Carl of Washington
Carl Theodor Freiherr von Washington (born October 27, 1833 in Notzing , † 1897 ) was a Bavarian - Austrian relative of the first US President George Washington .
biography
He was the son of General Jacob of Washington and his second wife Caroline nee. Freiin Segesser von Brunegg. He became a colonel in the Bavarian army and chamberlain to King Ludwig II of Bavaria .
In 1862 he presented himself to the American Consul General William Murphy in Frankfurt am Main and expressed his interest in joining the United States Army in the Civil War . During this visit he showed the consul general his identification papers and family tree, copies of which are in the possession of the Historical Society of New York .
He did not go to war, on April 18, 1893, in Gries near Bozen , he married the Austrian Countess Marie Butler of Clounebouth , a descendant of a very old Irish family. The marriage remained childless.
After his death, his widow played an important role at court in Munich and Vienna . Due to her great wealth, she donated to charity and set up an orphanage in Vienna in memory of her deceased husband and a hospital in her home town of Haimhausen , both in the name of Washington.
literature
- Baron George Washington Fighting for Austria. In: New York Times . September 3, 1916, p. SM14 , accessed July 21, 2009 .
- Charles and Hugh Brogan Mosley (Eds.). American Presidential Families (London, UK: Alan Sutton and Morris Genealogical Books, 1994), p. 47. (English)
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| SURNAME | Washington, Carl von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Washington, Carl Theodor Freiherr von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bavarian nobleman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 27, 1833 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Notzing |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1897 |