Johann Conrad Riedesel zu Eisenbach
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Johann Conrad Riedesel Freiherr zu Eisenbach (* 1742 ; † 1812 ) from the house of Riedesel was a registrar and hereditary marshal of the Hessian landgraves .
family
Johann Conrad Riedesel zu Eisenbach was the son of the Reich Chamber Court Assessor Johann Wilhelm Riedesel zu Eisenbach (1705–1782) and his first wife Sophie Hedwig von Borcke (1705–1769). He had four brothers: Wilhelm Hermann (1735–1764), Friedrich Adolf (1738–1800), Ludwig Volprecht (1740–1758) and Carl Georg (1746–1819), who was to be his successor in the office of the Hessian Hereditary Marshal.
Riedesel married Countess Louise Charlotte von Hompesch-Heyden (* 1755) in 1773 . The marriage gave birth to the daughters Johanette Dorothea Friederike (* 1774) and Juliane Friederike Wilhelmine (1786–1820; she married Philipp von Lehrbach ) and four sons (in addition to four children who died in infancy) : Carl Philipp Ferdinand Hermann (1775–1853) , August Friedrich Carl (1779–1843), Friedrich Ludwig (1780–1787) and Albert Friedrich Carl (1784–1830).
Life
Riedesel occurred during the Seven Years' War in the Electorate of Saxony military service and was adjutant of Prince Xaver of Saxony . After the war he entered the imperial service as a first lieutenant. In 1767 he became a captain. As a lieutenant colonel he took his leave in April 1773 and a little later entered the service of Brunswick as colonel and chief of a dragoon regiment . Among other things, he fought in the campaign of 1792 .
As a senior member of the family, he inherited the office and title of the Hessian Hereditary Marshal and the government of the Riedesel rule after the death of Georg Ludwig Riedesel zu Eisenbach (1725–1800) . In 1802 the Hessian landgraves decreed that their hereditary marshals were not allowed to serve in foreign armies. In 1802 Georg Riedesel resigned as lieutenant general from the service in Brunswick.
As regent of his small country, he experienced its mediatization in 1806 as a result of the Rhine Confederation Act : The rule of Riedesel lost its independence and became part of the Grand Duchy of Hesse and the Electorate of Hesse . As a civil servant, however, he retained a large number of rights. He continued to dispose of the lower and middle jurisdiction, church patronage rights and a number of taxes from his former subjects.
literature
- Karl Siegmar von Galéra: The Riedesel zu Eisenbach. From the Empire to the Rhine Confederation 1713–1806. 1961, p. 191 (family tree) and p. 436-437
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Art. 24 Rhine Confederation Act .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Riedesel zu Eisenbach, Johann Conrad |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Riedesel zu Eisenbach, Johann Conrad Freiherr |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Officer, 25th Hessian Hereditary Marshal |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1742 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1812 |