Adam of Württemberg
Adam Karl Wilhelm Nikolaus Paul Eugen von Württemberg (born January 16, 1792 in Pulawy , † July 27, 1847 in Langenschwalbach ) was Prince of Württemberg and an officer.
Life
Adam was the only son of Prince Ludwig of Württemberg (1756-1817) from his marriage to the Polish Princess Maria Anna Czartoryska (1768-1854). The marriage ended in divorce in October 1793, and Adam was raised by his father. He joined the Württemberg army, but shortly afterwards switched to Russian services and fought in France and Alsace in 1814/15. Prince Adam rose to the rank of lieutenant general and adjutant general with Tsar Nicholas I , his cousin, whom he had known from an early age . During the November Uprising he was in Warsaw , but soon afterwards left the city to go to the Russian governor Grand Duke Constantine . In the following war in Poland from 1831 he led a cavalry brigade under General Cyprian Kreutz . In 1845 he resigned from the Russian service. After that he lived mostly in Germany until his death. Adam Karl Wilhelm von Württemberg remained unmarried.
See also
literature
- Adam 2). In: Heinrich August Pierer , Julius Löbe (Hrsg.): Universal Lexicon of the Present and the Past . 4th edition. tape 1 . Altenburg 1857, p. 109-110 ( zeno.org ).
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Württemberg, Adam Karl Wilhelm Herzog . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 58th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1889, p. 236 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Sönke Lorenz (Ed.): The House of Württemberg. A biographical lexicon . Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-17-013605-4 , p. 347.
- Frank Raberg : Biographical handbook of the Württemberg state parliament members 1815-1933 . On behalf of the Commission for Historical Regional Studies in Baden-Württemberg. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-17-016604-2 , p. 1036 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Theodor Schiemann : History of Russia under Emperor Nikolaus I. Emperor Alexander I and the results of his life's work . tape 1 . Reimer, Berlin 1904, p. 184 ( digitized version ).
- ↑ Johannes Bumüller: The world history. A textbook for middle schools . tape 3 . Freiburg 1855, p. 484 f . ( Digitized version ).
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Adam of Württemberg |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Adam Karl Wilhelm of Württemberg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prince of Württemberg, General of the Cavalry |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 16, 1792 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pulawy |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 27, 1847 |
| Place of death | Langenschwalbach |