Christian Ernst von Gleichen-Rußwurm
Christian Ernst Freiherr von Gleichen called von Rußwurm (* 1719 ; † 1768 ) was a margravial Bavarian officer.
Life
Christian Ernst Freiherr von Gleichen was a son of Heinrich von Gleichen (1681-1767) from the Thuringian Counts peers and his wife Carolina Dorothea Sophie von Russwurm (1693-1748) from the Frankish 1,732 extinct in the male line Uradelsgeschlecht of Rußwurm .
The later margravial Bavarian officer and natural scientist Wilhelm Friedrich Freiherr von Gleichen called von Rußwurm was his older brother.
The castle captain of Saalfeld and chief tax collector of the principality of Altenburg Hans Christoph von Gleichen (1656–1713) and the margravial Brandenburg-Kulmbach chief hunter Ernst Friedrich Freiherr von Rußwurm (1657–1732) were his grandfathers.
The diplomat Karl Heinrich von Gleichen was his cousin.
Since Ernst Friedrich Freiherr von Rußworm had no offspring, he adopted his two grandchildren Wilhelm Friedrich and Christian Ernst. On February 25, 1732, the imperial approval was given by Emperor Charles VI. which allowed the descendants to bear the name of sootworm .
Christian Ernst Freiherr von Gleichen joined the military and, like his brother, took on this name after his mother's death in 1748 in Erlangen. From this point on he called himself Christian Ernst Freiherr von Gleichen called von Rußwurm. He last served as the margravial Bavarian colonel and was awarded the Order of the Brandenburg Red Eagle .
He was married to Christiane Sophia, née von Burgsdorf. The couple had a daughter and a son. Friederica Sophia Henrietta was born in 1764 and Wilhelm Heinrich Carl in 1765. The family of Barons von Gleichen called von Rußwurm still exists today.
literature
- Friedrich Ludwig Anton Hoerschelmann : Genealogical nobility history. Presented from secure sources and authentic news and confirmed with the necessary evidence . 1, first part, Erfurt 1772, p. 132 digitized
- Editors: Same named von Rußwurm, Freiherren von. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 6, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1964, ISBN 3-428-00187-7 , p. 445 ( digitized version ).
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SURNAME | Gleichen-Rußwurm, Christian Ernst von |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Same named by Rußwurm, Christian Ernst Freiherr von |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Margravial Bavarian officer |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1719 |
DATE OF DEATH | 1768 |