Christoph Martin zu Stolberg-Roßla

Ida von Reuss and Christoph Martin zu Stolberg-Roßla

Christoph Martin Graf (since 1916 Prince ) zu Stolberg-Roßla (born April 1, 1888 in Roßla ; † February 27, 1949 in Ortenberg ) was a German civil registry lord .

family

Christoph zu Stolberg came from the former imperial direct counts Stolberg-Roßla of the Stolberg family , who enjoyed various privileges as noblemen in Prussia . The family held estates in the county of Stolberg-Roßla and in Ortenberg in the Grand Duchy of Hesse and consequently hereditary seats in the Prussian mansion (1918) and in the First Chamber of the Estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse (1916–1918, never formally entered).

He was the second-born son of Prince Botho zu Stolberg-Roßla and his second wife Hedwig, born Princess zu Ysenburg and Büdingen in Büdingen (1863–1925). In 1916 he succeeded his older brother Jost Christian (1886–1916), who fell in World War I, as prince and head of the line and as owner of the county of Stolberg-Roßla , which was created by inheritance in 1706 but annexed by Electoral Saxony in 1731 and finally mediated in 1806 .

Christoph zu Stolberg married Ida Princess Reuss (1891–1977), daughter of Prince Heinrich XXII , in 1911 . and his wife, Princess Ida zu Schaumburg-Lippe . She was the younger sister of the last Prince Reuss of the older line , Heinrich XXIV. , Who had been placed under reign due to incapacity to govern, and the later " Empress widow " Hermine of Prussia . The couple had four children.

Life

Christoph zu Stolberg was a Prussian Rittmeister in the 3rd Guard Uhlan Regiment . In 1916 he inherited the County of Stolberg-Roßla and in 1918, after reaching the age of 30, was a member of the Prussian mansion for a few months until its dissolution . Prince Stolberg-Roßla remained the owner of his estates in and around Schloss Roßla and Schloss Ortenberg in Hesse. His wife took over Burgk Castle in Vogtland in 1933 from her sister Hermine . In 1945 the possessions in Roßla and Burgk were expropriated, the princely couple withdrew to their possessions in West Germany, where Christoph Martin died in 1949 at Ortenberg Castle.

literature

• Justhus Perthes (Ed.): Gothaischer Hofkalender, year 1917, p. 232.
• Heinz Reif: Nobility and bourgeoisie in Germany II: Lines of development and turning points in the 20th century , R. Oldenbourg Verlag, Munich 2001
• Jochen Lengemann : MdL Hessen. 1808-1996. Biographical index (= political and parliamentary history of the state of Hesse. Vol. 14 = publications of the Historical Commission for Hesse. Vol. 48, 7). Elwert, Marburg 1996, ISBN 3-7708-1071-6 , p. 373.