Friedrich Clemens von Ketteler

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Friedrich Clemens (called Fritz) Freiherr von Ketteler-Harkotten and Schwarzenraben (born March 23, 1839 at House Itlingen near Herbern ; † March 5, 1906 at Eringerfeld Castle ) was a German majorate owner and politician from the Westphalian noble family von Ketteler .

Life

He was a son of Wilderich von Ketteler . He attended the Rheinische Ritterakademie in Bedburg and the grammar school in Osnabrück . Then he attended the University of Innsbruck . Then he entered the Prussian military service. In the 1860s he was an active officer in the 8th Hussar Regiment (1st Westphalian) in Paderborn . In 1863 he married the widow Maria Kunigunde Freifrau von der Betten , widowed Freifrau von Hoerde , née. Baroness of Asbeck. This was heir to the Hoerde'schen goods Castle Schwarzenraben , Schloss Eringerfeld and Good Mittelhausen. In the same year he resigned from active military service as a first lieutenant, but took part in the German-Danish War in 1864 and in the German War in 1866 as a reserve officer. During the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71 he was responsible for the care of the wounded as Commissioner of the Order of Malta . After 1870 he was involved in numerous church, social and charitable organizations, associations and committees. He also worked actively in the Westphalian farmers' association . He made several major trips to Italy , France , Austria and Switzerland . In 1881 he inherited the majorate of Harkotten and became head of the Ketteler family. In 1885 he acquired the Störmede estate . Before and after 1880 he was a member of the Prussian House of Representatives for the Center Party , since 1882 he was a member of the Westphalian Provincial Parliament and was a member of the Reichstag from 1884 to 1887 . There he represented the constituency of Lippstadt-Brilon.

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SURNAME Ketteler, Friedrich Clemens von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ketteler-Harkotten and Schwarzenraben, Friedrich Clemens Freiherr von (full name); Ketteler-Harkotten and Schwarzenraben, Fritz Freiherr von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German majorate owner and politician (center), MdR
DATE OF BIRTH March 23, 1839
PLACE OF BIRTH House Itlingen
DATE OF DEATH March 5, 1906
Place of death Eringerfeld Castle