Andreas Maria by Renard

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Graf Andreas Maria Renard (* 12. January 1795 , † 21st November 1874 in United Strehlitz , province of Silesia ) was a Silesian nobleman and Montan - entrepreneurs .

origin

Andreas Maria von Renard came from the Catholic noble family Renard . His grandfather Johann Baptist von Renard was a Polish lieutenant general and received the Polish nobility in 1726 and confirmation as an imperial count in 1741. His parents were the large landowner Johann Baptist II and his wife the Comtesse Aloysia von Gashin , from the Upper Silesian nobility. Their parents were Armand Graf von Gaschin and Charlotte, née Freiin von Reiswitz. Charlotte's mother Margaretha Anna Josepha was a native Countess of Colonna and the daughter of Karl Leonard Samuel Count Colonna (1695–1752).

Life

Sielce Hunting Lodge

Renard inherited the important property in Poland , Austria and Prussia from his father in 1815 (e.g. Sielec Castle near Sosnowitz ), which he was able to supplement from an inheritance from his mother's side through the rule of Groß Strehlitz . On his significant estate, he mainly operated the construction and further development of industrial plants.

In 1853 Renard owned 22 small and large iron works as well as a wire works and was the second largest iron producer in Upper Silesia. In 1855 he founded the Silesian Hütten-, Forst- und Bergbaugesellschaft "Minerva" as a joint stock company based in Wroclaw , which took over all iron-producing businesses and extensive real estate from Renard. Until 1868 Renard was chairman of the board of directors of "Minerva", after which he was followed by his son Johannes Maria . 1849–1854 and 1859–1861 he was a member of the Prussian House of Representatives .

family

He married Euphemie Anna Barbara von Rudno-Rudzinska on April 25, 1825 (* December 10, 1800, † April 26, 1853). The couple had several children:

⚭ October 3, 1842 Karl Benno von Tschirschky (* July 25, 1810 - May 7, 1878) Her son Mortimer von Tschirschky took over the rule of Gross Strehlitz from his grandfather in 1874 and was then called Tschirschky-Renard. In 1878 he was raised to the rank of count.
  • Johannes Maria (born March 24, 1829 - † March 7, 1874), member of the Reichstag
⚭ August 7, 1855 Freiin Maria Anna Auguste Spies von Büllesheim (* August 18, 1827; † December 1, 1856)
⚭ May 1872 Luise Wilhelmine Christiane Ebel (* November 30, 1821; † 1901)
⚭ 1849 Count Karl von Brühl (* April 27, 1818; † November 27, 1858), son of Carl von Brühl and grandson of Heinrich von Brühl . The marriage had three children:
  1. Elisabeth von Brühl married Count Gustav zu Castell Castell, the head of the chief stewardship to King Ludwig II of Bavaria. She had three children with him: Friedrich zu Castell-Castell , Wolfgang and Ludmilla. Wolfgang zu Castell Castell took over the rule of Groß Strehlitz in 1932 from Georg von Schlieffen-Renard, his mother's half-brother. He died in 1940 and was buried in the Groß Strehlitz palace gardens. His son Prosper became the last owner of the estate from 1940 to 1945.
  2. Maria von Brühl (married von Mangold),
  3. Karl von Brühl-Renard (1853–1923) took over the rule of Groß Strehlitz after the death of his cousin Mortimer von Tschirschky-Renard in 1909 and became the entail master there, at the same time he was the master of Seifersdorf Castle . Karl left no children.
⚭ 1860 Count Georg Karl von Schlieffen (born January 8, 1832 - October 13, 1901), in Oberwitz. The marriage produced a son:
  1. After the death of his half-brother Karl von Brühl-Renard, Georg Graf von Schlieffen inherited the rule of Groß Strehlitz, although Brühl-Renard wanted to hand over the rule to his nephew Wolfgang. Georg Graf von Schlieffen also bore the name Renard with the inheritance. In 1932 he transferred Groß Strehlitz to Wolfgang Graf zu Castell Castell, the son of his half-sister Elisabeth.
  • Hippolyt Maria (born November 1, 1831; † October 18, 1855), heir of the Deutsch-Crawan estate ⚭ July 1, 1855 Countess Laura Henckel von Donnersmarck (born August 30, 1838; † November 22, 1931) (the widow married on January 7, 1857 Count Arthur von Saurma-Jeltsch )

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Count Christian Ludwig Friedrich Wilhelm von Schwerin-Wilmersdorf (* March 19, 1787; † April 27, 1858)
personal data
SURNAME Renard, Andreas Maria von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Renard, Andreas Maria Graf von; Renard, Andrzej
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German coal and steel entrepreneur and Prussian politician
DATE OF BIRTH January 12, 1795
DATE OF DEATH November 21, 1874
Place of death Groß-Strehlitz , Province of Silesia