Amalie von Gölnitz

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Sophie Amalie Christine von Gölnitz (born March 23, 1780 ; † November 16, 1854 in Rottenburg am Neckar ) was a German governess who was married to a count 20 years her senior and later ran away with a soldier's son.

family

Marriage certificate in the Protestant family register in Rottenburg: Pastor Weigelin from Remmingsheim made the entry with “Frau Gräfin” instead of “Frau Vögtin”, probably because she was addressed that way.

Amalie von Gölnitz was married to Ludwig Karl Johann Otto, Count von Uxkull-Gyllenband (born February 15, 1760) at the age of 14 and had four children with him:

  • Emilie Amalie von Uxkull-Gyllenband (born May 13, 1796) ∞ NN von Laroche-Starkenfels
  • Udo Woldemar Siegfried Gustav, count of Uxkull-Gyllenband * (June 7, 1799) ∞ Mathilde Freiin von Stain zum Rechtenstein
  • Kuno Otto, count of Uxkull-Gyllenband * (September 4, 1800) ∞ Eleonore Zepf ∞ (in second marriage :) Franziska Maria Katharina von Chrismar
  • NN

Life

The young countess left Count Louis von Üxküll-Gyllenband and his children, 20 years her senior, and ran away with the son of the land dragon Reinhardt, who she described as a “ gypsy ”. She had two illegitimate children who died soon after giving birth. She was sentenced to pay a fine for “illegitimate intercourse”. Her husband divorced her in 1808 and died in 1811 after a hunting accident in which he stumbled and shot himself in the knee.

The former countess was imprisoned in 1811 for a third illegitimate pregnancy. King Friedrich von Württemberg delayed her release from prison until autumn 1812, after which Amalie lived in Rottenburg am Neckar. She had to “live meagerly” and could not access her custody assets. Her son Kuno Graf von Üxküll, who was the royal chief forester in Sulz am Neckar and was married to Eleonore Zepf from Rottenburg, paid his mother's debts from time to time. Amalie also looked after her granddaughter Emilie, an illegitimate daughter of her son Udo, under the cover name "von Waldenstein" as a boarding child.

Pastor Gustav Ludwig Hoffmann was on friendly terms with Amalie for many years and described her in his memoirs as a remarkable woman with great respect. In 1854 the impoverished Countess died in her rented apartment in Rottenburger Unterwässer (Bahnhofstrasse 19).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Geneall.
  2. ↑ a b c Ursula Kuttler-Merz: Runaway with someone else: From the life of the involuntary Rottenburger Amalie Countess von Üxkül. Schwäbisches Tagblatt dated June 3, 2010.
personal data
SURNAME Gölnitz, Amalie von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gölnitz, Sophie Amalie Christine von; Üxkül, Amalie Countess of; Amalie Sophie Christiane von Gölnitz divorced Countess Üxküll-Gyllenband
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German governess who was married to a count 20 years her senior as a minor
DATE OF BIRTH March 23, 1780
DATE OF DEATH November 16, 1854
Place of death Rottenburg am Neckar