Karl August of Baden-Durlach

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Karl August of Baden-Durlach

Karl Magnus August Johann Reinhard von Baden-Durlach (born November 14, 1712 in Durlach ; † September 30, 1786 ibid) took over the chairmanship of the guardianship government in 1738 as the oldest agnate of the House of Baden-Durlach , which after the death of Margrave Karl III. Wilhelm von Baden-Durlach was convened and ruled the margraviate of Baden-Durlach until 1746 .

Life

Karl August was the son of Christoph von Baden-Durlach and Marie Christine Felizitas zu Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg-Heidesheim (* December 30, 1692 - June 3, 1734), the daughter of Count Karl August zu Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg- Heidesheim . Karl August was at the court of his uncle Margrave Karl III. Wilhelm von Baden-Durlach was educated and later studied four years in Lausanne.

The regent

After the death of his uncle Margrave Karl III. Wilhelm von Baden-Durlach on May 12, 1738 he entered the custodial government for his second nephew, Karl Friedrich .

Precisely because the waves from the dispute with Durlach had not yet smoothed out due to the relocation of the residence to Karlsruhe (1718) and the widow of the city founder also belonged to the guardianship government and still resided in Durlach in Karlsburg , the Durlachers hoped for a relocation to the old royal seat.

Karl August, however, decided to move to Karlsruhe in the palace. The Regency Council confirmed the Karlsruhe residents the privileges they had received in connection with the new construction of the city. However, the castle was changed significantly. The installed merrymaking, including the "tulips" or girls of joy held by Karl Wilhelm , had to give way. The palace square became the parade square.

The business of government was entrusted to the President of the Hofrat von Üxküll . The greatest success of the guardianship government is the comparison with Maria Theresa in 1741 , in which she waived all sovereignty and feudal claims of Austria regarding the Landgraviate of Sausenberg , as well as the dominions of Rötteln and Badenweiler in return for a cash payment. This eliminated a centuries-old threat to Baden. In addition, the previously Upper Austrian half of the village of Grenzach was acquired. Apparently they knew how to take advantage of Maria Theresa's difficult situation at the beginning of the War of the Austrian Succession .

In 1740, Elector Karl Philipp von der Pfalz was also able to negotiate his waiver of rights to Pforzheim , Stein and Graben .

The Regency Council handed over the business of government to Margrave Karl Friedrich on November 22, 1746 after the emperor had declared his age of consent.

The military career

Karl August was since 1735 General Wachtmeister since 1742 , Field Marshal Lieutenant and since 1760 Reich Field Marshal of the Imperial Army .

1749–1752 Karl August was the commander in chief of the Württemberg army corps.

Karl August took part in the Seven Years War and commanded a corps of the Imperial Army in the Battle of Roßbach .

Marriage and offspring

Karl August entered into a morganatic marriage with Juliane Schmid ; the children from this marriage were given the name von Ehrenberg

  • Christoph August von Ehrenberg (born September 14, 1773; † October 12, 1839 in Bruchsal )
  • August von Ehrenberg (* 1776, † 1813 in Vilnius ); Fallen in the Baden troops of Napoleon's Great Army in Russia
  • Wilhelmine von Ehrenberg (born September 15, 1780 in Durlach; † November 8, 1854 in Karlsruhe) married Colonel Ludwig von Cancrin in Karlsruhe in 1804
  • Karl Ernst Ludwig von Ehrenberg (* 1783 in Durlach ; † 1817 in Heidelberg ) married Freifrau Friederike Christine Eleonore von Massenbach (* 1786 in Usingen ; † 1855 in Heidelberg) in Massenbach in 1809
  • Ludwig Friedrich von Ehrenberg († 1786 in Durlach)
  • Karoline Auguste von Ehrenberg (* 1781 in Durlach)
  • Katharina Ludowika von Ehrenberg (* 1785 in Durlach, † 1806 in Karlsruhe)

See also

literature

  • Johann Christian Sachs : Introduction to the history of the Marggravschaft and the Marggravial old princely house of Baden . tape 5 . Lotter, Carlsruhe 1770, p. 184–195 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  • CWFL Freiherr von Drais : History of the government and formation of Baden under Carl Friedrich before the revolutionary time - first volume. CF Müller'sche Hofbuchhandlung, Carlsruhe 1816 ( online in the Google book search)
  • Edmund von der Becke-Klüchtzner: Stamm-Tafeln of the nobility of the Grand Duchy of Baden: a newly edited nobility book. Baden-Baden 1886. online family tree of von Ehrenberg
  • GHdA , Adelslexikon Volume III, Limburg an der Lahn 1975, p. 95
  • Siegmund Friedrich Gehres : biography of Dr. EL Posselt, along with several unprinted letters from the same and biographical messages from Durlach's memorable men. Short message from Margrave Carl August Johann Reinhard von Baden, the former state administrator, as well as no less from Margrave Christoph von Baden, the former Austrian Imperial General Field Marshal. Mannheim 1827, pp. 168-174 digitized

Individual references / comments

  1. ↑ the full name was Carl August Johann Reinhard von Baden-Durlach; s. Sachs p. 184, also Schöpflin; at Becke-Klüchtzner and in the GHdA he is called Carl Magnus August
  2. ^ Daniel Schöpflin: Historia Zaringo Badensis , Volume 7, pp. 250 ff. Online
  3. ^ S. Karl Stiefel : Baden 1648-1952 , Karlsruhe 1978, Volume 2, p. 1073.
  4. ^ General command of the Württemberg Army Corps. on: wiki-de.genealogy.net
  5. ↑ GHdA , Adelslexikon Volume III, Limburg an der Lahn 1975, p. 95 and “The von Ehrenberg family died out in 1628.” Karl Stiefel: Baden 1648–1952, Karlsruhe 1978, Volume 1, p. 494
  6. ^ Philipp Röder von Diersburg (ed.): Memories of the General of the Infantry Margrave Wilhelm von Baden from the campaigns from 1809 to 1815. Karlsruhe 1864, p. 226/227; Captain of Infantry Regiment No. 3, Count von Hochberg; "Caught on the retreat in Vilnius and died there on February 10, 1813 as a result of the amputation"
  7. ↑ a b c not found in Becke-Klüchtzner
predecessor Office successor
Charles III Wilhelm
(Margrave) 		Regent of the margraviate of Baden-Durlach
1738–1746 		Karl Friedrich
(Margrave)
personal data
SURNAME Karl August of Baden-Durlach
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Carl August Johann Reinhard of Baden-Durlach
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Margrave of Baden-Durlach
DATE OF BIRTH November 14, 1712
PLACE OF BIRTH Durlach
DATE OF DEATH September 30, 1786
Place of death Durlach