Georg Herbert of Munster
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Georg Herbert Graf zu Münster von Derneburg (born December 23, 1820 in London ; † March 28, 1902 in Hanover ), from 1899: Georg Herbert Prince Münster von Derneburg , was a German diplomat.
Life
Georg Herbert zu Münster comes from the Westphalian noble family Münster . His father was Count Ernst Friedrich Herbert zu Münster († 1839), who headed the German chancellery in London from 1805 to 1831 during the British-Hanoverian personal union and represented the Electorate of Hanover at the Congress of Vienna . His mother was Wilhelmine Charlotte zu Schaumburg-Lippe (1783-1858), a daughter of Philip II zu Schaumburg-Lippe .
Georg Herbert zu Munster did not share the art-historical view of his father with the former Derneburg monastery as the family seat and wanted to convert it into a romantic castle, as he knew it from England. In 1846 he had Georg Ludwig Friedrich Laves demolish two thirds of the monastery church and open the closed square with its cloister to form a U-shaped building, so that Derneburg Castle was created.
Georg zu Münster was the Royal Hanoverian ambassador to Saint Petersburg from 1857 to 1865 . In 1866 he tried in vain to persuade King George V of Hanover to adopt policies that were friendly to Prussia. After the annexation of Hanover by Prussia, he was a member of the Prussian mansion from 1867 to 1902 .
After the establishment of the German Empire, he was a publicist and member of the Reichstag (1871–1873). Münster was one of the founding members of the German Fisheries Association in 1870 and became its first president in 1870. He was then ambassador of the German Empire in London (1873–1885) and Paris (1885–1900). At the Hague Peace Conference of 1899 he was the representative of the German Reich.
In 1899 he was raised to the rank of prince in Potsdam, which his father had rejected for himself. Count Münster was a member of the Corps Borussia Bonn (1841) and Lunaburgia III zu Göttingen (1842).
Alexander zu Münster is buried in Derneburg in the family cemetery at the mausoleum of Count Ernst zu Münster .
family
On August 11, 1847, he married Princess Alexandrine Galitzin (daughter of the Russian Lieutenant General Fürst Galitzin and Princess Maria Suvorov), from whom he was divorced in 1864. He entered into a second marriage on August 22, 1865 with Lady Harriet Elisabeth St. Claire-Erskine, she was a daughter of James St Clair-Erskine, 3rd Earl of Rosslyn. From the first marriage:
- Sophie (* May 16, 1851 - December 27, 1933) ∞ Konrad Otto Heinrich Johann von Beneckendorff and von Hindenburg (* October 29, 1839 - March 12, 1913), Prussian major general (parents of Helene von Nostitz )
- Ernst Adolf (* August 5, 1856 - † February 3, 1905) ∞ Melanie Ghika de Dezsanfalva (* March 19, 1866 - March 21, 1941)
- Alexander (September 1, 1858 - October 12, 1922) ∞ Muriel Henrietta Constance Hay (August 14, 1863 - January 1, 1927)
Works
- Political sketches on the situation in Europe from the Vienna Congress to the present (1815–1867) together with the despatches from Count Ernst Friedrich Herbert zu Münster about the Vienna Congress.
- My share in the events of 1866 in Hanover.
literature
- Genealogical handbook of the nobility , Count's houses Volume VIII, Volume 63 of the complete series. CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 1976
- Martin Vogt: Münster-Ledenburg, Georg Herbert Graf zu, since 1899 Prince Münster von Derneburg. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 18, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-428-00199-0 , pp. 535-537 ( digitized version ).
- Friedrich Karl Devens : Biographical corps album of Borussia in Bonn 1827-1902 . Düsseldorf 1902, p. 111
- Wilhelm Rothert : General Hanover Biography Volume 1: Hanoverian men and women since 1866 . Sponholtz, Hannover 1912, pp. 248-253
- GG Winkel : Biographical corps album of Borussia in Bonn 1821–1928 . Aschaffenburg 1928, p. 94
- Georg Herbert of Munster . In: Theodor Westrin (Ed.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 19 : Mykenai-Norrpada . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1913, Sp. 50 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
Web links
- Count zu Münster-Ledenburg, Georg Herbert in the database of the members of the Reichstag
- Biography of Georg Herbert Graf-Comte zu Muenster . In: Heinrich Best : database of the members of the Reichstag of the Empire 1867/71 to 1918 (Biorab - Kaiserreich)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Münster von Derneburg, Georg Fürst in the German biography
- ↑ Kösener Korps-Lists 1910, 19., 186; 79, 156
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Münster, Georg Herbert to |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Minster of Derneburg, Georg Herbert Fürst |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German diplomat and politician, MdR |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 23, 1820 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
DATE OF DEATH | March 28, 1902 |
Place of death | Hanover |