Heinrich Leopold von Reichenbach-Goschütz

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Heinrich Leopold Graf von Reichenbach Goschütz (* 23. December 1768 in Festenberg (now Twardogora); † 20th May 1816 in Goschütz (now Goszcs)) was General President landscape of Silesia .

Life

origin

Heinrich Leopold von Reichenbach-Goschütz was the eldest son and sixth child of the General Hereditary Postmaster of Silesia, Heinrich Graf von Reichenbach -Goschütz (1731–1790), freelance lord of Goschütz, and Princess Charlotte Auguste von Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (1732–1774) . He belonged to one of the most important and influential Protestant Silesian magnate families. His younger brother was the Prussian lieutenant colonel Christoph Graf von Reichenbach-Goschütz .

Career

Heinrich Leopold von Reichenbach-Goschütz was a conservative politician committed to the Prussian state and its Silesian homeland. After he had followed his father, who died in 1790, as a freelance gentleman in Goschütz and in his hereditary dignity as general hereditary postmaster in Silesia, his activity was not limited to the administration of his extensive property and the performance of his postmaster duties. He was also the Royal Prussian Privy Legation Councilor. As a freelance gentleman, he was a member of the self-government of Silesia and took over the office of President of the general landscape of Silesia.

After an elected all-Prussian national representation had been appointed to Berlin for the spring of 1812, " the Count of Reichenbach auf Goschütz, elected as the national representative of the Lower Silesian manor owners ", should soon play a special role. As early as mid-November 1813, he was appointed by the king as its president for the second session of this assembly beginning in February, as the previous president, Friedrich Graf von Hardenberg, took part in the war of liberation against Napoleon . The presidency of Reichenbach-Goschütz lasted with 41 meetings only until the end of June 1814, as Hardenberg returned quite soon and was reinstated as president from July of that year.

As a Protestant nobleman, he was also a legal knight of the Order of St. John .

family

Heinrich Leopold Graf von Reichenbach-Goschütz married Countess Johanna zu Solms-Baruth (1776-1840) on June 28, 1793. He had several children with her, including:

  • Heinrich Christian Carl Ludwig (April 10, 1794 - August 19, 1794)
  • Charlotte Henriette Luise Elisa (* August 31, 1795 - † December 4, 1871) ⚭ Heinrich Joachim Christoph Graf von Reichenbach-Goschütz (* December 30, 1772 - December 27, 1845)
  • Henriette Luise Adelheid (* February 24, 1797; † October 2, 1869) ⚭ Count Heinrich Carl von Reichenbach-Goschütz (* July 13, 1787; † June 30, 1825)
  • Heinrich Gustav Gottlob (born September 24, 1801; † September 18, 1869), member of the Prussian manor ⚭ Countess Adelheid Constanze von Schlippenbach (born June 19, 1803; † November 26, 1888)
  • Henriette Charlotte Mathilde (February 15, 1799 - April 10, 1858)
⚭ October 2, 1816 (divorced) Count Kurt von Götzen auf Ellguth (* July 16, 1791; † February 5, 1863) (son of Friedrich Wilhelm von Götzen the Elder )
⚭ June 11, 1831 (divorced October 6, 1846) Prince Hermann Anton von Hatzfeld (* October 2, 1808; † July 20, 1874), general landscape director, member of the Prussian manor (son of Franz Ludwig von Hatzfeldt )

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GStA PK I. HA Rep. 74 H IX No. 6 Vol. 1, fol. 261 r
  2. ↑ Cf. GStA PK I. HA Rep. 77 Tit. 320 No. 20, fol. 96 r
  3. ^ Genealogisches Handbuch des Nels, Volume GA IV, CA Starke-Verlag, Berlin 1962, p. 369
  4. ^ Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Volume GA IV, CA Starke-Verlag, Berlin, 1962, pages 368-369
  5. ^ Leopold von Zedlitz-Neukirch , New Preussisches Adels-Lexicon , Volume 4, p. 101, digitized
  6. ↑ Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the count's houses, Volume 31, p. 600, digitized
  7. ↑ Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the count's houses, Volume 28, p.281
personal data
SURNAME Reichenbach-Goschütz, Heinrich Leopold von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Reichenbach-Goschütz, Heinrich Leopold Graf von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION General Landscape President of Silesia
DATE OF BIRTH December 23, 1768
PLACE OF BIRTH Festenberg
DATE OF DEATH May 20, 1816
Place of death Goschütz