Aloys von Arco-Stepperg
Aloys Nikolaus Ambros Graf von Arco-Stepperg (born December 6, 1808 at Stepperg Castle ( Stepperg near Rennertshofen ), † September 10, 1891 in Anif ) was a Bavarian landowner, officer and politician.
Life
His mother was Archduchess Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este (1776–1848), the widow of the Palatinate-Bavarian Elector Karl Theodor († 1799). As a widowed Electress, she married Count Ludwig von Arco (1773-1854) in November 1804 .
Aloys and his younger brother Maximilian spent their early childhood at Stepperg Castle and were tutored by private tutors, later they came to Munich with their parents , where they lived in the Palais Arco-Zinneberg . They were very wealthy and the mother in particular acquired one of the largest private fortunes in Bavaria through diligence and business acumen. Aloys von Arco-Stepperg completed his high school studies in 1825 with the Abitur at (today's) Wilhelmsgymnasium in Munich .
He was a lieutenant colonel in the Bavarian Army and owner of the Upper Bavarian dominions of Stepperg , Tagmersheim and Dittenfeld .
From 1848 to 1849 and then again from 1859 to 1861 he was a member of the Bavarian Chamber of Deputies . From 1868 to 1870 he was also a member of the customs parliament as a member of the Schwaben 2 constituency ( Donauwörth , Nördlingen , Neuburg ) . He represented the political direction of the Bavarian Patriot Party .
Marriages and offspring
Count Aloys von Arco-Stepperg married Margravine Irene Pallavicini (1811–1877) in 1830 . The marriage remained childless.
With Pauline Oswald (1851–1902) he had a daughter, Sophie (1868–1952). Six months after the death of his first wife, he married Pauline and legitimized his daughter as Countess von Arco-Stepperg. She inherited the Stepperg castle and estate and married Count Ernst von Moy de Sons , who came from the French nobility . The castle has been owned by this family ever since.
Web links
- Count von Arco-Stepperg, Aloys in the database of members of the Reichstag
- Biography of Aloys Graf-Comte Arco-Valley-Steppberg . In: Heinrich Best : database of the members of the Reichstag of the Empire 1867/71 to 1918 (Biorab - Kaiserreich)
- Aloys von Arco-Stepperg in the parliamentary database at the House of Bavarian History
Individual evidence
- ^ Max Leitschuh: The matriculations of the upper classes of the Wilhelmsgymnasium in Munich. Volume 3: 1740/41 - 1829/30. Beck, Munich 1973, ISBN 3-406-10899-7 , p. 267.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Arco-Stepperg, Aloys von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Arco-Stepperg, Aloys Nikolaus Ambros Graf von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bavarian landowner, officer and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 6, 1808 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stepperg Castle |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 10, 1891 |
| Place of death | Anif |