Friedrich von Hegnenberg-Dux

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Friedrich von Hegnenberg-Dux
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Friedrich Adam Johann Justus Graf von Hegnenberg-Dux (born September 2, 1810 in Hof Hegnenberg near Fürstenfeldbruck , † June 2, 1872 in Munich ) was a Bavarian landowner and politician from the Bavarian aristocracy.

Biography and economic activities

Friedrich von Hegnenberg-Dux, who came from an illegitimate line of the Bavarian ruling house ( Georg von Hegnenberg, called Dux [= Duke], * around 1509, † 1589, was an illegitimate son of Duke Wilhelm IV of Bavaria and Margarete Hausner von Stettberg ), studied law and medicine at the University of Würzburg . After the death of his father Georg Maximilian Joseph von Hegnenberg-Dux, he took over the Hofmark Hegnenberg with the associated businesses in 1835 .

In 1869 von Hegnenberg-Dux was one of the founders of the Bayerische Vereinsbank . From 1869 to 1871 the bank was managed by the board of directors from the group of founders. During this time he served as Chairman of the Board of Directors.

Political activities

As a member of the liberal party, he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies of the Bavarian State Parliament in 1845 as a representative of the aristocratic landowners and from 1847 held the position of Second President of the Chamber. After an interlude as a member of the Frankfurt Pre-Parliament and National Assembly , he remained first President of the Second Chamber until his resignation on March 27, 1865.

Alongside Gustav Freiherr von Lerchenfeld , he was one of the liberal leaders of the state parliament who contributed significantly to the overthrow of the Pfordten / Reigersberg ministry in 1859.

Already retired, on August 21, 1871, the King appointed him as a man of compromise to be Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Chairman of the Council of Ministers .

The historian Doeberl described him as one of "the finest political minds that Bavaria has possessed in the last century, of calm objectivity and clear thought leadership, rich in sarcasm and apt wit". After less than a year in office, he died on June 2, 1872.

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