Engelbert-Maria von Arenberg

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Engelbert-Maria von Arenberg in a photo by Georg Rothe, 1906
Portrait of the Duke in the regalia of a knight of the Order of St. George (unknown artist, after 1903)

Engelbert-Maria von Arenberg (full name: Engelbert Prosper Ernst Maria Joseph Julius Balthasar Benedikt Anton Eleonore Lorenz ; born August 10, 1872 in Salzburg , † January 15, 1949 in Lausanne ) was a German nobleman and 9th Duke of the House of Arenberg . He was a grandson of Duke Prosper Ludwig von Arenberg (1785–1861), the sovereign in the Duchy of Arenberg-Meppen . His father Engelbert-August (1824–1875) was the 8th Duke of the House of Arenberg.

Life

Engelbert Maria von Arenberg first grew up in Belgium in the Egmont Palace in Brussels as well as in the castles Heverlee near Leuven and Enghien Castle southwest of Brussels. From 1889 to 1893 he was an officer in the Prussian army in the cuirassier regiment "von Driesen" (Westphalian) No. 4 in Münster and from 1893 to 1896 he served in the guard cuirassier regiment in Berlin. During the First World War he was a Major of the Army High Command VII to.

After the death of his father, Duke Engelbert-Maria inherited his extensive property, including extensive forest areas in the Emsland . In 1903 he acquired Nordkirchen Castle in the Münsterland . From 1909 to 1912 he was a member of the Reichstag as a member of the center for the constituency of Lüdinghausen - Warendorf - Beckum . From 1903 to 1918 the duke was a hereditary member of the Prussian mansion and from 1917 to 1919 for the constituency of Lüdinghausen a member of the Westphalian provincial parliament . According to the writer Bernt Engelmann , Duke Engelbert-Maria von Arenberg was "by far the richest landowner in Westphalia " in 1913 . He had taxed an estimated fortune of 63 million gold marks.

Von Arenberg managed the family's real estate and industrial property, including several mines and the companies Arenberg-Meppen GmbH , Arenberg-Nordkirchen GmbH, Arenberg-Recklinghausen GmbH, Arenberg-Schleiden GmbH and Arenberg-Düsseldorf GmbH, which were founded between 1928 and 1932 . His three children were shareholders in these companies from the start. He was also the founder of numerous social institutions.

After the First World War, Engelbert-Maria von Arenberg moved abroad and lived in Milan . In 1949 he died in Lausanne after a brief illness .

Engelbert-Maria von Arenberg was made an honorary citizen of the city of Meppen in 1919 and an honorary citizen of the city of Recklinghausen in 1927 .

literature

  • The Arenbergers in Emsland. Sögel 2003.
  • Franz-Josef Heyen , Hans Joachim Behr (ed.): The Arenberger. History of a European Dynasty. Volume 2: The Arenbergers in Westphalia and Emsland. Koblenz 1990.
  • Arenberg-Meppen GmbH (ed.): Arenberg 2003. Aspects from 200 years of Arenberg-Meppen and 100 years of Arenberg-Nordkirchen. Meppen 2003.
  • Bernt Engelmann: The empire fell apart, the rich stayed. Hamburg 1972, pp. 118, 277. (Data on wealth according to Rudolf Martin: Yearbook of the wealth and income of millionaires in the Kingdom of Prussia, Berlin 1913)
  • Josef Häming: The members of the Westphalia Parliament: 1826 - 1978, 1978, Westphalian sources and archive directories; Vol. 2 (main volume), p. 162.

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predecessor Office successor
Engelbert-August von Arenberg Duke of Arenberg
1875–1918 		---
Engelbert-August von Arenberg Head of the Arenberg House
1875–1949 		Johann-Engelbert von Arenberg
personal data
SURNAME Arenberg, Engelbert-Maria von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Arenberg, Engelbert Prosper Ernst Maria Joseph Julius Balthasar Benedikt Anton Eleonore Lorenz (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German nobleman, last Duke of the House of Arenberg and politician, MdR
DATE OF BIRTH August 10, 1872
PLACE OF BIRTH Salzburg
DATE OF DEATH January 15, 1949
Place of death Lausanne