Ernst von Steinberg (officer)
Ernst Harry Adolf Ferdinand Friedrich von Steinberg , from 1888 Count von Steinberg (born August 8, 1848 in Brüggen ; † December 29, 1911 there ) was a Prussian officer , landowner and member of the Prussian mansion .
Life
Ernst von Steinberg was the second son of the landowner Ernst Georg Karl von Steinberg, who died in 1886, and his wife Charlotte, née von Hedemann.
He attended the Lyceum in Hanover and then stayed in Lausanne to complete his knowledge of the French language . In the autumn of 1868 he joined the King's Hussar Regiment of the Prussian Army in Bonn as an avantageur , where he was promoted to secondary lieutenant in the spring of 1870 . In 1869 he became a member of the Corps Borussia Bonn . After participating in the Franco-Prussian War , he was asked to apply for a year à la suite on October 1, 1873 , in order to devote himself to scientific training in Leipzig. A subsequent trip followed himParis , London and Italy . In October 1874 he rejoined his regiment . In 1879 he was sent to the German embassy in Paris as a military attaché for a year . In 1881 he was promoted to Rittmeister and appointed royal chamberlain in the same year .
From the 1884 marriage with Johanna Dorothea Amalia von Heßberg, daughter of the general of the cavalry Louis von Hesberg (1824-1909), the daughters Jutta (* 1885) and Gisela (* 1891) emerged.
After the death of his father, Steinberg took over the majorat at Brüggen Castle in place of his older brother Kurt who had emigrated to Brazil . He retired from active military service, was appointed chamberlain and on June 27, 1886 knight of the Order of St. John . In 1887 he entered the Prussian manor house. In 1888 he was raised to hereditary count. After the death of his uncle Bodo von Steinberg, he inherited the estate of the Bodenburg line. As the last male member of the family, he united the entire Steinberg property in one hand.
Steinberg succumbed to liver cancer in late 1911. He was buried in the castle church in Brüggen. With him, the von Steinberg family died out in the male line. Due to the marriage of his daughter Jutta with Burghard von Cramm , the Majorat Brüggen fell to the von Cramm family after his death .
literature
- Karl Greiffenhagen: The history of the castle and village of Brüggen ad L. in connection with the briefly outlined respective national history. Osterode am Harz 1927, p. 108f.
Individual evidence
- ^ Friedrich Karl Devens: Biographical Corpsalbum of Borussia in Bonn 1827-1902. Düsseldorf 1902, p. 176.
- ↑ Kösener corps lists 1910, 19 , 460
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Steinberg, Ernst von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ernst Harry Adolf Ferdinand Friedrich von Steinberg (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian officer, landowner and member of the Prussian manor house |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 8, 1848 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bruggen |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 29, 1911 |
| Place of death | Bruggen |