Gustav Biron from Curland
Gustav Prince Biron von Curland (born October 17, 1859 in Dresden ; † January 8, 1941 in Groß Wartenberg ) was a German civil register .
family
Gustav Biron von Curland came from the Kurland noble family Biron von Curland , which had also expanded to Silesia and Bohemia . The estate of the Groß Wartenberg estate granted the family a hereditary seat in the Prussian manor house . Gustav Biron's parents were Calixt Biron von Curland (1817–1882) and Helene, geb. Princess Mestschersky (1820–1905).
Life
Gustav Biron von Curland was first married to Adele, née Princess zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg (1866–1890), with whom he had two children, both of whom died young. Adele died of puerperal fever while giving birth to her second child . In his second marriage he married Françoise Le Visse de Montigny de Jaucourt (1874–1957). This marriage produced five children.
Gustav Biron von Curland was a royal Prussian major à la suite and a legal knight of the Order of St. John . In 1882 he inherited the rule of Wartenberg and with it the hereditary seat of the family in the Prussian manor house. Biron belonged to the manor house from 1889 until it was closed in 1918.
In 1920 Françoise Princess Biron von Kurland acquired the Villa Eden (today Villa Biron) in Baden-Baden. The landowners from Groß-Wartenberg in Silesia choose Baden-Baden as the new center of their lives after their Silesian family property fell partially to Poland due to the Treaty of Versailles in 1919. In 1939 Gustav and Françoise Biron sold the property to the city of Baden-Baden, and the handover should take place in 1947 at the latest. The property (Villa Biron) was handed over to the city of Baden-Baden as early as 1941 and both returned to Groß-Wartenberg in Silesia earlier than planned.
literature
- Wartenberg Castle in the Duncker Collection (PDF file; 262 kB)
- Justhus Perthes: Genealogical court calendar year 1917, page 273
Individual evidence
- ↑ The story. In: Palais Biron Baden-Baden. Retrieved on May 21, 2020 (German).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Biron of Curland, Gustav |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Prince Biron of Curland, Gustav (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German nobleman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 17, 1859 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dresden |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 8, 1941 |
| Place of death | Gross Wartenberg |