Christian Karl zu Erbach-Fürstenau
Christian Karl August Albrecht Count of Erbach-Fürstenau (born September 18, 1757 in Fürstenau ; † May 10, 1803 in Fürstenau) was the ruling Count of Erbach-Fürstenau , Lord of Breuberg and later Prussian Major General .
Life
origin
Christian Karl August Albrecht was the second of five children of Count Georg Albrecht III. zu Erbach-Fürstenau (born June 14, 1731, † May 2, 1778 in Fürstenau) and his wife Josepha Eberhardine Adolfe Wilhelmine, née Princess von Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (born February 2, 1737, † July 27, 1788), daughter of Christian von Schwarzburg-Sondershausen , born.
Military career
At the age of just twelve, Christian Karl was appointed a Dutch lieutenant in the regiment of the Prince of Nassau-Usingen on February 10, 1769 . From March 12, 1784 (after the surprising death of his older brother Friedrich August) he was first co-ruling and on January 16, 1794 (following the death of his uncle Ludwig II. Friedrich Graf zu Erbach-Fürstenau) then sole ruling count. On September 2, 1784 he became a captain in the regiment of the Prince of Hesse-Darmstadt . He had repeatedly successfully advertised for the Prussian Army , so on January 27, 1795 he changed to Prussian services, became Colonel of the Cavalry and titular officer of the Army. On March 31, 1796 he received the Order of the Red Eagle and was promoted to major general on May 28, 1797. He died on May 10, 1803 at Fürstenau Castle.
family
Christian Karl married on July 25, 1786 in Heilbronn Dorothea Luise Marianne von Degenfeld-Schonburg (* March 12, 1765 - December 14, 1827), daughter of Colonel August Christoph von Degenfeld-Schonburg (1730-1814). The couple had several children including:
- Albrecht August Ludwig (1787–1851), Major General of Württemberg ⚭ Sophie Emilie Luise zu Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Ingelfingen (* November 20, 1788; † October 1, 1859)
- Wilhelm Ludwig Friedrich (* July 22, 1788; † October 12, 1865), Austrian treasurer
- Sophie Albertine Karoline (born January 29, 1790 - † November 18, 1790)
- Adelheit (Adelheid) (* March 23, 1795; † December 5, 1858) ⚭ 1827 Prince Wolfgang Ernst III. zu Isenburg-Büdingen (1798–1866), son of Carl von Isenburg-Birstein
- Anna Sophia (born September 25, 1796; † June 14, 1845) ⚭ Count Franz Karl II. Zu Erbach-Erbach (born June 11, 1782; † April 14, 1832), son of Franz I. zu Erbach-Erbach
literature
- Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 2, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1937], DNB 367632772 , pp. 468-469, no. 943.
- G. Simon: The history of the dynasts and counts to Erbach and their country , p. 457
Individual evidence
- ↑ Erbach-Fürstenau, Georg Albrecht III. Count too. Hessian biography (as of May 2, 2013). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS). Hessian State Office for Historical Cultural Studies (HLGL), accessed on September 30, 2015 .
- ↑ cf. New Nekrolog der Deutschen , 5th year, part II, Ilmenau 1829, p. 1160 or Erbach III on Genealogy.eu
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Erbach-Fürstenau, Christian Karl too |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Erbach-Fürstenau, Christian Karl August Albrecht zu (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | ruling count and Prussian major general |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 18, 1757 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Fürstenau |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 10, 1803 |
| Place of death | Fürstenau |