Johann Abraham von Hallwil
Johann Abraham von Hallwil (born September 3, 1746 at Hallwyl Castle in Seengen , † November 17, 1779 ibid) was a Swiss officer and lord of the castle.
Life
Abraham von Hallwil came from the (impoverished) Aargau family of Hallwyl . It was only his father Johannes von Hallwyl (1688–1753) who succeeded in regaining the so-called original estates. a. through an advantageous marriage with Elisabeth Bernhardine von Diesbach, daughter of Franz Ludwig von Diesbach, Herr zu Liebistorf .
Johann Abraham was given to the escort Johann Heinrich Frey in Brugg for education in 1753 . From 1762 to 1766 he was in the Swiss regiment of Ernst in French military service, where in May 1764 he made it to first lieutenant and the following year to captain-lieutenant. Retired from military service in 1766, he traveled extensively and in the following years stayed partly in Seengen and partly in Bern. On August 26, 1771 he was elected captain in the 1st Upper Aargau militia regiment. He had two illegitimate daughters with the wife of the captain in royal Sardinian service, Alexander Zehender, Margarethe Zehender née Schmid. The first was born in Solothurn in 1772 , the second after Margaret's divorce in 1773 in England, where Abraham was staying at the time.
In 1773/74 he visited his wealthy relatives Count Franz Anton von Hallweil (1702–1779) and his wife Maria Anna von Hallweil (1717–1784) in the Hallwil-Palais in Vienna (Singerstrasse 16) and impregnated their 15-year-old daughter Franziska Romana , whom he married in 1775 - under adventurous and scandalous circumstances that gave rise to diplomatic complications. From this marriage the three sons Johann (1776-1802), Franz (1777-1852) and Karl (1778-1827) emerged.
Abraham von Hallwil managed the Hallwil family estates from 1776 to 1779, but died on November 17, 1779, one day before his mother.
literature
- Alois Koch: Franziska Romana von Hallwil. Biographical sketches as contributions to the history of the Lords of Hallwil and to Pestalozzi research. Diss. Phil. Freiburg i. Ue. , Seengen 1968 (= local history from the Seetal. 41). ³1990.
Remarks
- ↑ Margarethe Zehender later appeared as a governess in St. Petersburg and called herself Madame de Hallwil. The daughters were legitimized in 1794.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hallwil, Johann Abraham von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss officer and lord of the castle |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 3, 1746 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Seengen |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 17, 1779 |
| Place of death | Seengen |