Karl Albrecht (Ortenburg)

Reichsgraf Karl Albrecht von Ortenburg (born June 30, 1743 in Ortenburg , † February 5, 1787 at Neuburg am Inn Castle ) was the eldest son of Count Karl III. von Ortenburg and his wife Countess Sophia Wild- and Rhine Countess zum Stein. Karl Albrecht came from the Lower Bavarian noble house of Ortenburg . After the death of his father in 1776, he took over the reign of the immediate imperial county, which he held until his death in 1787.

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Karl Albrecht was born on June 30, 1742 in Ortenburg . In 1763 he entered the royal Prussian military service. He worked there until 1776, most recently as a major. His two younger brothers Ludwig Emanuel and Christian Friedrich also followed him into Prussian military service.

After the death of his father Karl III. In 1776, Karl Albrecht became the ruling count of the local empire county of Ortenburg . On July 31, 1776, Karl Albrecht and his brothers agreed on the introduction of the primogeniture , which is why the seniority principle , which had been in force in the count's house since 1566, was abolished. Instead of the eldest of the family, the eldest son of the last ruling count became his heir. Karl Albrecht's enfeoffment took place on March 18, 1777 by Emperor Josef II.

In 1776 Karl Albrecht obtained a toll exemption from Passau's Prince-Bishop Leopold Ernst von Firmian for goods bought in Passau . In 1779 he banned Prussia from recruiting troops in his county, which his father had once allowed in 1768. The aim of this ban was probably to create a better relationship with the emperor.

During a visit to Passau Bishop Joseph Franz Anton von Auersperg at Neuburg am Inn Castle , Karl Albrecht died unexpectedly on February 5, 1787 and was buried in the Protestant tomb in the Marktkirche Ortenburg . His then underage son Joseph Carl followed him as regent of the county under the tutelage of his mother Christiane Louise Wild- und Rheingräfin zum Stein.

progeny

• Joseph Carl (born August 30, 1780 at Grehweiler Castle; † March 28, 1831 in Tambach ), Count of Ortenburg (1787-1805), Count of Ortenburg-Tambach (1806), registrar of Tambach (1806-1831) ⚭ Caroline Sophie Louise Wilhelmine Countess zu Erbach (born November 21, 1779 in Erbach ; † December 6, 1825 in Tambach)
• Louise Caroline (born January 15, 1782 in Ortenburg; † December 15, 1847 in Augsburg ) ⚭ 1st marriage: Christian Friedrich Graf and Herr zu Castell-Rüdenhausen (born April 21, 1772 in Rüdenhausen ; † March 28, 1850 ibid), Divorced November 29, 1811; ⚭ 2nd marriage: Count Franz Anton von Tauffkirchen zu Ibm (born August 16, 1782 in Kleeberg; † October 1, 1857 in Augsburg)
• Sophia Maria Wilhelmina (born November 16, 1784 in Ortenburg; † January 31, 1851 in Kleeberg) ⚭ Count Leopold Ernst von Tauffkirchen zu Ibm (born August 21, 1771 in Kleeberg; † March 21, 1860)
• Augusta Friderica (born April 22, 1786 in Ortenburg; † October 8, 1857 in Berleburg) ⚭ Karl Alexander Graf von Pückler and Limpurg (born October 11, 1782 in Gaildorf; † December 18, 1843 in Gostenhof near Nuremberg )

literature

• Stefan Wild: The most important events after Count Joachim's death up to the year 1787. In: Ortenburg - Reichsgrafschaft and 450 years Reformation (1563-2013) , Ortenburg 2013 (pp. 202–207).
• Markus Lorenz: The transition of the county of Ortenburg to Bavaria (1805) - tradition and upheaval in an aristocratic rule , diploma thesis in the degree program Political and Social Sciences, University of the Federal Armed Forces Munich, Neubiberg 1996.
• Friedrich Hausmann : The Counts of Ortenburg and their male ancestors, the Spanheimers in Carinthia, Saxony and Bavaria, as well as their subsidiary lines , published in: Ostbairische Grenzmarken - Passauer Jahrbuch für Geschichte, Kunst und Volkskunde, No. 36, Passau 1994 (p. 9 -62).
• Heinz Hans Konrad Schuster: Ortenburg after the death of Count Joachim. In: Hans Schellnhuber (Hrsg.): 400 years Evang.-Luth. Kirchengemeinde Ortenburg 1563–1963 , Ortenburg 1963 (pp. 43–48).
• Carl Mehrmann: History of the Evangelical Lutheran community of Ortenburg in Lower Bavaria - memorandum for the anniversary celebration of the 300th anniversary of the introduction of the Reformation there on October 17 and 18, 1863 , Landshut 1863 ( digitized version ).

Web links

• Family tree of the entire Ortenburg house

predecessor	Office	successor
Charles III	Count of Ortenburg 1776–1787	Joseph Carl