[:da:DIS Danmark]]}}</ref> in Diamonds, ''1915''<ref name="Sveriges"/>
* {{flag|Empire of Japan}}: [[Order of the Rising Sun|Grand Cordon of the Rising Sun]]<ref name="Sveriges"/>
* {{flag|Norway}}: [[Order of St. Olav|Grand Cross of St. Olav]]<ref name="Sveriges"/>
* {{flag|Ottoman Empire}}: [[Order of Osmanieh]], 1st Class<ref name="Sveriges"/>
* {{flagicon|Thailand|1855}} [[Siam]]: [[Order of the White Elephant|Grand Cross of the White Elephant]]
* {{flagcountry|Restoration (Spain)}}: Grand Cross of the [[Order of Charles III]], ''3 January 1898''<ref>{{cite book|url=http://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/issue.vm?id=0000976079&search=&lang=es|chapter=Real y distinguida orden de Carlos III|title=Guía Oficial de España|date=1900|access-date=21 March 2019|page=177|language=es}}</ref>
* {{flag|German Empire}}:<ref name="Sveriges"/>
** [[Order of the Crown (Prussia)|Knight of the Prussian Crown, 2nd Class]]
** [[Order of the Red Eagle|Knight of the Red Eagle, 1st Class]]
** {{flag|Baden}}: [[Order of the Zähringer Lion|Commander of the Zähringer Lion, 2nd Class]]
** {{flagicon|Nassau}} [[House of Nassau-Weilburg|Nassau Ducal Family]]: [[Order of Adolphe of Nassau|Commander of Adolphe of Nassau, 1st Class]]
}}


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Ludvig Douglas
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden
In office
1895–1899
Riksmarskalk
In office
1911–1916
Landshövding (governor) of Uppsala County
In office
1893–1895
Landshövding (governor) of Östergötland County
In office
1901–1912
Personal details
Born24 November 1849
Zürich, Switzerland
Died20 July 1916

Ludvig Vilhelm August Douglas, Count of Mühlhausen, Gondelsheim, Skenninge and Stjernorp, Lord of Langenstein and Stjernorp castles (24 November 1849 – 20 July 1916), was a conservative Swedish politician and official. He was a direct patrilineal descendant of Field Marshal Robert Douglas.

Ludvig Douglas was born at Zürich, Switzerland. His parents were Count Carl Israel Douglas, first count of the Douglas family in the nobility of Baden (since 1848) as Count of Mühlhausen, and his wife Countess Louise von Gondelsheim and Langenstein, herself a daughter of the morganatic marriage of Louis I, Grand Duke of Baden and Katharina Werner. Through his mother, he was a second cousin of Victoria of Baden, wife of King Gustaf V of Sweden.

He received the fideicommiss of Muhlhausen and the castle of Langenstein as his share of the family inheritance and reclaimed in c1875 his ancestral castle of Stjernorp in Sweden, which had been lost to his family after a fire in 1789. He ultimately succeeded his childless elder brother as head of the comital House of Douglas.

Douglas was a protectionist and solidly oriented towards Germany. From 1895 to 1899, he served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden.[1] He resigned because he refused to accept that Norway (then in union with Sweden) would have their flag without the mark of the union, i.e. he opposed the so-called pure flag.[2][3]

He also held the position of Riksmarskalk (Marshal of the Realm) (1911–1916), Landshövding (governor) of Uppsala County (1893–1895),[4] and Landshövding (governor) of Östergötland County (1901–1912).[5] Douglas worked for the Norrlander farmers' party against the forest products companies, they demanded protective legislation in field of wood market.

Count Ludvig died at Lysekil, and is buried at the Douglas family graveyard in Vreta monastic church, Sweden.

His wife was Countess Anna Louise Ehrensvärd, daughter of Count Albert Ehrensvärd the Elder, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden (1885–1889), and sister of Count Albert Ehrensvärd the Younger, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden (1911–1914).

The Swedish branch of the Counts Douglas, to which Ludvig belonged, was the main surviving lineage of the family until Ludvig's sons and grandsons created several new branches (which spread over both Sweden and Germany. Lines descended from Ludvig Douglas include:

  • Counts von Douglas-Langenstein, descendants of Robert, eldest son of Ludvig. They still hold Langenstein Castle in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Robert's second (and childless) wife was Augusta Victoria of Hohenzollern, dowager queen of Portugal.
    • Counts Douglas, Barons von Reischach, descendants of a grandson of Robert von Douglas-Langenstein
    • Counts Douglas-Gerstorp, the branch (settled in Sweden) descending from the youngest son of Robert von Douglas-Langenstein
  • Counts Douglas-Stjernorp, the branch descending from the Swedish general Archibald Douglas-Stjernorp, second son of Ludvig. This branch resides at Stjärnorp Castle and Rydboholm Castle. Archibald, through his eldest son, Carl Ludvig, is the grandfather of financier Count Gustaf Douglas and his sisters, Princess Elisabeth, Duchess in Bavaria and Rosita Spencer-Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough.
  • Counts Douglas-Kolfall, the branch descending from Oscar, the youngest son of Ludvig.

Honours[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Article 13 – No Title" (PDF). The New York Times. 18 June 1895. p. 5. Retrieved 20 February 2010.
  2. ^ "Norwegian Consular Flag Adopted" (PDF). The New York Times. 26 July 1899. p. 7. Retrieved 20 February 2010.
  3. ^ "Norwegian Flag Law Stands" (PDF). The New York Times. 14 October 1899. p. 7. Retrieved 20 February 2010.
  4. ^ worldstatesmen.org, Counties of Sweden: Uppsala, retrieved 20 February 2010
  5. ^ worldstatesmen.org, Counties of Sweden: Ostergotland, retrieved 20 February 2010
  6. ^ a b c d e f g Sveriges statskalender (in Swedish), 1915, pp. 66, 670, 776, 885, retrieved 6 January 2018 – via runeberg.org
  7. ^ "Ludvig W. A. Douglas" (in Swedish) – via riksarkivet.se.
  8. ^ "Ritter-Orden: Leopold-orden", Hof- und Staatshandbuch der Österreichisch-Ungarischen Monarchie (in German), 1900, p. 69, retrieved 2 November 2019
  9. ^ Bille-Hansen, A. C.; Holck, Harald, eds. (1912) [1st pub.:1801]. Statshaandbog for Kongeriget Danmark for Aaret 1912 [State Manual of the Kingdom of Denmark for the Year 1912] (PDF). Kongelig Dansk Hof- og Statskalender (in Danish). Copenhagen: J.H. Schultz A.-S. Universitetsbogtrykkeri. pp. 11–12. Retrieved 16 September 2019 – via da:DIS Danmark.
  10. ^ "Real y distinguida orden de Carlos III". Guía Oficial de España (in Spanish). 1900. p. 177. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
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