Carl von Hardenberg (Oberhofmarschall)

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Carl von Hardenberg (full name Carl Philipp von Hardenberg ; born October 14, 1756 in Hanover † January 31, 1840 ibid) was a German lawyer and court marshal of the Kingdom of Hanover .

Life

Carl von Hardenberg came from the Lower Saxon noble family von Hardenberg and was born in 1756 as the son of Hans Ernst von Hardenberg and Eléonore von Wangenheim. He was the brother of, among others , August Wilhelm Carl von Hardenberg (1752-1824).

Carl von Hardenberg studied law at various universities and worked as an auditor at the Electoral Court in Hanover from 1777 at the time of the Electorate Braunschweig-Lüneburg and during the personal union between Great Britain and Hanover. In 1781 he worked in Celle as a judicial councilor at the local court of appeal , where he was appointed court judge assessor in Hanover until 1805, while in 1803 he was appointed. In 1805 he took over the function of court judge in Hanover, around that time he also married the Countess von Wartenberg.

During the so-called " French era " and in the Kingdom of Westphalia established by Napoleon Bonaparte , von Hardenberg was entrusted by the Westphalian government with the duties of Landdrosten von Ratzeburg in 1814 .

After the elevation of the former electorate to the Kingdom of Hanover, Carl von Hardenberg was replaced by King George III, who lived in Great Britain . Appointed Oberhofmarschall of the newly formed state at the end of 1815. In the same year he was awarded the Grand Cross of the Guelph Order.

From Carl von Hardenberg an exchange of letters with the writer and state theorist Benjamin Constant has been preserved.

family

With the Countess von Wartenberg, who was married around 1805, Carl von Hardenberg had three sons and two daughters, among them

  • Peter Theodor (September 10, 1768 - August 26, 1813).
  • Karl studied forestry, married Countess Adelheid von Kielmannsegg in 1820, with whom he had at least two sons by 1823.
  • Adolf died early.
  • Julie married a count from the von Platen-Hallermund family.
  • Pauline married the noble captain from the du Plat family in 1821 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i Benjamin Constant: Oeuvres complètes , part: Correspondance générale, publiée sous la direction de CP Courtney , vol. 5: 1803 - 1805 , textes établis et annotés par Paul Delbouille, Dennis Wood et Arianne Tooke avec la collaboration de Peter Rickard, Max Niemeyer Verlag, Tübingen 2007, ISBN 978-3-484-50455-4 , p. 444; Preview over google books
  2. ↑ a b Hardenberg, the Counts of. In: New Preussisches Adels-Lexicon or genealogical and diplomatic news from the princely, counts, baronial and noble houses residing in the Prussian monarchy or related to it, with the indication of their ancestry, their property, their coat of arms and those that emerged from them Civil and military figures, heroes, scholars and artists; edited by an association of scholars and friends of patriotic history under the board of Baron L. v. Zedlitz-Neukirch , second supplement to the first and second edition. Containing corrections and supplements since 1839. In addition to an appendix about the status of the cathedral collegiate and fräulein monasteries, as well as about status elevations and medals of the most recent times. Reichenbach Brothers, Leipzig 1843, p. 50; Digitized via Google books
  3. ↑ a b Christoph Graf v. Foreman: Carl Philipp von Hardenberg , family tree on the genealogical site gw.geneanet.org [ undated ], last accessed on May 9, 2020
  4. ^ A b c d e Johann Wolf : 118. Georg and Karl Philipp as well as 122. Children of Count Karl Philipps , in ders .: History of the Hardenberg family , Volume 2, Göttingen: printed by JC Baier, 1823, p. 265 -266,; Digitized via Google books
personal data
SURNAME Hardenberg, Carl von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hardenberg, Carl Philipp von (full name); Hardenberg, Karl Philipp von; Hardenberg, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer, electoral Braunschweig-Lüneburg judicial councilor, judge, royal Westphalian Landdrost and Oberhofmarschall of the Kingdom of Hanover
DATE OF BIRTH October 14, 1756
PLACE OF BIRTH Hanover
DATE OF DEATH January 31, 1840
Place of death Hanover