Adolf zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg

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Adolf Carl Constantin Friedrich Ludwig Vollrath Philipp, Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg (born December 9, 1805 in Nuremberg , † August 9, 1861 in Würzburg ) was a German nobleman and third Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg.

origin

Coat of arms of the princes of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg

The noble family of those zu Löwenstein goes back to the Wittelsbacher Friedrich I, the victorious , elector of the Palatinate (1425–1476), whose children from his morganatic marriage with Clara Tott were not entitled to inheritance in their own dynasty, which is why they formed an independent noble family . With the death of Count Ludwig III. von Löwenstein in 1611 the two main lines emerged, the Evangelical line Löwenstein-Wertheim-Virneburg (later Freudenberg) and the Catholic line Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort (later Rosenberg).

Life

Adolf was born on December 9, 1805 in Nuremberg . He was the second child of his parents, Georg Fürst zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg (1775–1855) and his wife Ernestine, a born Countess of Pückler-Limpurg (1784–1824). The father was the second prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg and a German nobleman . Adolf was brought up like the princes of his time. He attended school in Wertheim for six years and studied in Halle . Eventually he won a lieutenant's position and joined the hussars in Potsdam. Prince Adolf became Prince with the death of his father Georg on July 26, 1855. As a registrar, Prince Adolf was a member of the First Chamber of Baden , Bavaria , Hessen-Darmstadt and Württemberg .

family

Adolf married on April 18, 1831 in Bendorf near Koblenz Katharina Schlundt, Baroness von Alderhorst (1807–1877). The couple had five children, of whom only the only daughter survived childhood:

  • Karl Friedrich zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg (1834–1845),
  • Adolf zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg (* / † 1836),
  • Ernestine Karoline zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg (1838–1905),
⚭ 1862 Baron Richard von Swaine (1830–1902),
  • Axel Friedrich zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg (* / † 1839),
  • Erwin Georg zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg (1841–1842).

See also

literature

  • 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. 519 f .

Web links

Adolf, 3rd Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freundeberg on geneall.net

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ How Love Wiped Out a Noble Family
personal data
SURNAME Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg, Adolf zu
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg, Adolf Carl Constantin Friedrich Ludwig Vollrath Philipp Fürst zu (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German nobleman, head of the Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg family
DATE OF BIRTH December 9, 1805
PLACE OF BIRTH Nuremberg
DATE OF DEATH August 9, 1861
Place of death Wurzburg