Friedrich Christoph von Degenfeld-Schonburg

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Friedrich Christoph von Degenfeld-Schonburg (born September 30, 1769 in Stuttgart , † February 9, 1848 in Ramholz (Schlüchtern) ) was an Imperial Austrian major general and chamberlain . Degenfeld was from 1831 to 1833 a member of the Hessian Estates Assembly .

Life

family

Friedrich Christoph von Degenfeld-Schonburg came from the old, originally Swabian noble family of the von Degenfeld family . The family was raised to the rank of imperial count in 1716 . His grandfather, Count Christoph Martin von Degenfeld-Schonburg (1689–1762), was a royal Prussian general, diplomat and real minister of state and war.

His father, Count August Christoph von Degenfeld-Schonburg (* May 21, 1730, † April 17, 1814), became a colonel . He had the church in Ramholz rebuilt from 1785 to 1788 and in 1800 issued a second school regulation in Ramholz. August Christoph married the second marriage in 1762 to Baroness Helene Elisabeth von Riedesel zu Eisenbach (born August 14, 1742 in Höllrich ; † August 3, 1811 in Eybach ), daughter of Johann Volprecht Riedesel zu Eisenbach . Friedrich Christoph was one of the couple's six children. His older brother Maximilian (born June 19, 1766; † September 16, 1816) became Imperial Chamberlain and Councilor of the Imperial Court. Of his sisters, Dorothea Luise Marianne (1765–1827) married the later Prussian Major General Christian Karl zu Erbach-Fürstenau in 1786 , and Sophie Henriette (1776–1847) married the Prussian President Friedrich zu Solms-Laubach in 1797 .

In 1806 the rulership of Ramholz was mediatized and after the Congress of Vienna in 1815 it came to the Electorate of Hesse . Degenfeld-Schonburg remained the landlord and judge in the Ramholz justice office .

Professional background

At the age of 15, Degenfeld received a second lieutenant in the Anspach cuirassier regiment. At the time of the coalition wars he was already Rittmeister . In 1796 he became adjutant to Field Marshal Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser . In 1799 he served as a major with the hunters on horseback and fought in Italy. In the battle at Bosco on October 24, 1799, he participated with honors and was promoted to lieutenant colonel. The chapter of the Military Maria Theresa Order awarded him the Knight's Cross for his services.

In 1805 Degenfeld was promoted to colonel. He proved himself again in the Battle of Austerlitz , but a short time later withdrew to his possessions in Kurhessen. It was not until 1813, with the general revolt against Napoleon , that he returned to the Austrian military as a colonel in the blockade corps of Duke Ferdinand Georg August von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld-Koháry against the fortress of Mainz . Degenfeld was promoted to major general in 1814 and appointed treasurer, and in 1819 finally retired.

After the outbreak of the July Revolution of 1830 and the associated withdrawal of Elector Wilhelm II of Hessen-Kassel , Degenfeld was the leader of a deputation in 1831 that was supposed to recall the Elector from Wilhelmsbad . In the same year he became a member of the Hessian Estates Assembly, the 1st state parliament, for the Hanau nobility. He was also elected to the 2nd Landtag in 1833. He died on February 9, 1848, at the age of 78, on his property in Ramholz.

Marriage and offspring

Friedrich Christoph von Degenfeld-Schonburg married Luise Charlotte Polyxena von Erbach-Erbach on November 20, 1797 in Erbach (born January 28, 1781 in Erbach; † May 3, 1830), the daughter of Count Franz I von Erbach-Erbach . The couple had at least four sons and one daughter. The eldest son August (born December 10, 1798) became an imperial field marshal lieutenant , his younger brother Gustav (born May 9, 1807) became an imperial major general and chamberlain. The daughter Pauline (1803–1861) married Count Ludwig Joseph zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg in 1831 . The daughter Elisabeth (Betty) Degenfeld-Schonburg (born February 11, 1802, † April 21, 1880 in Dresden) married Friedrich Magnus II of Solms-Wildenfels .

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SURNAME Degenfeld-Schonburg, Friedrich Christoph von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Imperial Austrian Major General, member of the Hessian Estates Assembly
DATE OF BIRTH September 30, 1769
PLACE OF BIRTH Stuttgart
DATE OF DEATH February 9, 1848
Place of death Ramholz (Schlüchtern)