Johann Wilhelm von Mirbach-Harff
Johann Wilhelm Josef Graf von Mirbach-Harff (born February 3, 1784 in Düsseldorf , † December 23, 1849 in Dresden ) was a co-founder of the " Genossenschaft des Rhenish knight-born nobility " with its headquarters in Bedburg / Erft.
Life
Johann Wilhelm Josef Graf von Mirbach-Harff was the son of Gerhard Johann Wilhelm Josef Freiherr von Mirbach-Harff and his wife Augusta Maria Elisabeth Freiin Velbrück zu Lanquit . His great uncle Karl Joseph von Mirbach (1718–1798) worked as canon in the prince-bishopric of Speyer and held the office of cathedral scholaster at the imperial cathedral in Speyer .
Johann Wilhelm von Mirbach lived at Harff Castle on the Erft near Bedburg . Of a Baron's family Rheinische Uradels coming, he was elevated to the Prussian count conditions. 1840
Johann Wilhelm was married to Antoinette Augusta Franziska Walburga Wolff-Metternich zur Gracht (* 1797, † May 14, 1858) with no children. Therefore, the couple adopted a child of his sister Ottilia, who was married to Maximilian Freiherr von Vorst-Lombeck zu Gudenau, namely the second son Richard Freiherr von Vorst-Gudenau . This took over his name, the title and the coat of arms of those of Mirbach zu Harff with sovereign / royal Prussian approval.
literature
- Carl Heiner Beusch: Noble class politics in the Vormärz: Johann Wilhelm Graf von Mirbach-Harff (1784-1849) . LIT Verlag Münster 1999.
- Peter Joseph Strange : Contributions to the genealogy of the noble families , issue 5, page 60, Cologne 1867; Digital scan
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| SURNAME | Mirbach-Harff, Johann Wilhelm von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mirbach-Harff, Johann Wilhelm Josef Graf von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Co-founder of the Cooperative of the Rhenish Knight-born Nobility |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 3, 1784 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dusseldorf |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 23, 1849 |
| Place of death | Dresden |