Carl Ernst Prince Fugger von Glött

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Carl Ernst Fürst Fugger von Glött in 1909 at the age of 50
Fugger coat of arms of the lily
Coat of arms Fugger Glött

Count Carl Ernst Maria Fidel Alfred Anton Fugger von Glött , from 1914: Prince Fugger von Glött (* July 2, 1859 in Oberndorf am Lech , Oberndorf Castle ; † April 25, 1940 in Kirchheim in Swabia ) comes from the Fugger family , from the Line Fugger from the Lily . He was a lawyer , Crown Marshal and President of the Bavarian Chamber of the Imperial Councils of the Kingdom of Bavaria . He was also Lord of Kirchheim in Swabia, Lord of Oberndorf and Count of Kirchberg and Weißenhorn.

Life

Carl Ernst Fürst Fugger von Glött was the oldest of seven children and one of four sons of Ernst Graf Fugger von Glött, Lord of Oberndorf and Lord of Kirchheim (August 14, 1821– February 11, 1885) and Maria Luise Alexandra, Freiin von Künsberg (June 5, 1834 - October 9, 1901).

He attended the boarding schools in Metten and Feldkirch / Vorarlberg and studied law at the universities of Munich, Würzburg and Erlangen. As a lawyer he worked at the district court in Donauwörth, at the regional courts in Passau and Bamberg and at the Lindau district office on Lake Constance. On November 1, 1891, in Moss near Lindau (Lake Constance), he married Count Friedrich zu Moos' daughter, Count Elisabeth von Quadt -Wykradt-Isny (September 11, 1862– August 16, 1940). With her he had three children: Anna Friederike Elisabeth Maria, Countess Fugger von Glött (February 10, 1893–25 December 1962), Maria Countess Fugger von Glött (April 29, 1894– March 13, 1935) and Joseph-Ernst Fugger von Glött (October 26, 1895– May 13, 1981).

From October 2, 1891 to 1918, as a hereditary (formerly imperial) Reichsrat, he was a member of the Bavarian Chamber of Imperial Councils and from 1911 until the end of the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1918 President of the Imperial Councils of the Crown of Bavaria . Together with Count Georg von Hertling and Count Maximilian von Soden-Fraunhofen, he played a decisive role in the proclamation of Ludwig III. to the king. On January 18, 1914, he was raised to the hereditary prince status because of his services to the Kingdom of Bavaria .

As a staunch Catholic, he carried the slogan “God and Maria”. For his charitable work he was in 1901 by Pope Leo XIII. awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of Gregorius . Since 1904 he was an honorary citizen of the market in Kirchheim in Swabia because of his charitable and cultural services. a. about the school system. He also played a major role in establishing the Pfaffenhausen – Kirchheim railway line .

On May 9, 1918, he was appointed Crown Marshal . However, due to the end of the monarchy due to the November Revolution , he was only able to hold this office until November 1918.

From 1922 to 1938 he was a member of the supervisory board of Bayerische Hypotheken- und Wechselbank . From 1931 to 1938 he held the office of chairman of the supervisory board.

Carl Ernst Fürst Fugger von Glött died on April 25, 1940 in Kirchheim in Swabia and is buried there.

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  3. Gerhard J. Bellinger, Brigitte Regel-Bellinger: Schwabings Ainmillerstraße and its most important residents (2013)