Alexander zu Erbach-Schönberg
Alexander Ludwig Prince and Count of Erbach-Schönberg (born September 12, 1872 in Schönberg near Bensheim , † October 18, 1944 in Bensheim ) was the second and last Prince of Erbach-Schönberg and a registrar of the Erbach family .
Life and family
Alexander zu Erbach-Schönberg was the son of Gustav Ernst zu Erbach-Schönberg (1840–1908) and his wife Princess Marie Karoline von Battenberg . Alexander zu Erbach-Schönberg, who was a Protestant denomination, married Louise Elisabeth Hermine Erica Pauline, née Princess von Waldeck and Pyrmont (1873–1961), daughter of Georg Viktor Fürst von Waldeck and Pyrmont (1831–1893 ) on May 3, 1900 in Arolsen ) and the Helene born Princess of Nassau (1831–1888). The couple had four children:
- Imma Princess of Erbach-Schönberg; she married Hans-Carl Freiherr von Dörnberg in 1923 and Neil Boyd Mc Eacharn in 1940,
- Georg Ludwig Prince of Erbach-Schönberg (1903–1971),
- Wilhelm Ernst Prince zu Erbach-Schönberg (1904–1946) (death in Soviet captivity),
- Princess Helene zu Erbach-Schönberg.
After his father's death in 1908, he succeeded him in the hierarchy. A mandate in the First Chamber of the Estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse was associated with the state rule . He had represented his father in the Chamber since 1899. From 1911 to 1917 he was represented by his brother Viktor . With the November Revolution of 1918, the privileges of the nobility were abolished and his function as a class lord ceased to exist.
literature
- Klaus-Dieter Rack, Bernd Vielsmeier: Hessian MPs 1820–1933. Biographical evidence for the first and second chambers of the state estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse 1820–1918 and the state parliament of the People's State of Hesse 1919–1933 (= Political and parliamentary history of the State of Hesse. Vol. 19 = Work of the Hessian Historical Commission. NF Vol. 29) . Hessian Historical Commission, Darmstadt 2008, ISBN 978-3-88443-052-1 , p. 289.
Web links
Maximilian zu Erbach-Schönberg (1820–1821) | Emil zu Erbach-Schönberg (1826–1827) | Ludewig III. zu Erbach-Schönberg (1829–1863) | Gustav Ernst zu Erbach-Schönberg (1865–1908) | Alexander zu Erbach-Schönberg (1899–1918) | Victor zu Erbach-Schönberg (1911–1918)
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| SURNAME | Erbach-Schönberg, Alexander zu |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Erbach-Schönberg, Alexander Ludwig Fürst and Graf zu (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German nobleman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 12, 1872 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schönberg near Bensheim |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 18, 1944 |
| Place of death | Bensheim |