Friedrich Karl zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg

Friedrich Karl Gottlob zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Virneburg , since November 19, 1812 Friedrich Karl Gottlob zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg (born July 29, 1743 in Wertheim ; † August 3, 1825 ; divergent December 3, 1825 in Kreuzwertheim ) was a German ruling prince .

Life

origin

Coat of arms of the princes of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg

The noble family of those zu Löwenstein goes back to the Wittelsbacher Friedrich I, the victorious , elector of the Palatinate (1425–1476), whose children from his morganatic marriage with Clara Tott were not entitled to inheritance in their own dynasty, which is why they formed an independent noble family . With the death of Count Ludwig III. von Löwenstein in 1611 the two main lines emerged, the Evangelical line Löwenstein-Wertheim-Virneburg (later Freudenberg) and the Catholic line Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort (later Rosenberg).

family

Friedrich Karl zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg was the son of Count Carl Ludwig zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Virneburg (born September 29, 1712 in Wertheim; † March 26, 1779 ibid) and his wife Anna Charlotta Josephine Elisabetha (née Deym von Střítež ) (* January 28, 1722; † December 28, 1793 in Wertheim). His siblings were:

• Karl Friedrich zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Virneburg (* 1748 in Wertheim, † 1758 in Kreuzwertheim);
• Sophie zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Virneburg (* 1749 in Wertheim, † May 1804 in Kreuzwertheim);
• Ludwig Friedrich Albert zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Virneburg (* 1751 in Wertheim; † July 11, 1785 ibid), married to Charlotte Friederike Philippine (1754–1795), daughter of Baron Philipp Gottfried von Stein zum Altenstein, princely Oberhofmarschall of Brandenburg-Ansbach , Privy councilor and chief magistrate in Wassertrüdingen ;
• Karoline zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Virneburg (born March 17, 1754 in Wertheim, † 1830 in Augsburg ), married to Eugen von Racknitz (1759–1815);
• Friederike Karoline zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Virneburg (* 1757 in Wertheim; † 1839 in Kirchberg ), married to Friedrich Karl zu Hohenlohe-Kirchberg (* 1751 in Kirchberg; † 1791 in Weikersheim ), their children included Karl Friedrich Ludwig to Hohenlohe-Kirchberg .

On March 25, 1779, Friedrich Karl zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg in Grumbach married Franziska Juliane (born November 25, 1744 in Grumbach; † December 30, 1820 in Kreuzwertheim), daughter of the wild and Rhine Count Carl Walrad Wilhelm von Salm-Grumbach ( 1701-1763); they had four children together:

• Charlotte Marie zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg (born March 13, 1780 in Kreuzwertheim; † May 31, 1780 ibid);
• Karl Ludwig Friedrich zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg (born April 26, 1781 in Kreuzwertheim, † May 26, 1852 in Triefenstein ), composer and friend of Friedrich Witt ; with his death the Karl line of the Löwenstein expired;
• Friedrich Christian Philipp zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg (born May 13, 1782 in Kreuzwertheim, † August 2, 1850 in Wildbad );
• Friederike zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg (born October 9, 1784 in Kreuzwertheim; † October 9, 1784 ibid).

His wife was active as a writer and maintained an exchange of letters with the writer and publisher Friedrich Justin Bertuch in Weimar between 1794 and 1802 . Part of the correspondence is in the Goethe and Schiller Archives in Weimar.

Career

Friedrich Karl zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg received his training from private tutors and entered the service of Friedrich II of Prussia as a lieutenant in Berlin in 1765 .

In 1768 he followed the wishes of his father, who wanted to retire for health reasons, and resigned from military service as a captain, returned home and was prepared for future government affairs. To get to know his more distant possessions, he traveled to Löwenstein in 1776 and from there on to Virneburg .

In 1789 he traveled to Paris and saw the beginning of the French Revolution there .

Through the Treaty of Lunéville , the areas on the left bank of the Rhine were assigned to France , whereby he lost his possession in Virneburg; At the Reichstag in Regensburg he was awarded compensation for this in 1802.

In 1806 he lost his property in Löwenstein when it was granted to France by the provisions of the Rhenish Federal Act .

On February 16, 1816, his oldest friend and co-regent Johann Karl Ludwig zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg (* 1740, † 1816) died; as a result, Friedrich Karl zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg senior of the Löwenstein House and received the dignity of Lord Chamberlain of the Kingdom of Württemberg and in 1818 that of the hereditary Imperial Council of the Kingdom of Bavaria .

He was a member of the Baden Estates Assembly .

He died of cholera in the summer of 1825 in his residence in Kreuzwertheim .

honors and awards

• Friedrich Karl zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg received the Grand Cross of the Palatine Order of the Golden Lion from the Elector of Palatinate Bavaria .
• Friedrich , King of Württemberg, awarded him the Order of the Württemberg Crown , which was presented to him in 1806 by the royal adjutant von Moltke.
• The King of Bavaria presented him with the Grand Cross of the Bavarian Order of St. Hubert .
• On November 19, 1812, the older line of the Löwenstein building was restored to its original dignity from the Bavarian King Maximilian I Joseph .

literature

• Friedrich Karl zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg . In: New Nekrolog der Deutschen , 3rd year, 1825, 2nd volume. Ilmenau 1827.
• Friedrich Karl zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg . In: Johann Samuelansch : Allgemeine Encyclopädie der Wissenschaften und Künste . Leipzig 1849.

Web links

• Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg, Friedrich Karl zu , index entry: German biography .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Family tree of Karl Ludwig zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Virneburg. Retrieved July 22, 2020 . 
2. ↑ I462760: Anna Charlotte Freiin Deym * by Stritez. Retrieved July 24, 2020 . 
3. ^ Landesarchiv Baden-Wuerttemberg, Department State Archive Wertheim - Finding aid F-US 1: Freudenbergisches Archiv house documents up to 1799 (StAWt-F US 1) - structural view. Retrieved July 24, 2020 . 
4. ^ State handbook for the duchies of Schleswig-Holstein: to the year 1849 . 1849 ( google.de [accessed on July 23, 2020]).
5. ^ Carl Walrad Wilhelm Wild- and Rheingraf v. Salm-Grumbach. Retrieved July 23, 2020 . 
6. ↑ Classical Today: CF Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg • F. Witt. Retrieved July 23, 2020 . 
7. ↑ Zeno: Lexicon entry on »Löwenstein«. Pierer's Universal-Lexikon, Volume 10. Altenburg 1860, ... Retrieved July 24, 2020 . 
8. ↑ Südwest Presse Online-Dienst GmbH: Coincidental find barely decipherable. February 21, 2015, accessed July 24, 2020 . 
9. ↑ Enfeoffment of Prince Friedrich Karl von Löwenstein-Wertheim with the office of Reich Chief Treasurer - German Digital Library. Retrieved July 24, 2020 . 
10. ↑ Royal Württemberg Court and State Manual: 1828 . Guttenberg, 1828 ( google.de [accessed July 24, 2020]).
11. ↑ Franz Xaver Freninger: The chambers of Parliament of the Kingdom of Bavaria: matrikel or directory of directorates and members of the two Hohenkammern 1819-1870 . Deschler, 1870 ( google.de [accessed July 24, 2020]).
12. ^ Löwenstein-Wertheim-Virneburg Friedrich Karl Gottlob; Fürst zu - detail page - LEO-BW. Retrieved July 24, 2020 .