Frédéric de Chapeaurouge
Frédéric Charles Adolphe de Chapeaurouge (born December 11, 1813 in Hamburg ; † August 10, 1867 there ) was a German Hamburg merchant and senator.
family
De Chapeaurouge's ancestors originally came from Strasbourg. In 1468 a Jean de Chapeaurouge was granted citizenship in Geneva , where the family held numerous high state offices until the French Revolution. Several descendants of the family had settled in Hamburg since the late 18th century, while the Geneva branch of the family died out in the 19th century.
Frédéric Charles Adolphe was married to Agnes Caroline Helene, nee von Hagedorn (born June 24, 1817 in Hamburg † April 23, 1900 in Mexico City ). She was the daughter of Johann Christian Frederick von Hagedorn and his wife Maria Elisabeth. His children were among others Adolphe de Chapeaurouge (1849-1881), the founder of the Mexican branch of the family that still exists today, and Donat de Chapeaurouge (* May 7, 1853 in Hamburg; † May 21, 1920 ibid). Donat and his wife Maria were the parents of Margot Andree , Donat and Carlos de Chapeaurouge and Sofie von Richthofen .
Life
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Frédéric de Chapeaurouge was a merchant, banker and partner in the trading and banking house JH & A. Chapeaurouge in Hamburg. He was involved in the Hamburg local government and was appointed judge at the lower court for one year in 1845 and 1847 . From 1848 to 1851 he was a commercial judge. Like many of his ancestors, he held the office of elder of the French Reformed congregation in Hamburg from 1854 to 1856, which had existed there since 1744. On May 5, 1858, de Chapeaurouge was elected to the Hamburg Council ( Senate since 1860 ). He was the second de Chapeaurouge to hold a senate office: His cousin Ami de Chapeaurouge (1800–1860) had been a senator from 1852 until his death, his younger brother Charles Ami de Chapeaurouge (1830–1897) worked in December 1867 Senate. De Chapeaurouge worked in the Senate primarily in the finance deputation and in the field of taxes and customs duties , and from 1863 to 1867 he was a member of the military deputation . At times he also worked as praetor of the orphanage . After some delay, Emil von Melle was elected as his successor . After his death in 1925, his nephew Paul de Chapeaurouge (1876–1952) was also elected senator.
The burial place of the Hamburg family "Jacques Henri de Chapeaurouge" is located at planquadrat Q 25 (north of the water tower ) at the Hamburg cemetery in Ohlsdorf , the original location from 1854 on the burial place of the St. Petri Church (part of the former Dammtor cemeteries ). Fréderic Charles Adolphe de Chapeaurouge is named on the communal grave plate at the bottom left with the first name Friederich Carl Adolph .
literature
- German Gender Book Volume 127, Hamburg Gender Book Volume 9, 1961, p. 149
- Dominique Torrione-Vouilloz: Chapeaurouge, de [de Pileo Rubeo]. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Individual evidence
- ^ Eberhard Kellers: Burial grove and crypt: the tombs of the upper class on the old burial grounds in Hamburg. Issue No. 17 of workbooks on the preservation of monuments in Hamburg. Verlag Christians, 1997, ISBN 3-7672-1294-3 , pp. 128 and 131
- ↑ grave inscriptions at genealogy.net
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Chapeaurouge, Frédéric de |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Chapeaurouge, Frédéric Charles Adolphe de (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Hamburg merchant and senator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 11, 1813 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 10, 1867 |
| Place of death | Hamburg |