Friedrich Carl zu Stolberg-Gedern

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Friedrich Carl zu Stolberg-Gedern

Graf, since 1742 Prince Friedrich Carl zu Stolberg-Gedern (born October 11, 1693 in Gedern ; † September 28, 1767 there ) ruled the Gedern rulership and held the title Graf zu Königstein .

His full title before the prince was Der Hochgebohrne Graf und Herr, Herr Friedrich Carl, Graf zu Stolberg, Königstein, Rochefort , Wernigeroda , and Hohenstein , Herr zu Epstein , Müntzenberg , Breuberg , Aigmont , Lohra and Klettenberg , Ihro Roman Kayserlichen also Royal Catholics Your majesty tasty Cammer gentleman .

Life

Countess Christine zu Stolberg-Gedern, b. Duchess of Mecklenburg, mother of the prince

Friedrich Carl zu Stolberg-Gedern was the younger son of Count Ludwig Christian zu Stolberg and Duchess Christine zu Mecklenburg , a mother of 24 children, and until their sons came of age, regent in the counties of Gedern and Wernigerode, a daughter of Duke Gustav Adolf , des Last of the line Mecklenburg-Güstrow , as well as sister of the Danish-Norwegian Queen Louise of Mecklenburg . He was also the younger brother of Count Christian Ernst zu Stolberg-Wernigerode and a cousin of King Christian VI .

After the death of his father in 1710 he received, through his will of January 23, 1699, the rule Gedern and later one sixth of the Stolberg part of the Rochefort rule , another sixth after the transfer of his brother Christian Ernst and after the death of Count Heinrich August Stolberg-Schwarza also its sixth. His sister Ferdinande Henriette (1699–1750) married Count Georg August zu Erbach-Schönberg in Gedern in 1719 .

Coat of arms of the Prince of Stolberg-Gedern

At the imperial coronation of Charles VII , Friedrich Carl zu Stolberg-Gedern administered the arch office of the hereditary treasurer on behalf of the Braunschweig-Lüneburg Kurhaus . At the express request of the count when the emperor was present in Frankfurt am Main, he bought himself the elevation to the imperial prince status on February 18, 1742 , but only for himself, as well as his descendants and his sister , due to objections by the other counts of Stolberg , the canoness Auguste Marie zu Herford , the Prince's diploma was issued.

Friedrich Carl is considered to be the actual founder of the Stolberg-Gedern line of the Stolberg family, which died out in the male line in 1804 and fell to the Stolberg-Wernigerode line. During his reign he had Gedern Castle expanded and the rent office rebuilt. In the end he suffered from dropsy for a long time .

Awards

In 1733 Stolberg-Gedern received the Elephant Order from Christian VI.

progeny

Wife of the Prince: Louise, b. Countess of Nassau-Saarbrücken
Family table of the prince in the history, gender and coat of arms calendar of the serene world , 1767

Friedrich Carl married Louise, the daughter of Count Ludwig Kraft of Nassau-Saarbrücken , on September 22, 1719 . She died a year before him, on October 28, 1766. This marriage resulted in the following children:

Luise zu Stolberg-Gedern (1752–1824) , ⚭ 1772 Charles Edward Stuart , Jacobite pretender to the throne
  • Christian Carl (* July 14, 1725; † July 21, 1764), Reich General Feldzeugmeister, was the designated successor to his father, but died before him
Marriage coat of arms of the princess mother and regent Eleonore zu Stolberg-Gedern, b. Countess Reuss zu Lobenstein
⚭ (1760) Countess Eleonore Reuss zu Lobenstein , regent of Stolberg-Gedern (1767–1782)
1. Carl Heinrich (* 1761; † 1804), last Prince of Stolberg-Gedern (1767–1804)
2. Luise (* 1764; † 1834) ⚭ (1780) Duke Karl of Saxony-Meiningen ⚭ (1787) Duke Eugene of Württemberg

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences , 1744, p. 360 f.
  2. ↑ The most pleasant area of ​​Berg and Thal , 1719.
  3. ↑ Otto Wigand: Wigand's Conversations-Lexikon: for all stands , Volume 13, 1851, p. 566.
  4. ^ Bernhard Peters: Gedern Castle.
  5. ^ Continued genealogical-historical news , Volume 67, 1768, p. 814.

literature

  • Prince Philipp of Stolberg-Wernigerode, Prince Jost-Christian of Stolberg-Stolberg (ed.): Stolberg 1210–2010. On the eight hundred year history of the sex. Verlag Janos Stekovics, Dößel 2010, ISBN 978-3-89923-252-3 .

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personal data
SURNAME Stolberg-Gedern, Friedrich Carl zu
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician
DATE OF BIRTH October 11, 1693
PLACE OF BIRTH Gedern
DATE OF DEATH September 28, 1767
Place of death Gedern