Karl Friedrich Ludwig zu Hohenlohe-Kirchberg

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Karl Friedrich Ludwig Heinrich Prince of Hohenlohe-Kirchberg (born November 2, 1780 in Kirchberg ; † December 10, 1861 ibid) was a Württemberg officer and landlord from the Franconian noble family of Hohenlohe .

ancestry

Karl Friedrich Ludwig was the son of the lieutenant colonel of the Ansbach Dragoon Regiment, Friedrich Karl Prince zu Hohenlohe-Kirchberg (1751-1791), and his first wife, Friederike Caroline, Countess of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Virneburg (1757-1839). His parents' marriage ended in divorce in 1785. Prince Karl Friedrich Ludwig was a nephew of Princes Christian Friedrich Karl zu Hohenlohe-Kirchberg and Friedrich Karl zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg .

Life

After the death of his father in 1791, Karl Friedrich Ludwig came under the care of his uncle Friedrich Eberhard zu Hohenlohe-Kirchberg (1737–1804). This took care of his accommodation in the Hohen Karlsschule in Stuttgart, where he studied until he was 15 years old. In 1796 he joined the Württemberg Army and became a lieutenant in the von Hügel Infantry Regiment, which was formed in 1794 from the two infantry battalions of the Guard Legion. In 1798 he moved to the emperor's army and thus to Habsburg-Austrian service. It was first used in Italy. After the campaigns of 1800 and 1805 he was sent to the garrison in Prague. In 1808 King Friedrich von Württemberg called him back into the Württemberg army. There he became lieutenant colonel and battalion commander. He took part in the Russian campaign in 1812 and advanced to Moscow with the Great Army . In the fall of 1812 he survived the disastrous withdrawal of the Great Army from Russia. Of around 15,800 Württemberg soldiers who marched out in March 1812, there were only very few returnees, well below 10 percent, who returned home at the beginning of 1813. Even with the officers, the losses were unusually high at around 45%. Karl Friedrich Ludwig participated in the Wars of Liberation from 1813 . As a major general, he was under the leadership of Crown Prince Wilhelm von Württemberg . In 1817 he became the commandant of the 4th Württemberg Infantry Brigade in Ulm. In 1820 the king appointed him governor of Heilbronn and with that he also changed command of the 2nd Württemberg Infantry Brigade, which was also based in Heilbronn. In 1828 he was appointed governor of the capital and residence city of Stuttgart as well as commander of the 1st Infantry Division .

From December 25, 1836, Karl Friedrich Ludwig was the successor to his childless cousin Georg Ludwig Moritz (1786–1836), the new Prince of Hohenlohe-Kirchberg. Therefore, Karl Friedrich Ludwig submitted his departure from the Württemberg army, which was approved on February 2, 1837 by a letter from the secret council president Eugen von Maucler on behalf of the king. Associated with this was the right to continue to use the title and uniform of Lieutenant General. As a registrar and prince of Hohenlohe-Kirchberg, he held the office of hereditary marshal in the Kingdom of Württemberg and held a mandate in the first chamber of the Württemberg estates . From 1836 to 1845 he appeared in person at the meetings of the First Chamber, but was permanently absent afterwards and was not represented by anyone in his right to vote.

In his residence in Kirchberg, he initiated extensive improvements and embellishments to the palace and the surrounding area. He devoted himself increasingly to his musical inclinations. He painted and drew, but also played the piano very well. After the events of the German Revolution of 1848/1849 , Prince Karl Friedrich Ludwig largely withdrew from public life and spent the last few years as a private citizen in his castle. He also no longer appeared for public worship .

family

Karl Friedrich Ludwig married Marie Freiin von Rottenburg as Hereditary Prince of Hohenlohe-Kirchberg in Ulm on May 26, 1821 (born December 15, 1802 in Berlin; † January 22, 1882 in Kirchberg). She was a daughter from the morganatic marriage of Duke Heinrich Friedrich Karl von Württemberg with Christine Caroline Freifrau von Rottenburg, since 1825 Countess von Urach.

Prince Karl Friedrich Ludwig was very committed to society as a gentleman, looked after those in need and founded charitable institutions. His wife Marie supported him. In 1843 she founded a toddler school in Kirchberg.

The marriage of Prince Karl Friedrich Ludwig and Marie remained childless. Since the two marriages of the younger brother Christian Friedrich Ludwig Heinrich zu Hohenlohe-Kirchberg (1788-1859) had remained childless, the line to Hohenlohe-Kirchberg in the male line became extinct in 1861. The grave of Prince Karl Friedrich Ludwig is in the princely crypt of the Kirchberg town church.

Honors

literature

  • Frank Raberg : Biographical handbook of the Württemberg state parliament members 1815-1933 . On behalf of the Commission for Historical Regional Studies in Baden-Württemberg. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-17-016604-2 , p. 379 .

Supporting documents and comments

  1. ↑ The figures on the losses of the Württemberg army in the Russian campaign of 1812 fluctuate in the literature. According to A. Pfister's work Memories from the Württemberg War History of the 18th and 19th Centuries , Verlag Carl Grüninger, Stuttgart 1868, p. 560, exactly 383 officers left Württemberg in 1812 and 166 officers were lost. For the teams, the information is less precise. Pfister states 14,964 soldiers who left in March 1812, but the losses are unclear here, as they are only listed in total for 1812 and 1813. In the museum catalog by Joachim Niemeyer and Christoph Rehm (eds.): Military history in Baden-Württemberg: The military history museum in Rastatt. Rastatt 2009, ISBN 3-9810460-4-8 , on pages 113 and 114 of the Russian campaign in 1812 you can find the following figures: “As the states of the Rhine Confederation, Baden had 7,200 and Württemberg 15,800 men for the Great Army. 145 men came back from Baden and 300 from Württemberg. Those who were not dead were captured and taken into the interior of Russia as far as Siberia. By mid-1815, another 700 Baden and 1,500 Wuerttemberg residents had returned from prisoners of war and hospitals. "
  2. ↑ a b c d Royal Württemberg Court and State Manual, Verlag Johann Friedrich Steinkopf, Stuttgart 1824, p. 64
  3. ^ Government gazette for the Kingdom of Württemberg 1828
  4. ↑ Hohenlohe becomes part of Württemberg . A picture reading book, published by the House of History Baden-Württemberg by Karin Wohlschlegel, Jan Thorbecke Verlag , Sigmaringen 1993, ISBN 3-7995-0387-0 , p. 241
  5. ^ Government Gazette for the Kingdom of Württemberg , February 8, 1837
  6. ↑ Königlich Württembergisches Hof- und Staatshandbuch, Verlag Karl Aue, Stuttgart 1858, p. 12
  7. ^ Alfred Albrecht: Moved to Moscow with Napoleon . Hohenloher Tagblatt, September 8, 2011
  8. ↑ Königlich Württembergisches Hof- und Staatshandbuch, Verlag Karl Aue, Stuttgart 1858, p. 55
  9. ↑ Königlich Württembergisches Hof- und Staatshandbuch, Verlag Johann Friedrich Steinkopf, Stuttgart 1824, p. 49
  10. ↑ Königlich Württembergisches Hof- und Staatshandbuch, Verlag Karl Aue, Stuttgart 1858, p. 61
  11. ↑ Königlich Württembergisches Hof- und Staatshandbuch, Verlag Karl Aue, Stuttgart 1858, p. 32

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personal data
SURNAME Hohenlohe-Kirchberg, Karl Friedrich Ludwig too
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hohenlohe-Kirchberg, Karl Friedrich Ludwig Prince too
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Württemberg nobleman
DATE OF BIRTH November 2, 1780
PLACE OF BIRTH Kirchberg an der Jagst
DATE OF DEATH December 10, 1861
Place of death Kirchberg an der Jagst