Franz von Ballestrem

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Count Franz von Ballestrem
Coat of arms of the Counts of Ballestrem

Franz Karl Wolfgang Ludwig Alexander Graf von Ballestrem (* 5. September 1834 on Castle Plawniowitz , district Gleiwitz , Upper Silesia ; † 23. December 1910 ibid) was a Prussian landowner , mining - Industrial and politician ( German Center Party , member of parliament).

origin

He came from the Ballestrem family , a former north Italian , later Silesian noble family and was the first son of Carl Wolfgang von Ballestrem (1801–1879) and his wife Betha von Leithold (1803–1874).

Life

Ballestrem served from 1855 as an officer in the Prussian army in the traditional 1st Cuirassier Regiment (Silesian) in Breslau, from 1860 as a regimental adjutant and from 1867 as squadron chief. After participating in the war in 1870/71, he retired from active service due to injury. In 1895 he was promoted to major in the reserve.

The convinced Catholic and "mastermind of Silesian church policy" became the papal secret chamberlain di spade i cappa in 1873 . In 1890 he was a founding member and board member of the “ People's Association for Catholic Germany ”. In 1900 he was appointed Real Privy Councilor with the salutation "Excellency".

Ballestrem was politically active as a member of the Silesian Provincial Parliament , was a member of the German Reichstag from 1872 to 1893 and from 1898 to 1907 as a member of the German Center Party , from 1890 he was parliamentary group chairman , was appointed on May 7, 1890 in place of the deceased Center Politician Georg Arbogast von und zu Franckenstein (1825–1890) was elected Vice President (until 1893) and was President of the Reichstag from 1898 to 1906 . From 1904 to 1906 he had his official residence and official residence in the Reichstag presidential palace. From 1891 to 1903 he was a member of the Prussian House of Representatives and from 1903 a member of the Prussian mansion .

Franz von Ballestrem was the papal secret chamberlain (Camerieri Segreti di Spada e Cappa). He was a member of the Papal Order of Knights of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem . He was an honorary knight of the Order of Malta and his death in 1910 nor its commander of the Bailiwick Silesia.

family

He married on June 21, 1858 at Gut Tworkau (today a place in the municipality of Krzyżanowice ; Ratibor district , Upper Silesia) Hedwig Countess von Saurma, Freiin von und zu der Yeltsch (born November 12, 1838 in Breslau , Lower Silesia ; † March 5 1915 ibid), the daughter of Gustav Graf von Saurma, Freiherr von und zu der Jeltsch (1797–1879) and Anna Countess von Schaffgotsch called Semperfrei (1800–1859). The couple had several children including:

  • Valentin Wolfgang Gustav Alexander Joseph Christian (* December 21, 1860; † May 17, 1920) ∞ Countess Agnes zu Stolberg-Stolberg (* May 11, 1874; † March 26, 1940)
  • Johann Baptists Wolfgang Karl Raphael (* October 24, 1866 - † July 27, 1929)
  • Pia Hedwigis Luise Katharina Viktoria (* February 10, 1869 - July 10, 1918)
  • Bertha Maria Ludmilla Maritia (* April 7, 1870 - May 19, 1939)
  • Gustav Franz Xaver Wolfgang Maria Friedrich Meinrad (* April 16, 1872 - April 24, 1909)
  • Leo Wolfgang (October 20, 1873 - July 4, 1915) ∞ Eva von Durant (October 18, 1882 - April 10, 1958)
  • Ludwig-Carl (born October 5, 1875 - † March 6, 1957)
  • Elisabeth (April 16, 1878 - March 15, 1969)
  • Marco (April 26, 1881 - April 17, 1965)

literature

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  1. ^ Helmut Neubach: Franz Graf von Ballestrem, a President of the Reichstag from Upper Silesia. Oberschlesischer Heimatverlag, Dülmen (Westphalia) 1984.
  2. ↑ Thomas Kühne: Handbook of the elections to the Prussian House of Representatives 1867-1918. Election results, election alliances and election candidates (= handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 6). Droste, Düsseldorf 1994, ISBN 3-7700-5182-3 , pp. 354-358.
  3. ↑ Bernhard Mann et al. (Ed.): Biographical manual for the Prussian House of Representatives . (= Handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 3). Droste Verlag, Düsseldorf 1988, p. 53.
  4. ↑ Valmar Cramer: The Order of Knights from the Holy Grave , Bachem 1952, p. 87
  5. ↑ Curriculum vitae from Acta Borussica Volume 8-10, see under “Literature”.
  6. ↑ Probably the first fatal car accident in Upper Silesia Memorial stone

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personal data
SURNAME Ballestrem, Franz von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ballestrem, Franz Karl Wolfgang Graf von; Ballestrem, Franz Karl Wolfgang Ludwig Alexander Graf von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician, MdR and industrialist
DATE OF BIRTH September 5, 1834
PLACE OF BIRTH Gut Plawniowitz, district of Gleiwitz , Upper Silesia
DATE OF DEATH December 23, 1910
Place of death Gut Plawniowitz, district of Gleiwitz , Upper Silesia