Friedrich Ferdinand Constantin of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Friedrich Ferdinand Constantin of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (born September 8, 1758 in Weimar , † September 6, 1793 in Wiebelskirchen ) was a prince of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach and major general of the Electorate of Saxony during the Enlightenment .
Life
Friedrich Ferdinand Constantin was a son of Duke Ernst August II. Constantin (1737–1758) from his marriage to Anna Amalia (1739–1807), daughter of Duke Karl I of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel . He was born three months after his father's death while his mother and grandfather ruled the duchy for his older brother Carl August . Friedrich and his brother were brought up by the chief steward, Count Johann Eustach von Schlitz, gt. Görtz , and later by Christoph Martin Wieland . After his brother came of age, Karl Ludwig von Knebel completed his training.
With Görtz and Knebel the princes went on their cavalier tour to Paris, during which they were introduced to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in Frankfurt am Main by Knebel . After his return, Friedrich moved into Tiefurt Castle in 1775 . The introverted prince had already become largely estranged from his brother at that time. He later found no relationship with his wife and Goethe either. He turned to music and fell in love with the unruly Caroline von Ilten (1778–1789). The relationship was prevented by the influence of the family and also of Goethe. Goethe wrote to Frau von Stein : "I seem to be to blame for the Carolinchen's tears, and so am I [...]". Anna Amalia opened up to the lovers: “That would only be a beggar prince”. Friedrich then went on a journey, he describes a letter to his brother Carl August to Knebel: "My brother sent me a letter from London [...] where he did not write a word other than to wish me luck for my birthday."
In 1784 Friedrich went to Electoral Saxon services, which his brother arranged for him. He became lieutenant general and received a regiment in Naumburg . In the war against France in 1793 he went to the Rhine as major general alongside Prussian troops. He fell ill near Pirmasens , where the Saxon troops were camped, of the dysentery , from which he died. He died unmarried and had several children born out of wedlock with various women. One of his mistresses was in opinion u. a. by Martin Gregor-Dellin Johanna Rosina Pätz from Weißenfels, who was the mother of the composer Richard Wagner . Friedrich is buried in the Eisenach Georgenkirche .
literature
- Heinrich Düntzer: From Goethe's circle of friends: depictions from the life of the poet , Braunschweig 1868, p. 467 ff. ( Books.google.com )
- Konrad Kratzsch: Klatschnest Weimar . Würzburg 2002, p. 47 ff. ( Books.google.com )
- Henrich Düntzer in: Westermanns Monatshefte Volume 5, Braunschweig 1859, p. 23 ff. ( Books.google.com )
- Carl August Hugo Burkhardt: Constantin Friedrich Ferdinand . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 4, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, p. 451 f.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Name of the father. (Library Convention: "Constantine").
- ↑ ora-web.swkk.de
- ↑ Brigitte Hamann : Wagner, The Family . Rowohlt Verlag, Hamburg. Reading sample (PDF; 267 kB)
- ^ Peter Wapnewski : on M. Gregor-Dellin: Richard Wagner . In: Der Spiegel . No. 44 , 1980 ( online ).
- ^ Biography of the Wagner family
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SURNAME | Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Friedrich Ferdinand Constantin von |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Friedrich Ferdinand Konstantin von |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Saxon major general |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 8, 1758 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Weimar |
DATE OF DEATH | September 6, 1793 |
Place of death | Wiebelskirchen |