Albrecht zu Erbach-Fürstenau

Albrecht Graf zu Erbach-Fürstenau, copper engraving from 1847

Albrecht (Albert) August Ludwig Graf zu Erbach-Fürstenau (* May 18, 1787 in Fürstenau ; † July 28, 1851 Krähberg Hunting Lodge ) was a Hessian nobleman from the noble house of Erbach . He was a member and president of the First Chamber of the Estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse as well as Grand Ducal Hessian Lieutenant General and Major General of Württemberg .

Life

His parents were the Prussian Major General Christian Karl zu Erbach-Fürstenau (1757–1803) and his wife Dorothea Louise Marianne, née Countess von Degenfeld-Schonburg (1765–1827), daughter of Colonel August Christoph von Degenfeld-Schonburg (1730–1814) . His father was initially co-regent and, after the death of his brother Ludwig on January 16, 1784, sole regent of the country.

Albrecht had been in Prussian service as an ensign in the 1st Battalion Guard since November 13, 1802, and left the army after the collapse of Prussia in 1806. As early as 1803, he succeeded in the county, initially under the tutelage of his mother. In 1806 the county was mediatized in connection with the formation of the Rhine Confederation and he became a class lord in the Grand Duchy of Hesse . From 1820 to the March Revolution in 1849 he was a member of the First Chamber of the Estates. In 1823/24 he was her president.

He and his wife are buried in the cemetery in Ober-Sensbach near the Krähberg hunting lodge.

family

Erbach -Fürstenau was married to Sophie Emilie Luise, Princess of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Ingelfingen (born November 20, 1788 in Breslau ; † October 1, 1859 in Fürstenau). The couple had twelve children, including:

• Emma Luise Sophie Victorie Henriette Adelheid Charlotte (* July 11, 1811; † December 1, 1889) ⚭ August 22, 1833 Count Hermann zu Stolberg-Wernigerode (1802–1841)
• Alfred Raimund Friedrich Franz August (1813–1874), KK first lieutenant in the cuirassier regiment No. 3 "King of Saxony", successor in the state rule ⚭ April 28, 1859 Louise zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen (1835–1913)
• Thekla Adelheid Julia Luise (March 9, 1815 - March 13, 1874) ⚭ September 8, 1836 Hereditary Prince Ernst Casimir von Ysenburg-Büdingen (1806–1861)
• Luitgarde Luise Charl Sophie (* May 13, 1817 - April 10, 1897) ⚭ August 23, 1840 with Count Friedrich Ludwig von Rechteren-Limpurg
• Edgar Ludwig Friedrich (1818–1879), KK First Lieutenant in the Cuirassier Regiment No. 7 "Graf Hardegg"
• Lothar (born November 26, 1819 - † August 28, 1851), KK first lieutenant in the Hussar Regiment No. 7 "Prince Reuss Köstritz", drowned in the Mediterranean
• Adelheid Charlotte Victoria (born January 10, 1822 - † April 21, 1881) ⚭ August 15, 1843 Count Botho zu Stolberg-Wernigerode (1805–1881), son of Henrich zu Stolberg-Wernigerode
• August Friedrich Magnus Heinrich (born July 31, 1824 - † August 27, 1855), Imperial and Royal First Lieutenant in Infantry Regiment No. 36 "Palombini"
• Clotilde Sophie Adèle Ferdinande Emma (January 12, 1826 - October 8, 1871) ⚭ November 2, 1843 ruling Count Franz Eberhard zu Erbach-Erbach and von Wartenberg-Roth (1818-1884)
• Adalbert Ludwig Alfred Eberhard Friedrich (* August 19, 1828; † December 12, 1867) Lieutenant in the Grand Ducal Hessian Guard ⚭ September 20, 1852 (morganatic in Frankfurt am Main) Charlotte Willenbücher, Frau von Rothenberg (* June 11, 1839; † May 20, 1913)
• Hugo Wolfgang Ernst Edgar (1832–1894) ⚭ August 8, 1867 Countess Maria zu Erbach-Schönberg (* January 25, 1839 - † February 10, 1927)

literature

• Jochen Lengemann : MdL Hessen. 1808-1996. Biographical index (= political and parliamentary history of the state of Hesse. Vol. 14 = publications of the Historical Commission for Hesse. Vol. 48, 7). Elwert, Marburg 1996, ISBN 3-7708-1071-6 , p. 120.
• Johann Georg Heinrich Hassel: Genealogical-historical-statistical almanac. Volume 24, p. 403 f.
• Genealogisches Reichs- und Staats-Handbuch for the year 1805. Part 1, p. 265.

Web links

• Erbach-Fürstenau, Albrecht August Ludwig Graf too. Hessian biography. (As of January 14, 2020). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Gustav Simon: The history of the dynasts and counts of Erbach and their country. Brönner, Frankfurt am Main 1858, p. 460.
2. ^ Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldatisches Führertum . Volume 2, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1937], DNB 367632772 , p. 469, no. 943.
3. ↑ Erbach-Fürstenau, Albrecht (Albert) August Ludwig Graf zu. Hessian biography (as of November 17, 2012). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS). Hessian State Office for Historical Cultural Studies (HLGL), accessed on September 20, 2012 . 
4. ↑ Erbach-Fürstenau, Luise Sophie Emilie Gräfin zu. Hessian biography (as of March 11, 2010). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS). Hessian State Office for Historical Cultural Studies (HLGL), accessed on September 20, 2012 . 
5. ↑ Erbach-Fürstenau, Louise Countess zu. Hessian biography (as of July 15, 2013). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS). Hessian State Office for Historical Cultural Studies (HLGL), accessed on July 18, 2015 .