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Baron '''Wilhelm Hugo von Spitzemberg''' (19 January 1825 – 4 September 1888) was a German solider who became a [[favourite]] of King [[Charles I of Württemberg]].
Baron '''Wilhelm Hugo von Spitzemberg''' (19 January 1825 – 4 September 1888) was a German soldier who became a [[favourite]] of King [[Charles I of Württemberg]].


==Early life==
==Early life==
Spitzemberg was born on 19 January 1825 in [[Stuttgart]] in the [[Kingdom of Württemberg]].<ref name="Kneschke1868"/> He was the eldest of four sons of Baron [[Franz Xaver von Spitzemberg|Louis François-Xavier Antoine Hugo von Spitzemberg]] (1781–1864), who was originally from [[Saint-Dié-des-Vosges]], and Baroness Elisabeth Hugo [[von Massenbach]] (1803–1857). His brother was the Württemberg Ambassador in [[St. Petersburg]], Baron [[Karl Hugo von Spitzemberg]],<ref name="Ashton2017"/> who married [[Hildegard von Spitzemberg|Hildegard, Baroness von Varnbüler]] (a daughter of Minister [[Karl von Varnbüler und zu Hemmingen]]).<ref name="Perthes1916">{{cite book |title=Gothaisches genealogisches Taschenbuch der uradeligen Häuser |date=1916 |publisher=Justus Perthes |page=56 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Gothaisches_genealogisches_Taschenbuch_d/MuVpAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA56 |access-date=26 April 2023 |language=de}}</ref> His father was a Royal Württemberg Colonel-Chamberlain, Lieutenant-General and Master of the Court Hunters who was ennobled in 1833.<ref name="Kneschke1868">{{cite book |last1=Kneschke |first1=Ernst Heinrich |title=Neues allgemeines deutsches Adels-Lexicon |date=1868 |publisher=Voigt |page=568 |url=https://books.google.de/books?id=NW9WAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA568 |access-date=4 May 2023 |language=de}}</ref>
Spitzemberg was born on 19 January 1825 in [[Stuttgart]] in the [[Kingdom of Württemberg]].<ref name="Kneschke1868"/> He was the eldest of four sons of Baron [[Franz Xaver von Spitzemberg|Louis François-Xavier Antoine Hugo von Spitzemberg]] (1781–1864), who was originally from [[Saint-Dié-des-Vosges]], and Baroness Elisabeth Hugo [[von Massenbach]] (1803–1857). His brother was the Württemberg Ambassador in [[St. Petersburg]], Baron [[Karl Hugo von Spitzemberg]],<ref name="Ashton2017"/> who married [[Hildegard von Spitzemberg|Hildegard, Baroness von Varnbüler]] (a daughter of Minister [[Karl von Varnbüler und zu Hemmingen]]).<ref name="Perthes1916">{{cite book |title=Gothaisches genealogisches Taschenbuch der uradeligen Häuser |date=1916 |publisher=Justus Perthes |page=56 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MuVpAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA56 |access-date=26 April 2023 |language=de}}</ref> His father was a Royal Württemberg Colonel-Chamberlain, Lieutenant-General and Master of the Court Hunters who was ennobled in 1833.<ref name="Kneschke1868">{{cite book |last1=Kneschke |first1=Ernst Heinrich |title=Neues allgemeines deutsches Adels-Lexicon |date=1868 |publisher=Voigt |page=568 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NW9WAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA568 |access-date=4 May 2023 |language=de}}</ref>


His paternal grandparents were [[Lorraine]] officer Louis-Charles Toussaint Hugo de Spitzemberg, a Major in the service of the [[Grand Duke of Tuscany]] and the former Anne Marie Catherine de Bazelaire de Lesseux. His maternal grandparents were Baron Eberhard von Massenbach and Baroness Caroline von [[House of Seckendorff|Seckendorff]]. His nephew, Lothar Hugo von Spitzemberg, was chamberlain to Empress [[Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein|Augusta Victoria]] and a Prussian politician.<ref>Genealogical Handbook of Nobility , Adelslexikon Volume V, page 418, Volume 84 of the entire series, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 1984.</Ref>
His paternal grandparents were [[Lorraine]] officer Louis-Charles Toussaint Hugo de Spitzemberg, a Major in the service of the [[Grand Duke of Tuscany]] and the former Anne Marie Catherine de Bazelaire de Lesseux. His maternal grandparents were Baron Eberhard von Massenbach and Baroness Caroline von [[House of Seckendorff|Seckendorff]]. His nephew, Lothar Hugo von Spitzemberg, was chamberlain to Empress [[Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein|Augusta Victoria]] and a Prussian politician.<ref>Genealogical Handbook of Nobility, Adelslexikon Volume V, page 418, Volume 84 of the entire series, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 1984.</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
Spitzemberg served as Royal Württemberg [[Chamberlain (office)|Chamberlain]] and was a General in the [[Army of Württemberg]].<ref name="DDB">{{cite web |title=Spitzemberg, Freiherr von, Wilhelm |url=https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/item/3NLLZBWJEQ7WXVDEVD6BU2EM5D34FUMU |website=www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de |publisher=[[Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek]] |access-date=4 May 2023 |language=de}}</ref> He is considered the first "intimate" long-standing "heart friendship" of King [[Charles I of Württemberg]],<ref name="Hattemer2021">{{cite book |last1=Hattemer |first1=Thomas |title=Jack the Ripper - Codes lead to Germany |date=28 June 2021 |publisher=Books on Demand |isbn=978-3-7543-3623-6 |page=108 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Jack_the_Ripper_Codes_lead_to_Germany/Al01EAAAQBAJ?hl=en&pg=PA108 |access-date=4 May 2023 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Ashton2017">{{cite book |last1=Ashton |first1=Bodie A. |title=The Kingdom of Württemberg and the Making of Germany, 1815-1871 |date=12 January 2017 |publisher=[[Bloomsbury Publishing]] |isbn=978-1-350-00008-7 |pages=98, 119, 134, 137-8, 147, 152 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Kingdom_of_W%C3%BCrttemberg_and_the_Maki/DYXBDQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=wilhelm+von+spitzemberg&pg=PA218 |access-date=4 May 2023 |language=en}}</ref> who ruled Württemberg from 1864 until his death in 1891.<ref>{{cite web |title=Schreiben des königlichen Adjutanten von Spitzemberg an den Gesandtschaftssekretär von Fleischmann wegen Auskünften über landwirtschaftliche Maschinen in Frankreich für den König |url=https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/item/K5UAOUWMBJGC5L4NACXFVHE56DQXRCDL |website=www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de |publisher=[[Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek]] |access-date=4 May 2023 |language=de}}</ref>
Spitzemberg served as Royal Württemberg [[Chamberlain (office)|Chamberlain]] and was a General in the [[Army of Württemberg]].<ref name="DDB">{{cite web |title=Spitzemberg, Freiherr von, Wilhelm |url=https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/item/3NLLZBWJEQ7WXVDEVD6BU2EM5D34FUMU |website=www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de |publisher=[[Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek]] |access-date=4 May 2023 |language=de}}</ref> He is considered the first "intimate" long-standing "heart friendship" of King [[Charles I of Württemberg]],<ref name="Hattemer2021">{{cite book |last1=Hattemer |first1=Thomas |title=Jack the Ripper - Codes lead to Germany |date=28 June 2021 |publisher=Books on Demand |isbn=978-3-7543-3623-6 |page=108 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Al01EAAAQBAJ&pg=PA108 |access-date=4 May 2023 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Ashton2017">{{cite book |last1=Ashton |first1=Bodie A. |title=The Kingdom of Württemberg and the Making of Germany, 1815-1871 |date=12 January 2017 |publisher=[[Bloomsbury Publishing]] |isbn=978-1-350-00008-7 |pages=98, 119, 134, 137–8, 147, 152 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DYXBDQAAQBAJ&dq=wilhelm+von+spitzemberg&pg=PA218 |access-date=4 May 2023 |language=en}}</ref> who ruled Württemberg from 1864 until his death in 1891.<ref>{{cite web |title=Schreiben des königlichen Adjutanten von Spitzemberg an den Gesandtschaftssekretär von Fleischmann wegen Auskünften über landwirtschaftliche Maschinen in Frankreich für den König |url=https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/item/K5UAOUWMBJGC5L4NACXFVHE56DQXRCDL |website=www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de |publisher=[[Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek]] |access-date=4 May 2023 |language=de}}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
In 1858, Spitzemberg was married to Freiin Marie Hugo von Herman auf Wain (1837–1909), a daughter of Baron Benno von Herman and Baroness Pauline von Süsskind.<ref name="Kneschke1868"/> Together, they were the parents of:<ref name="Wiens2023">{{cite book |last1=Wiens |first1=Gavin |title=The Imperial German Army Between Kaiser and King: Monarchy, Nation-Building, and War, 1866-1918 |date=28 March 2023 |publisher=Springer Nature |isbn=978-3-031-22863-6 |page=131 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Imperial_German_Army_Between_Kaiser/1UK2EAAAQBAJ?hl=en&pg=PA131 |access-date=4 May 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
In 1858, Spitzemberg was married to Freiin Marie Hugo von Herman auf Wain (1837–1909), a daughter of Baron Benno von Herman and Baroness Pauline von Süsskind.<ref name="Kneschke1868"/> Together, they were the parents of:<ref name="Wiens2023">{{cite book |last1=Wiens |first1=Gavin |title=The Imperial German Army Between Kaiser and King: Monarchy, Nation-Building, and War, 1866-1918 |date=28 March 2023 |publisher=Springer Nature |isbn=978-3-031-22863-6 |page=131 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1UK2EAAAQBAJ&pg=PA131 |access-date=4 May 2023 |language=en}}</ref>


* Baroness Elisabeth Hugo von Spitzemberg (1860–1943), who married Baron Volkart von Ow-[[Wachendorf]].<ref name="Ashton2017"/>
* Baroness Elisabeth Hugo von Spitzemberg (1860–1943), who married Baron Volkart von Ow-[[Wachendorf (Starzach)|Wachendorf]].<ref name="Ashton2017"/>
* Baroness Olga Hugo von Spitzemberg (1863–1956), who married [[Charles-Lèon de Servins d'Héricourt|Charles-Lèon de Servins]], Marquis d'Héricourt, [[Consul general]] of France in [[Leipzig]].<ref name="Woelmont1923">{{cite book |last1=Woelmont |first1=Henri de baron |title=Notices généalogiques |date=1923 |publisher=Champion |page=773 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Notices_g%C3%A9n%C3%A9alogiques/y7no8gR6PAkC?hl=en&pg=PA773 |access-date=4 May 2023 |language=fr}}</ref>
* Baroness Olga Hugo von Spitzemberg (1863–1956), who married [[Charles-Lèon de Servins d'Héricourt|Charles-Lèon de Servins]], Marquis d'Héricourt, [[Consul general]] of France in [[Leipzig]].<ref name="Woelmont1923">{{cite book |last1=Woelmont |first1=Henri de baron |title=Notices généalogiques |date=1923 |publisher=Champion |page=773 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y7no8gR6PAkC&pg=PA773 |access-date=4 May 2023 |language=fr}}</ref>
* Baroness [[Amélie von Soden|Amélie Charlotte Hugo von Spitzemberg]] (1869–1953), who married Gernal Baron [[Franz von Soden]].<ref name="deutsche-biographie">{{cite web |title=Hugo von Spitzemberg, Wilhelm Freiherr - Deutsche Biographie |url=https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/sfz123710.html |website=www.deutsche-biographie.de |publisher=[[Deutsche Biographie]] |access-date=4 May 2023 |language=de}}</ref>
* Baroness [[Amélie von Soden|Amélie Charlotte Hugo von Spitzemberg]] (1869–1953), who married General Baron [[Franz von Soden]].<ref name="deutsche-biographie">{{cite web |title=Hugo von Spitzemberg, Wilhelm Freiherr - Deutsche Biographie |url=https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/sfz123710.html |website=www.deutsche-biographie.de |publisher=[[Deutsche Biographie]] |access-date=4 May 2023 |language=de}}</ref>


Spitzemberg died on 4 September 1888 in [[Weißenburg in Bayern]]
Spitzemberg died on 4 September 1888 in [[Weißenburg in Bayern]]
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Latest revision as of 21:18, 11 April 2024

Baron Wilhelm Hugo von Spitzemberg (19 January 1825 – 4 September 1888) was a German soldier who became a favourite of King Charles I of Württemberg.

Early life[edit]

Spitzemberg was born on 19 January 1825 in Stuttgart in the Kingdom of Württemberg.[1] He was the eldest of four sons of Baron Louis François-Xavier Antoine Hugo von Spitzemberg (1781–1864), who was originally from Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, and Baroness Elisabeth Hugo von Massenbach (1803–1857). His brother was the Württemberg Ambassador in St. Petersburg, Baron Karl Hugo von Spitzemberg,[2] who married Hildegard, Baroness von Varnbüler (a daughter of Minister Karl von Varnbüler und zu Hemmingen).[3] His father was a Royal Württemberg Colonel-Chamberlain, Lieutenant-General and Master of the Court Hunters who was ennobled in 1833.[1]

His paternal grandparents were Lorraine officer Louis-Charles Toussaint Hugo de Spitzemberg, a Major in the service of the Grand Duke of Tuscany and the former Anne Marie Catherine de Bazelaire de Lesseux. His maternal grandparents were Baron Eberhard von Massenbach and Baroness Caroline von Seckendorff. His nephew, Lothar Hugo von Spitzemberg, was chamberlain to Empress Augusta Victoria and a Prussian politician.[4]

Career[edit]

Spitzemberg served as Royal Württemberg Chamberlain and was a General in the Army of Württemberg.[5] He is considered the first "intimate" long-standing "heart friendship" of King Charles I of Württemberg,[6][2] who ruled Württemberg from 1864 until his death in 1891.[7]

Personal life[edit]

In 1858, Spitzemberg was married to Freiin Marie Hugo von Herman auf Wain (1837–1909), a daughter of Baron Benno von Herman and Baroness Pauline von Süsskind.[1] Together, they were the parents of:[8]

Spitzemberg died on 4 September 1888 in Weißenburg in Bayern

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Kneschke, Ernst Heinrich (1868). Neues allgemeines deutsches Adels-Lexicon (in German). Voigt. p. 568. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  2. ^ a b c Ashton, Bodie A. (12 January 2017). The Kingdom of Württemberg and the Making of Germany, 1815-1871. Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 98, 119, 134, 137–8, 147, 152. ISBN 978-1-350-00008-7. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  3. ^ Gothaisches genealogisches Taschenbuch der uradeligen Häuser (in German). Justus Perthes. 1916. p. 56. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  4. ^ Genealogical Handbook of Nobility, Adelslexikon Volume V, page 418, Volume 84 of the entire series, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 1984.
  5. ^ "Spitzemberg, Freiherr von, Wilhelm". www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de (in German). Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  6. ^ Hattemer, Thomas (28 June 2021). Jack the Ripper - Codes lead to Germany. Books on Demand. p. 108. ISBN 978-3-7543-3623-6. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  7. ^ "Schreiben des königlichen Adjutanten von Spitzemberg an den Gesandtschaftssekretär von Fleischmann wegen Auskünften über landwirtschaftliche Maschinen in Frankreich für den König". www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de (in German). Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  8. ^ Wiens, Gavin (28 March 2023). The Imperial German Army Between Kaiser and King: Monarchy, Nation-Building, and War, 1866-1918. Springer Nature. p. 131. ISBN 978-3-031-22863-6. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  9. ^ Woelmont, Henri de baron (1923). Notices généalogiques (in French). Champion. p. 773. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  10. ^ "Hugo von Spitzemberg, Wilhelm Freiherr - Deutsche Biographie". www.deutsche-biographie.de (in German). Deutsche Biographie. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
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