Gotthelf Adolph von Hoym

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Count Gotthelf Adolph Hoym (1731–1783)

Gotthelf Adolph Graf von Hoym (born October 24, 1731 in Dresden , † April 22, 1783 in Droy says ) was a politician from the Electorate of Saxony .

Life

He was the son of Count Ludwig Gebhard von Hoym and his wife, born Countess von Werthern . As the master of Gleina and Thallwitz , he later inherited Droyssig and Guteborn and embarked on the career typical of his ancestors at the Saxon court. He became a Privy Councilor and later a Minister Plenipotentiary.

As the last male representative of the Droyßiger and the entire Saxon line of the House of Hoym , he died without a male heir. From his marriage to Countess Sophie Auguste zu Stolberg-Roßla (1754–1776) in Gera on November 27, 1769 , the sole heiress was the sole heir, Louise Henriette (* 1772), who owned the ruling Count Heinrich LI. Reuss zu Ebersdorf married and died as the last representative of her family branch in 1832.

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SURNAME Hoym, Gotthelf Adolph von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hoym, Gotthelf Adolph Graf von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Electoral Saxon politician
DATE OF BIRTH October 24, 1731
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden
DATE OF DEATH April 22, 1783
Place of death Drunky