Gebhard Leberecht Blücher from Wahlstatt

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Gebhard Leberecht Prince Blücher von Wahlstatt (born March 18, 1836 in Radun , Austrian Silesia , † July 12, 1916 in Krieblowitz ) was a Prussian nobleman and member of the Prussian mansion .

family

Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher , the 3rd Prince Blücher of Wahlstatt, came from a family of the Mecklenburg prehistoric nobility , who came to fame and prestige from the wars against Napoleon , the Prussian Field Marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher , the 1st Prince Blücher of Wahlstatt (1799– 1875), had risen from simple knightly nobility to Prussian noblemen. He was the son of Gebhard Bernhard Carl, 2nd Prince Blücher von Wahlstatt , and the Austrian Countess Marie Larisch von Moennich (1801-1889).

Life

Prince Blücher von Wahlstatt was one of the great feudal landowners in Silesia . His goods were not only in the Prussian part, but thanks to his maternal inheritance also in the Austrian part of Silesia. He was not only ruler of Wahlstatt and of the Krieblowitz Majorate in Prussia, but also of the extensive lordships of Raduň , Podwihof, Tiefengrund, Brosdorf, Striebnick, Stauding and Polanska in the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. When his father died, he also inherited his hereditary seat in the Prussian mansion, which the crown had granted to his father in 1861. Blücher left the manor house in 1899 because he no longer had the Prussian subject status necessary for membership in the manor house. Because he was Catholic, he was also made a Knight of Honor of the Sovereign Knight of Malta .

Gebhard Leberecht Blücher von Wahlstatt was married three times. First since October 2, 1860 with Princess Marie von Lobkowitz (1841-1870), then since July 27, 1889 with Countess Elisabeth von Perponcher-Sedlnitzky (1858-1894) and finally since May 6, 1895 with the 41 years younger Princess Wanda Radziwiłł (1877–1966), a daughter of Prince Wilhelm Radziwiłł (1845–1911) and his notorious wife Catherine Rzewuska . Blücher had a total of 10 children; 5 each from the 1st and 2nd marriage.

From 1889 to 1914 he leased the British channel island Herm and built a country estate there. After his death on July 12, 1916 in Krieblowitz, his eldest son Gebhard von Blücher , the 4th Prince Blücher von Wahlstatt (1865–1931), inherited him .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Adelslexikon, Volume I, pages 437, 438, CA Starke-Verlag, Limburg, 1972
  2. ↑ a b c Genealogy. Handbook of the nobility, volume Fü I, page 471, Starke-Verlag, Glücksburg, 1951
  3. ^ Collection of all of the manor's printed matter, delivery 1899, volume 2, page 107
personal data
SURNAME Blücher, Gebhard Leberecht from Wahlstatt
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Blücher von Wahlstatt, Gebhard Leberecht
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian nobleman and member of the Prussian manor house
DATE OF BIRTH March 18, 1836
PLACE OF BIRTH Radun , Austrian Silesia
DATE OF DEATH July 12, 1916
Place of death Krieblowitz