Alfred Otto Rabe von Pappenheim

Alfred Otto Rabe von Pappenheim (born September 2, 1808 in Kassel , † December 24, 1851 in Stammen ) was an Elector of Hesse officer and landowner . Rabe von Pappenheim was a member of the Hessian Estates Assembly from 1847 to 1848 .

Life

family

He came from the old, originally Westphalian, noble family Rabe von Pappenheim . His father, Wilhelm Maximilian Rabe von Pappenheim, was chamberlain and chief steward of Prince Carl Friedrich von Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach . In Weimar he met Diana Freiin Waldner von Freundstein , who was 20 years his junior , and fell in love with her. Both married on September 6, 1806 in Weimar. In 1808 the couple had to return to the newly created Kingdom of Westphalia , otherwise they would have lost their possessions and goods. Both went to the court of King Jérôme Bonaparte , Napoleon's youngest brother , in Kassel. Wilhelm became chamberlain to the Westphalian king and Diana became chamberlain to Queen Katharina .

Alfred Otto was the couple's second son. His older brother Gottfried August Maximilian (born June 6, 1807 in Weimar, † February 23, 1874 in Weimar) became a royal Hanoverian lieutenant colonel . He last served on foot in the Guard Regiment. In September 1811 Diana gave birth to a daughter, who later became the writer Jenny von Gustedt . She was the illegitimate daughter of King Jérôme, who also held her in his arms when she was baptized . Since Diana's marriage to Wilhelm Rabe von Pappenheim still existed, the latter recognized the child as his legitimate daughter. In October 1813 Diana gave birth to another daughter, who was named Marie Pauline von Schönfeld after her birthplace. She died in 1873 as superior of the Notre Dame des Oiseaux convent.

In 1815, after the death of Wilhelm Maximilian Rabe von Pappenheim, Diana Rabe von Pappenheim married the State Minister of Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach Ernst Christian August von Gersdorff for the second time . The marriage produced a daughter. Gersdorff also brought Diana's daughter Jenny and her two sons Gottfried August Maximilian and Alfred Otto to live with him.

Professional background

Rabe von Pappenheim became a lieutenant in the Hessian Guard du Corps . There was a duel with Lieutenant Eduard von Haynau , who later became Minister of War for the Electorate of Hesse. Because of the duel, he entered Russian military service in 1827 and experienced the Russo-Turkish and Russian-Polish wars as the prime lieutenant of the hussars .

In 1835 he said goodbye to military service and retired to his ancestral estate. His older brother Gottfried August Maximilian received the family property in Liebenau . On May 18, 1847, Rabe von Pappenheim became a member of the Electoral Hesse state assembly, the 10th state parliament, as a representative for the knighthood of the Diemel stream. An office that he held until October 31, 1848. He died on Christmas Eve 1851 at the age of 43 on his estate at Schloss Stammen .

Marriages and offspring

Alfred Otto Rabe von Pappenheim married Marie Elisabeth Rommel on September 22, 1837 in Kassel (born May 27, 1817 in Kassel; † November 2, 1841 in Stammen), the daughter of the court procurator Philipp Rommel. The marriage produced three sons. After the death of his wife, he married her younger sister Katharina Sophie Elisabeth Rommel on April 4, 1843 (born October 1, 1822 in Kassel; † February 22, 1877 in Kassel). The couple had four children, a son and three daughters.

Ernst Heinrich Rabe von Pappenheim (born January 15, 1840 in Stammen, † February 2, 1884 in Düsseldorf ), his son from his first marriage, became a royal Prussian major . He last served in the 2nd Westphalian Hussar Regiment No. 11 . His younger brother Gustav Rabe von Pappenheim (born February 12, 1841 in Stammen) served as Rittmeister in the 2nd Grand Ducal Mecklenburg Dragoon Regiment No. 18 . In 1892 he published his father's experiences in Weimar and during his military service in Hesse and Russia. Meta Charlotte Rabe von Pappenheim (born August 27, 1847 in Stammen; † 1935), a daughter from his second marriage, married Carl von Altenbockum , Consistorial President in Kassel, District Administrator in Rotenburg an der Fulda and Member of the Municipal Parliament in Kassel.

literature

• Ewald Grothe (ed.): The members of the Electoral Hessian Estates Assemblies 1830–1866. Historical Commission for Hessen, Marburg 2016, number KSV-330, ISBN 978-3-942225-33-5 .
• Jochen Lengemann : MdL Hessen 1808-1996. Biographical index. Elwert, Marburg 1996, page 299, ISBN 978-3-86354-097-5 .
• Philipp Losch : The members of the Electoral Hesse State Assemblies from 1830 to 1866. Elwert, Marburg 1909, pages 42–43.
• Gustav Rabe von Pappenheim: Experiences in Kurhessischen and Russian services and memories of the society in Weimar from the Göthezeit of the Freiherr Alfred Otto Rabe von Pappenheim. Reichsherold, Marburg 1892.
• Deutsche Adelsgenossenschaft (Ed.): Yearbook of the German Aristocracy , Volume 2, Berlin 1898, Verlag von WT Bruer, page 768, ( digitized version )

Web links

• Rabe von Pappenheim, Alfred Otto. Hessian biography. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).