Heinrich-Jakob von Fleckenstein-Windeck

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Heinrich-Jakob von Fleckenstein-Windeck , also Heinrich-Jacob von Fleckenstein-Bickenbach-Windeck (* 1636 ; † April 26, 1720 ) was the last baron from the aristocratic Fleckenstein family in Alsace . The Freiherrschaft included over 40 market towns and villages . The feudal system Fleckensteins stretched from Basel until after Lahnstein , with possession in the Margraviate of Baden .

After losing leg home to the Margrave of Baden that was Castle Rödern center of the administration, but this was later transferred to the newly built castle to Trimbach laid. Heinrich-Jacob's father Georg Heinrich was a general of the Bavarian troops and died in 1663, his uncle Friederich Wolfgang was maréchal de camp of the French army. Heinrich Jacob's only son Friedrich Jacob died in 1710. He was married to Eleonora Katharina von Rathsamhausen and left behind a daughter: Eleonora Sidonia who married Johann von Mundolsheim in 1689 .

With Heinrich-Jacob, the Fleckenstein family died out because he had no living male descendants. The Fleckenstein coat of arms (three silver bars on a green field) was broken on his grave . His memorial stone is in the church in Bühl . His daughters (and their families) and granddaughter inherited his property. Maria Dorothea received a. a. Drachenbronn-Birlenbach , Maria Magdalena inherited a. a. Zutzendorf . Juliana Sidonia left the Fleckenstein Castle behind .

family

He was married to Susanna Maria von Landsberg since 1659 . The couple had the following children:

  • Friedrich Jacob (–1710) ∞ Eleonora Katharina von Rathsamhausen
  • Maria Dorothea (1660–1717) ∞ Wolfgang Heinrich von Göllnitz
  • Maria Magdalena (1661–1689) ∞ Philipp Christopher Gayling von Altheim (* 1654; † June 25, 1705)
  • Juliana Sidonia (1672–1735) ∞ Ignatz Ludwig Vitzthum von Egersbach

literature

  • Peter Müller: The Lords of Fleckenstein in the late Middle Ages. Investigations into the history of a noble family in the Palatinate-Alsace border area. Historical regional studies, Volume 34. (Phil. Diss. Mainz 1989), Steiner, Stuttgart 1990
  • Johann Samuelansch , General encyclopedia of the sciences and arts , p. 141, biography

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personal data
SURNAME Fleckenstein-Windeck, Heinrich-Jakob von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fleckenstein-Bickenbach-Windeck, Heinrich-Jacob von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Baron
DATE OF BIRTH 1636
DATE OF DEATH April 26, 1720