Friedrich von Seherr and Thoß

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Count Johann Carl Friedrich Wilhelm von Seherr and Thoß (born November 1, 1789 in Hohenfriedeberg ; † October 17, 1857 ibid) was a German officer, civil servant and manor owner.

Life

Friedrich von Seherr and Thoß was the son of Baron Carl Friedrich von Seherr and Thoß (June 17, 1754 in Eichholz near Liegnitz ; † March 4, 1814 in Hohenfriedeberg), district administrator of the formerly united districts of Bolkenhain and Landeshut and his wife Eleonore Johanna, née . von Pertkenau, born.

He studied law at the University of Frankfurt (Oder) and the University of Leipzig , but broke off his studies because of the war against the French and volunteered for the army. He became staff captain of the Landwehr squadron , which the Bolkenhain district provided, and took part in the campaigns of 1813 and 1814; here he fought in the battle of Dresden and was involved in the siege of Erfurt .

In 1813 his father died, so that in 1814 he said goodbye to take over the inherited estates Hohenfriedeberg, Schweinz and Wiesenberg. The estates of the Bolkenhain district elected him district administrator in 1824; the choice was confirmed by King Friedrich Wilhelm IV .

In 1855 he asked for his dismissal as district administrator because his health only allowed the management of the goods for which he had bought Groß- and Klein-Bischwitz in the Trebnitz district in 1846 .

On October 27, 1817, Charlotte (* July 4, 1797 in Quaritz ; † May 13, 1878 in Hohenfriedeberg), born in Quaritz , married. Baroness von Tschammer and Quaritz, a daughter of Theodor Freiherr von Tschammer and Quaritz, Heir to Quaritz with Tschirne and Meschkau and his wife Helene, born von Haugwitz from the Reichenau house. Together they had six sons and two daughters:

  • Alexander von Seherr and Thoß (born October 15, 1818 in Hohenfriedeberg; † August 12, 1877), married to Freiin Leopoldine (* January 7, 1822; † 1899), b. von Riese-Stallburg from the Brzecan house in Bohemia;
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Eugen Julius von Seherr and Thoß (born April 17, 1820, † May 6, 1833);
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Adalbert von Seherr and Thoß (* December 25, 1822; † unknown);
  • Friedrich Otto Egmont Kuno von Seherr and Thoß (* August 2, 1826, † February 26, 1833);
  • Eleonore Elise Charlotte Clara von Seherr and Thoß (* July 13, 1830 - June 1, 1831):
  • Charlotte Eva Eleonore Cólestine Gertrud von Seherr and Thoß (* February 10, 1835; † unknown), married to Baron Karl von Seherr-Thoß from the Moschen family, district administrator of the Glatz district ;
  • Friedrich Heinrich Alfred Eugen von Seherr and Thoß (born November 2, 1836; † unknown), Prussian Prime Lieutenant;
  • Friedrich Heinrich Alfred Arthur von Seherr and Thoß (* December 20, 1838; † unknown), Prussian lieutenant.

His estates passed to his eldest son Alexander.

Honors

On October 15, 1840, he was raised to the rank of count by the king.

When he was dismissed as district administrator, the king awarded him the Order of the Red Eagle 3rd class with the ribbon.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Berliner Revue, pp. 444–445 . R. Heinicke, 1857 ( google.de [accessed January 17, 2018]).
  2. ↑ Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the baronial houses . Perthes, 1867 ( google.de [accessed June 11, 2018]).
personal data
SURNAME Seherr and Thoß, Friedrich von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Seherrr and Thoß, Johann Carl Friedrich Wilhelm von; Seherr-Thoß, Friedrich von; Seherr-Thoss, Johann Carl Friedrich Wilhelm von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer, civil servant and manor owner
DATE OF BIRTH November 1, 1789
PLACE OF BIRTH Hohenfriedeberg
DATE OF DEATH October 17, 1857
Place of death Hohenfriedeberg