Hermann von Gemmingen

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Hermann Ferdinand Friedrich August von Gemmingen (* March 30, 1820 ; † July 30, 1891 ) was an Imperial and Royal officer and landlord in Babstadt .

Life

Tomb of Hermann von Gemmingen in Babstadt
Tomb of his wife in Babstadt

He was a son of Ernst Franz Ludwig von Gemmingen (1795–1834) and Sophie Dorothea Luise Christiane von Degenfeld. He was taught in Heilbronn , then attended the Lyceum in Mannheim and in 1838 joined the Imperial and Royal Cuirassier Regiment Graf Hardegg zu Podiebrad in Bohemia as a cadet . In 1842 he was a lieutenant in the Imperial and Royal Hussar Regiment of Emperor Nicolaus. In 1845 he resigned from the military and devoted himself to the administration of the property inherited from his father in Babstadt. He died of a stroke and was buried in Babstadt, where his tomb and that of his wife have been preserved.

family

From 1819 he was married to Pauline Maximiliane Philippine von Ellrichshausen (1825-1865). Daughter Mathilde became the mother of the future German Foreign Minister Konstantin von Neurath , son Ernst hit a career as württembergischer officer, a son William went to the US and became a farmer, Karl was municipal president in Lorraine and son Fritz married the daughter of the industrialist Gustav Siegle , about the significant ownership of historical buildings in the Upper Palatinate came into the family.

Progeny:

  • Mathilde (1847–1924) ⚭ Konstantin Sebastian von Neurath (1847–1912)
  • Sophie (1849–1928) ⚭ Gottlieb (Götz) Freiherr von Holtz (1842–1908)
  • Ernst (1851–1928) ⚭ Annie Kaupe (1858–1904)
  • Bertha (1853–1923) ⚭ Konrad Freiherr Varnbühler von und zu Hemmingen (1837–1881)
  • Wilhelm (1854–1940) ⚭ Ellen L. Macauley (1864–1924)
  • Marie (1855–1946) ⚭ Gustav Prince zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1837–1889)
  • Karl (1857–1935) ⚭ Hedwig Scipio (1867–1935)
  • Caroline (* / † 1859)
  • Fritz (1860–1924) ⚭ Dora Siegle (1877–1955)

literature

  • Carl Wilhelm Friedrich Ludwig Stocker : Family Chronicle of the Barons of Gemmingen , Heidelberg 1895, p. 300.
  • Walter von Hueck: lineage of the family of the barons of Gemmingen . Reprint from the Genealogical Handbook of the Nobility Volume 37 (Freiherrliche Häuser A, Volume VI). CA Starke Verlag, Limburg an der Lahn 1966
personal data
SURNAME Gemmingen, Hermann von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Landlord in Babstadt
DATE OF BIRTH March 30, 1820
DATE OF DEATH July 30, 1891
Place of death Babstadt