Clemens August von Twickel (politician)

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Clemens August Freiherr von Twickel (born April 29, 1755 in Münster , † March 31, 1841 in Havixbeck ) was a German manor owner and politician from the Westphalian nobility of Twickel .

Von Twickel was the son of Clemens August von Twickel and his wife Sophia Bernhardina von Ledebur zu Perutz and Wicheln. Von Twickel, who was a Catholic denomination, was married to Franziska Ferdinande Maria, née von Rump. Several children emerged from the marriage:

  • Antonie (September 1, 1784 - June 1, 1842) ⚭ June 4, 1806 Count Ferdinand August von Merveldt and Lembeck († May 6, 1834)
  • Theresia (December 1785; † January 11, 1811) ⚭ 1804 Count Franz von Korff called Schmising-Kerssenbrock (* November 14, 1781; † October 18, 1850)
  • Clemens Carl (* 1788) ⚭ Freiin Maria Theresia zu Borg and Lahr (* January 8, 1808)
  • Mechthilde (April 1, 1790 - March 19, 1869), bequeathed Hamern to August von Twickel ⚭ 1826 Baron Karl von Merode († April 9, 1852), master of Hamern
  • Ferdinand (* 1791), Prussian major a. D.
  • Carl (* 1793), district administrator
  • Ludwig (* 1795), a Prussian captain a. D.
  • August (* 1798), Jägermeister
  • Franz (* 1799), court assessor
  • Edmund (* 1801)
  • Joseph (* 1807), Prussian Rittmeister a. D. ⚭ 1844 Mathilde von Wintgen

Von Twickel was the owner of a manor. In addition, he held a number of public and court offices. He was official drost in Rheine and Beverungen, chief kitchen master, privy councilor and land drost in the Principality of Rheina-Wolbeck and Erbschenk in the Principality of Münster . In the French era he was Maire von Havixbeck and Billerbeck, after which he was mayor of Havixbeck. From 1826 to 1831 he was a member of the Provincial Parliament of the Province of Westphalia .

literature

  • Alfred Bruns (Ed.), Josef Häming (compilation): The Members of the Westphalia Parliament 1826–1978 (= Westphalian source and archive directories, Volume 2). Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe, Münster 1978, p. 623.
  • Genealogical paperback of the baronial houses, 1853, pp.492f 1854, p. 549 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ E. Richardson, History Of The Merode Family , 72
personal data
SURNAME Twickel, Clemens August von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Twickel, Clemens August Freiherr von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German landowners and politicians
DATE OF BIRTH April 29, 1755
PLACE OF BIRTH Muenster
DATE OF DEATH March 31, 1841
Place of death Havixbeck