Anna Adelheit Catharina von Bartensleben
Anna Adelheit Catharina von der Schulenburg , née von Bartensleben , (born October 10, 1699 on Wolfsburg in Alt-Wolfsburg , † April 18, 1756 ibid) was Countess and sole heir of the von Bartensleben estates from 1728 .
Life
Anna Adelheit Catharina was born as the third child of Gebhard Werner von Bartensleben and his wife Anna Elisabeth (née von Bodenhausen ) at the family home in Alt-Wolfsburg. In 1718 she married Adolph Friedrich von der Schulenburg . He was the owner of the manors Beetzendorf , Detzel , Klosterrode , Osterwohle and Ramstedt . Since her siblings had all died at a young age, which she, after the death of her father, the last male representative of the von Bartensleben family, became the sole heir to his possessions, which also included the family seat. Through their marriage, the von Bartensleben family was able to establish closer ties with the Prussian royal family. Her husband met regularly with King Friedrich Wilhelm I , who gave him a piece of land near the Tiergarten in Berlin and financed the construction of the palace there (1736–1739). This building served the aristocratic family as a town house in Berlin. When Adolph Friedrich was appointed major general in 1728 and raised to the rank of imperial count, this title also went to his wife, who from then on was allowed to call herself imperial countess von der Schulenburg. Margravine Wilhelmine von Bayreuth had a portrait of Anna Adelheit Catharina von der Schulenburg (made by Antoine Pesne ) hanging in her music room under her portraits of “several beauties” .
family
The Imperial Countess gave her husband 15 children in 23 years of marriage, three of whom died at a young age. After her husband died in the Battle of Mollwitz and her father died shortly afterwards, she was declared sole ruler of the castle and large parts of the Wolfsburg estate. As a single mother, she had 12 children, some of whom were still minors, and fought for the family inheritance in court. For their daughter Anna Elisabeth (1720–1741) King Friedrich Wilhelm I arranged the wedding celebrations with the lawyer Count Abraham Wilhelm von Arnim-Boitzenburg (1713–1761) in the “ Palais Schulenburg ” in 1738 .
More children were
- Gebhard Werner von der Schulenburg
- Sophie Friederike Charlotte von der Schulenburg
- Achaz Wilhelm von der Schulenburg
- Friedrich August I. von der Schulenburg
Her siblings were Hans Daniel († 1720), Kraft Burkhard († 1719) and Carl Ludwig († 1714) as well as two sisters who all died prematurely.
literature
- Peter Steckhan: Schulenburg (Beetzendorf), Anna Adelheit Catharina vd geb. v. Bartens life. in: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Dieter Lent et al. (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon - 8th to 18th century . Appelhans Verlag, Braunschweig 2006, ISBN 3-937664-46-7 , p. 637/638 .
- Georg Schmidt, Johann Friedrich Danneil: The gender of the Schulenburg. Part 2. The trunk line. Beetzendorf 1899, OCLC 175078807 , p. 526.
Web links
- “Baroque Castle History ” - A particularly attractive guided tour of the castle on wolfsburg.de
- History on graf-schulenburg-wolfsburg.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ 1736 - Imperial Chancellor Palace of the architect Carl Friedrich Richter on bernd.hartwich.berlin (PDF, p. 6.)
- ↑ a b c Peter Steckhan: Schulenburg (Beetzendorf), Anna Adelheit Catharina vd geb. v. Bartens life. in: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Dieter Lent et al. (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon - 8th to 18th century . Appelhans Verlag, Braunschweig 2006, ISBN 3-937664-46-7 , p. 637/638 .
- ↑ Portrait of Countess Anna Adelheit Catharina von der Schulenburg on christies.com
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bartensleben, Anna Adelheit Catharina von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schulenburg, Anna Adelheit Catharina von der; Schulenburg-Beetzendorf, Anna Adelheid Catharina von der |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Imperial Countess |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 10, 1699 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Old Wolfsburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 18, 1756 |
| Place of death | Old Wolfsburg |