Götz Christoph von Degenfeld-Schonburg

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Family coat of arms of the Counts of Degenfeld-Schonburg

Count Götz Christoph von Degenfeld-Schonburg (born October 8, 1806 in Großeislingen , † January 13, 1895 in Stuttgart ) was a Württemberg officer and royal adjutant who lost his position at court because of his change of faith; later also a member of the state parliament.

Descent and origin

He came from the noble family of the Counts of Degenfeld-Schonburg . His great-grandfather, the Prussian War Minister Christoph Martin II von Degenfeld (1689–1762), was the nephew of Marie Luise von Degenfeld (1634–1677), Raugräfin and morganatic wife of the Palatinate Elector Karl I. Ludwig .

Götz Christoph von Degenfeld-Schonburg was born the son of Count Gustav Eugen Friedrich Christoph von Degenfeld-Schonburg (1764-1807) and his wife Maria Anna von Berlichingen , a direct descendant of the knight Götz von Berlichingen with the Iron Hand. The father's brother Friedrich Christoph von Degenfeld-Schonburg (1769–1848) was an Austrian major general .

Live and act

Großeislingen Castle
The grandson Heinrich von Degenfeld-Schonburg (right) with the Austrian Crown Prince Otto von Habsburg , 1933

Count Götz Christoph entered the Württemberg military service. In 1831 he served as a first lieutenant in the royal bodyguard on horseback in Stuttgart . In the same year he married Freiin Ernestine geb. von Varnbüler (1813–1862), daughter of the Württemberg Finance Minister Karl von Varnbuler (1776–1832) and sister of State Minister Friedrich Karl Gottlob von Varnbuler (1809–1889). He had 4 children with her; two sons and two daughters. Ferdinand Christoph Eberhard (1835-1892), the eldest son, became an Austrian officer and serving chamberlain to Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria , later also educator of his sons Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Este and Otto Franz Joseph of Austria .

In 1853 Degenfeld-Schonburg held the rank of colonel and acted as personal adjutant to King Wilhelm I of Württemberg . In January of this year he and his entire family converted from Protestantism to Catholicism. The monarch then immediately released him from court service and Götz Christoph von Degenfeld-Schonburg returned to his ancestral formation, the 3rd Württemberg cavalry regiment (since 1871 the 2nd Württemberg Uhlan regiment "King Wilhelm I." No. 20 ). Finally, he also said goodbye to the military, from then on lived as the owner of the manor at Großeislingen Palace (now the city library) and most recently in Stuttgart. From 1856 to 1868 Count Degenfeld-Schonburg was a member of the Württemberg state parliament , where he was one of the representatives of the knighthood of the Danube district .

His brother Ferdinand Christoph von Degenfeld-Schonburg , the Württemberg envoy in Munich , also converted to the Catholic Church in 1853. Götz Christoph's grandson Heinrich von Degenfeld-Schonburg (1890–1978) became the tutor and lifelong confidante of the last Austrian Crown Prince Otto von Habsburg .

literature

  • Frank Raberg : Biographical handbook of the Württemberg state parliament members 1815-1933 . On behalf of the Commission for Historical Regional Studies in Baden-Württemberg. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-17-016604-2 , p. 133 .
  • David August Rosenthal : Convertite pictures from the nineteenth century , 1st volume, 2nd section, p. 411, Hurter Verlag, Schaffhausen, 1871; (Digital scan)
  • Friedrich Nippold : Which roads lead to Rome? Historical illumination of the Roman illusions about the success of propaganda , Heidelberg, 1869, p. 87; (Digital scan)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Genealogical page with a note of the place of death
  2. ^ Friedrich Wolfgang Götz von Berlichingen-Rossach: History of the knight Götz von Berlichingen with the iron hand , p. 654, footnote 13, Brockhaus Verlag, Leipzig, 1861; (Digital scan)
  3. ↑ Constantin von Wurzbach : Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Österreich , Volume 3, p. 203, Vienna, 1858; (Digital scan)
  4. ↑ Königlich-Württembergisches Hof- und Staats-Handbuch , Stuttgart, 1831, p. 523; (Digital scan)
  5. ^ Friedrich Cast: Historical and genealogical book of the nobility of the Grand Duchy of Baden , 2nd section, 1st volume, p. 72, Stuttgart, 1845; (Digital scan)
  6. ^ Friedrich Cast: Süddeutscher Adelsheros , Volume 1, Issue 1, Stuttgart, 1839, p. 371; (Digital scan)
  7. ^ Genealogical website about the son
  8. ^ Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the count's houses , Volume 47, p. 196 and IX, 1874; (1st digital scan for the position of the son) , (2nd digital scan for the position of the son)
  9. ^ Karl Martin Werkmann : Otto von Habsburg: an unsolved European problem , p. 133, 1932; (Detail scan)
  10. ^ Website on the history of the regiment
  11. ^ Website on the history of Großeislingen Castle
  12. ^ Negotiations of the Chamber of Deputies of the Kingdom of Württemberg , Stuttgart, 1909, p. 82; (Detail scan)
  13. ↑ Der Katholik , p. 470 of the year 1866; (Digital scan)
  14. ^ Genealogical website about the grandchildren
  15. ↑ Stephan Baier, Eva Demmerle: Otto von Habsburg: the authorized biography. Amalthea-Verlag, Vienna 2002, ISBN 3850024865 , p. 69, (detail scan ) .
personal data
SURNAME Degenfeld-Schonburg, Götz Christoph von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Count, Württemberg officer and royal adjutant, convert to Catholicism
DATE OF BIRTH October 8, 1806
PLACE OF BIRTH Eislingen / Fils
DATE OF DEATH January 13, 1895
Place of death Stuttgart