Friedrich von Luxburg (diplomat)

Friedrich Christian Johann Graf von Luxburg (born June 20, 1783 in Zweibrücken , † July 10, 1856 in Reichenhall ) was a royal Bavarian State Councilor and envoy .

origin

He came from a St. Gallen council family and was the son of Johann Friedrich Freiherr von Luxburg (1748–1820), who was raised to the rank of imperial count in 1790 , the Palatinate Count of Zweibrücken and Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Privy Councilor and Oberschenk and Maria Freiin Vogt of Hunolstein . His sister Auguste (* 1788) was married to Freiherr Wilhelm von Berstett (1769–1837), Grand Duke of Baden's Cabinet Minister and President of the State Ministry.

On January 11, 1813, Friedrich and his siblings were enrolled in the Count's class in the Kingdom of Bavaria.

Life

He was a student in Marburg in 1798 and “a pupil in Creuzer's institute until 1800 ” . Since then he has remained connected with Creuzer and Friedrich Karl von Savigny throughout his life , but also studied in Göttingen and Heidelberg.

Luxburg was the royal Bavarian treasurer and state councilor . From August 15, 1803 he was attached to the Bavarian embassy in Switzerland, from September 5, 1806 he was legation secretary and interim chargé d'affaires in Bern . In 1808 he was transferred to Saint Petersburg and in 1810 to Paris . In 1813 he was transferred to the Westphalian court in Kassel and in 1814 went into temporary retirement. In 1816 he was envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary at the Saxon court in Dresden and lived there behind the Frauenkirche 5A .

In Dresden, Luxburg married Maria Anna Freiin von Gumppenberg-Pöttmes, sister of the Bavarian state parliament member Wilhelm von Gumppenberg , on January 7, 1819 , and had two sons and three daughters with her. The couple moved into the house at Scheffelgasse 155, not far from what was then Dresden's town hall on Dresden's Altmarkt . There, the charge d'affaires (previously lodged d'affaires ) of the Embassy of the Royal Danish Court , the born with Mathilde Therese Holsten married Legation Councilor Mathias Friis von Irgens-Bergh.

From 1826 he was ambassador in Berlin , where he a. a. was responsible for connecting Bavaria to the Zollverein . From 1836 to 1840 he was Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in Paris and finally from 1847 to 1849 in Vienna .

family

He married the baroness Maria Anna von Gumppenberg-Pöttmers on January 7, 1819 (* November 27, 1795, † October 26, 1854). The couple had several children including:

Maximilian Joseph (September 29, 1823 - October 10, 1881) ⚭ 1852 Clementine Marie Natalie von Gasser (January 10, 1831 † March 20, 1877)
Friedrich Carl Bernhard (* August 21, 1829; † November 23, 1905), District President of Lower Franconia ⚭ 1869 Luise von Schoenaich-Carolath-Beuthen (* November 4, 1847; † September 30, 1929)
Caroline Maximiliane (January 2, 1820 - October 21, 1881) ⚭ 1853 Baron Maximilian von Cetto (April 11, 1816 - November 19, 1873), Lord of Ober-Lauterbach

Individual evidence

^ Ingeborg Schnack, Hellfried Dahlmann: Letters from Friedrich Creuzer to Savigny (1799-1859) , 1972, page 390 ( excerpt )
↑ Dresden address = calendar for the year 1819. With Königl. Saxon. Privilege. To be found in front of the Pirnaischer Thore on Johannis = Gasse next to the Bohemian Church, in No. 345, p. 82 and Dresden address = calendar for the year 1820. With Königl. Saxon. Privilege. To be found in front of the Pirnaischer Thore on Johannis = Gasse next to the Bohemian Church, in No. 345, p. 84 : Foreign embassies. at the Royal Saxon Court. From the royal Bavarian court. Mr. Friedrich Count of Luxburg, Royal. Chamberlain, Envoy Extraordinary, and Minister Plenipotentiary, behind the Frauenkirche 5 A.
↑ Walter Schärl: Munich historical studies , 1955, page 324 ( excerpt )
↑ Scheffelgasse was the former Grosse Webergasse . Today it went up in the Altmarkt-Galerie .
↑ Dresden address = calendar to the year 1822. With Königl. Saxon. Privilege. To be found on Johannis = Gasse next to the Bohemian Church, in No. 345, p. 82 : Foreign legations at the Royal Saxon Court. From the royal Bavarian court. Mr. Friedr. Count v. Luxburg, Royal. Kamhr. Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Scheffelg. 155.
↑ Dresden address = calendar for the year 1819. With Königl. Saxon. Privilege. To be found in front of the Pirnaischer Thore on Johannis = Gasse next to the Bohemian Church, in No. 345. P. 82 : Hr. v. Irgens Bergh, Chargé d'Affaires, Scheffelg. 155 ; Dresden address = calendar to the year 1820. With Königl. Saxon. Privilege. To be found in front of the Pirnaischer Thore on Johannis = Gasse next to the Bohemian Church, in No. 345. P. 84 : Hr. v. Irgens Bergh, k. Legacy. Rath et al. Chargé d'Affaires, Ritter d Dannebrog = ud soot. St. Wladimir = order, Moritzstr. 753 ; Dresden address = calendar to the year 1822. With Königl. Saxon. Privilege. To be found on Johannis = Gasse next to the Bohemian Church, in No. 345, p. 82 : Mr. v. Irgens Bergh, k. Legacy. Rath et al. Chargé d'Affaires, Ritter d Dannebrog = ud soot. St. Wladimir = order, Moritzstr. 766 .
↑ Sabine Friday , Markus Mösslang, Peter Wende: British envoys to Germany , 1816-1866, Volume 2, page 566, Royal Historical Society (ed.), 2000 ( excerpt )

literature

Genealogical handbook of the nobility , Gräfliche Häuser Volume 6, Volume 77 of the complete series, page 259, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 1981.
German count houses of the present L - Z , p. 70.
Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the count's houses for the year 1872, p. 523.

predecessor	Office	successor
Christian Hubert Pfeffel from Kriegelstein	royal Bavarian envoy in Dresden 1816–1839	Ferdinand von Verger
Joseph Maria von Rechberg and Rothenlöwen	royal Bavarian envoy in Berlin 1826–1839	Maximilian von und zu Lerchenfeld on Köfering
Franz Oliver from Jenison-Walworth	royal Bavarian envoy in Paris 1840–1846	Ludwig zu Oettingen-Wallerstein
Franz Oliver from Jenison-Walworth	royal Bavarian envoy in Vienna 1847–1849	Maximilian von und zu Lerchenfeld on Köfering

personal data
SURNAME	Luxburg, Friedrich von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Luxburg, Friedrich Christian Johann Graf von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	royal Bavarian State Councilor and envoy
DATE OF BIRTH	June 20, 1783
PLACE OF BIRTH	Zweibrücken
DATE OF DEATH	July 10, 1856
Place of death	Reichenhall

[1] Ingeborg Schnack, Hellfried Dahlmann: Letters from Friedrich Creuzer to Savigny (1799-1859) , 1972, page 390 ( excerpt )

[2] Dresden address = calendar for the year 1819. With Königl. Saxon. Privilege. To be found in front of the Pirnaischer Thore on Johannis = Gasse next to the Bohemian Church, in No. 345, p. 82 and Dresden address = calendar for the year 1820. With Königl. Saxon. Privilege. To be found in front of the Pirnaischer Thore on Johannis = Gasse next to the Bohemian Church, in No. 345, p. 84 : Foreign embassies. at the Royal Saxon Court. From the royal Bavarian court. Mr. Friedrich Count of Luxburg, Royal. Chamberlain, Envoy Extraordinary, and Minister Plenipotentiary, behind the Frauenkirche 5 A.

[3] Walter Schärl: Munich historical studies , 1955, page 324 ( excerpt )

[4] Scheffelgasse was the former Grosse Webergasse . Today it went up in the Altmarkt-Galerie .

[5] Dresden address = calendar to the year 1822. With Königl. Saxon. Privilege. To be found on Johannis = Gasse next to the Bohemian Church, in No. 345, p. 82 : Foreign legations at the Royal Saxon Court. From the royal Bavarian court. Mr. Friedr. Count v. Luxburg, Royal. Kamhr. Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Scheffelg. 155.

[6] Dresden address = calendar for the year 1819. With Königl. Saxon. Privilege. To be found in front of the Pirnaischer Thore on Johannis = Gasse next to the Bohemian Church, in No. 345. P. 82 : Hr. v. Irgens Bergh, Chargé d'Affaires, Scheffelg. 155 ; Dresden address = calendar to the year 1820. With Königl. Saxon. Privilege. To be found in front of the Pirnaischer Thore on Johannis = Gasse next to the Bohemian Church, in No. 345. P. 84 : Hr. v. Irgens Bergh, k. Legacy. Rath et al. Chargé d'Affaires, Ritter d Dannebrog = ud soot. St. Wladimir = order, Moritzstr. 753 ; Dresden address = calendar to the year 1822. With Königl. Saxon. Privilege. To be found on Johannis = Gasse next to the Bohemian Church, in No. 345, p. 82 : Mr. v. Irgens Bergh, k. Legacy. Rath et al. Chargé d'Affaires, Ritter d Dannebrog = ud soot. St. Wladimir = order, Moritzstr. 766 .

[7] Sabine Friday , Markus Mösslang, Peter Wende: British envoys to Germany , 1816-1866, Volume 2, page 566, Royal Historical Society (ed.), 2000 ( excerpt )