Heinrich von Schönburg

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Heinrich Gottlob Otto Ernst von Schönburg (born December 14, 1794 at Quolsdorf Castle near Hähnichen ; † March 12, 1881 in Glauchau ) was the owner of the lordships of Hinterglauchau and Rochsburg and a member of the state parliament of the Kingdom of Saxony .

biography

The son of Count Gottlob Carl Ludwig von Schönburg (1762–1842) and his wife Ferdinande Henriette, b. Countess zu Hochberg-Rohnstock (1767–1836), initially studied camera science in Leipzig, but broke off his studies in 1814 to fight Napoleon Bonaparte as an officer in the Landwehr battalion “Schönburg” .

In March 1820 Heinrich married Princess Marie Clementine von Schönburg-Waldenburg, with her he had three sons and a daughter. On May 1, 1837, his father sold him the Hinterglauchau estate, and in 1842, after the death of his father, he inherited the Wechselburg Castle , half of the Rochsburg estate and Gusow Castle . In November 1858, Count Heinrich von Schönburg bought the manor and castle Netzschkau , where he had a park laid out. In 1868 he inherited the other half of the Rochsburg estate. On October 29, 1878 Heinrich ceded the last special rights of the Schönburg possessions , which were directly imperial until 1740, to the Kingdom of Saxony.

In the Landtag of 1857/58 , 1871/73 and 1877/78 he represented the four Schoenburg feudal lords in the first chamber of the Saxon Landtag.

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SURNAME Schönburg, Heinrich von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schönburg, Heinrich Gottlob Otto Ernst Graf von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Owner of the rulers Hinterglauchau and Rochsburg, member of the Saxon state parliament
DATE OF BIRTH December 14, 1794
PLACE OF BIRTH Quolsdorf Castle
DATE OF DEATH March 12, 1881
Place of death Glauchau