Christian Friedrich zu Stolberg-Wernigerode
Count Christian Friedrich zu Stolberg-Wernigerode (born January 8, 1746 at Wernigerode Castle ; † May 26, 1824 in Peterswaldau ) followed his father as regent of the county of Wernigerode in 1778 .
Life
Count Christian Friedrich was the only son of Count Heinrich Ernst zu Stolberg-Wernigerode and Princess Anna of Anhalt-Köthen. He comes from the Counts of Stolberg .
During his studies in Halle (Saale) from 1764 to 1767 he was accepted as a Freemason in the lodge to the three swords , in the summer of 1767 he received the fourth and later the fifth degree in the Leipzig lodge.
Until 1796, Count Christian Friedrich was cathedral dean of Halberstadt and provost of Walbeck , knight of the Royal Prussian Red Order ( 1797) and the Order of the Black Eagle (1803) as well as the Order of St. John . The knighthood to the Johanniter took place in 1790 by Prince August Ferdinand of Prussia .
The count was u. a. friends with the poet Anna Louisa Karsch and the poet Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim . He was also a member of the Halberstadt Literary Society, which existed from 1785 to 1810 .
heritage
On June 8, 1765, his mother's uncle, Count Johann Erdmann von Promnitz , gave him the lordships of Peterswaldau , Jannowitz and Kreppelhof in Silesia . Through a foundation of December 18, 1815, he left Peterswaldau to his second oldest son, Count Ferdinand, as a special entail and majorate , Jannowitz to his third oldest son, Count Konstantin, and Kreppelhof to his youngest son, Count Anton . They founded the Silesian branches of the Stolberg-Wernigerode family, who lived there until they were expelled in 1945. The eldest son Henrich became the owner of the county of Wernigerode.
progeny
He was married to Countess Auguste Eleonore zu Stolberg-Stolberg (born January 10, 1748, † December 12, 1821) daughter of Count Christoph Ludwig zu Stolberg-Stolberg. The couple had the following children:
- Anne (* February 24, 1770; † January 26, 1819) ∞ (1797) Freiherr Christoph Carl Alexander Friedrich von Wylich (1753–1831), son of Lieutenant General Friedrich von Wylich
- Luise (* November 24, 1771; † April 8, 1856) ∞ (1807) Moritz Haubold von Schönberg
- Henrich (* 1772; † 1854) ∞ (1799) Princess Jenny of Schönburg-Waldenburg
- Marie (May 4, 1774 - June 16, 1810) ∞ (1803) Prince Heinrich LIV. Reuss zu Lobenstein (October 8, 1767 - May 7, 1824)
- Ferdinand (* October 18, 1775; † May 20, 1854) ∞ (May 25, 1802) Countess Marie Agnes zu Stolberg-Stolberg
- Friederike (* 1776; † 1858) ∞ (1806) Heinrich Ludwig, Burgrave and Count of Dohna-Schlodien
- Ernestine (* 1778; † 1781)
- Konstantin (born September 25, 1779; † August 19, 1817 in Karlsbad) ∞ (September 30, 1804) Freiin Ernestine von der Reck
- Theodor (* 1783; † 1786)
- Anton (* 1785; † 1854) ∞ (June 12, 1809) Baron Luise von der Recke
literature
- Wilhelm Herse : Christian Friedrich Graf zu Stolberg-Wernigerode . In: Historical Commission for the Province of Saxony and for Anhalt (Hrsg.): Mitteldeutsche Lebensbilder. Volume 3, Pictures of Life in the 18th and 19th Centuries. Self-published, Magdeburg 1928, pp. 214–220.
- Eduard Jacobs : Stolberg-Wernigerode, Christian Friedrich Graf zu . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 36, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1893, pp. 387-391.
- Uwe Lagatz : A turning point. Count Christian Friedrich (1746–1824) and Count Henrich (1772–1854) of Stolberg-Wernigerode. In: Philipp Prince of Stolberg-Wernigerode and Jost-Christian Prince of Stolberg-Stolberg (eds.): Stolberg 1210–2010: On the eight hundred year history of the sex. Dößel 2010, ISBN 978-3-89923-252-3 , pp. 220-245.
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| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Heinrich Ernst |
Count of Stolberg-Wernigerode 1778 - 1824 |
Henrich |
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Stolberg-Wernigerode, Christian Friedrich too |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Regent over the county of Wernigerode |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 8, 1746 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wernigerode Castle |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 26, 1824 |
| Place of death | Peterswaldau Castle |