August von Meyern-Hohenberg

August von Meyern-Hohenberg , complete August Wilhelm Friedrich Carl Ferdinand von Meyern [-Hohenberg] (born November 18, 1771 in Holzminden , † February 21, 1845 in Potsdam ) was a German officer and diplomat in the services of Brunswick and Coburg, most recently major general .

Life

Von Meyern came from the originally Vogtland noble family von Meyern . He was the eighth child (of eleven) from the second marriage of Johann Gottlob von Meyern to Christina Wilhelmina Johanne, geb. von Schauroth (1741–1800). From his first marriage to Regina Sophie Eleonora, geb. Segnitz von Schmalfelden (1721–1757) eight children. Duke August Wilhelm was his godfather.

He attended high school in Holzminden and in 1787 joined the Brunswick Army of the Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel as an ensign . In 1804 he was a captain in Braunschweig and later a colonel when the army was reorganized after the Braunschweig French era .

He acquired the Hohenberg, Krusemark (now Hohenberg-Krusemark ) and Germerslage (now Iden district ) goods . On March 10, 1817, he received royal Prussian permission for himself and his descendants through the highest cabinet order to use the Hohenberg property name as an official part of the name.

From 1829 to 1831 he was the Brunswick envoy to the Prussian court in Berlin.

At an unknown point in time he was appointed major general à la suite in Saxony-Coburg-Gotha.

From his marriage to Auguste Countess von Görtz-Wrisberg , the aunt of Hermann von Görtz-Wrisberg , he had a daughter and heir, Pauline Karoline (1820–1899). She married Friedrich Graf von der Schulenburg - Altenhausen in 1844 and founded the Hohenberg and Krusemark family fideikommiss . In addition to their own descendants, possible beneficiaries included the descendants of their father's full brothers. Therefore, they also took the name of Meyern-Hohenberg .

literature

Meyern-Hohenberg . In: Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of baronial houses. 10th year: Baronial houses in alphabetical order ... to the year 1860 . Justus Perthes, ZDB -ID 204183-2 , p. 553–555 , here p. 554 , urn : nbn: de: hbz: 061: 1-464273 ( digital.ub.uni-duesseldorf.de ).
Leopold von Zedlitz-Neukirch : Meyern v. Hohenberg, gentlemen . In: New Prussian Adels-Lexicon,… of the… princely, counts… houses (etc.) residing in the Prussian monarchy. tape 3 : I-O . Gebr. Reichenbach, Leipzig 1837, p. 406-407 ( books.google.de ).

Web links

private genealogical website

Individual evidence

↑ Meyern (-Hohenberg) , in: Genealogical Handbook of the nobility , Adelslexikon Volume IX, Volume 116 of the total row, CA strong publishing , Limburg (Lahn) 1998, ISSN 0435-2408 , p 35
↑ Tobias C. Bringmann : Handbuch der Diplomatie, 1815–1963. Foreign heads of mission in Germany and German heads of mission abroad from Metternich to Adenauer . Saur, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-598-11431-1 , pp. 54 ( books.google.de ).
↑ Meyern-Hohenberg . In: Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of baronial houses. 10th year: Baronial houses in alphabetical order ... to the year 1860 . Justus Perthes, Gotha, p. 553–555 , here p. 555 ( digital.ub.uni-duesseldorf.de ).

personal data
SURNAME	Meyern-Hohenberg, August von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Meyern-Hohenberg, August Wilhelm Friedrich Carl Ferdinand von; Meyern, August Wilhelm Friedrich Carl Ferdinand von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German officer and diplomat in the service of Brunswick and Coburg, most recently major general
DATE OF BIRTH	November 18, 1771
PLACE OF BIRTH	Holzminden
DATE OF DEATH	February 21, 1845
Place of death	Potsdam

[1] Meyern (-Hohenberg) , in: Genealogical Handbook of the nobility , Adelslexikon Volume IX, Volume 116 of the total row, CA strong publishing , Limburg (Lahn) 1998, ISSN 0435-2408 , p 35

[2] Tobias C. Bringmann : Handbuch der Diplomatie, 1815–1963. Foreign heads of mission in Germany and German heads of mission abroad from Metternich to Adenauer . Saur, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-598-11431-1 , pp. 54 ( books.google.de ).

[3] Meyern-Hohenberg . In: Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of baronial houses. 10th year: Baronial houses in alphabetical order ... to the year 1860 . Justus Perthes, Gotha, p. 553–555 , here p. 555 ( digital.ub.uni-duesseldorf.de ).