Karl Friedrich von Berlepsch

Baron Karl Friedrich Ludwig Hans von Berlepsch , count from 1869 , (* February 17, 1821 in Langensalza ; † September 2, 1893 there ) was a German landowner, politician and member of the Prussian mansion .

ancestry

His parents were Baron Karl Ludwig von Berlepsch (January 5, 1791 - January 26, 1848) and his wife Henriette Luise von und zu Gilsa (August 20, 1796 - December 26, 1862).

Life

After the death of his father, Berlepsch became the lord of Schloss Berlepsch and the estates in Fahrenbach , Dohrenbach , Freudenthal , Hübenthal and Neuenrode .

As the owner of primogeniture in the family he had since 1369 in the family Berlepsch hereditary court office of Erbkämmerers the Landgrave of Hesse , and was a one of the three top leaders of the Knights Tific foundations Kaufungen weather . From 1862 to 1866 he was a knightly member of the Electoral Hesse Estates Assembly .

After the annexation of Kurhessen by Prussia in 1866, King Wilhelm appointed him a member of the Prussian mansion for life in 1867 and elevated him to the Prussian count status on August 27, 1869, the title of count being tied to the possession of the Majorate von Berlepsch. From 1868 to 1886 he was also a member of the Kassel municipal council.

Berlepsch founded the Familienfideikommiss in 1859 and, from 1881, gave Berlepsch Castle its present-day appearance through extensive renovations in the style of the late Hanoverian neo-Gothic .

Marriage and offspring

Karl Friedrich von Berlepsch married on April 16, 1848 in Kassel Johanna Wilhelmine Theodore Koch (April 26, 1829 - June 27, 1902), daughter of the Hessian State Council and Minister of the Interior Johann Hermann Koch (1795–1862) and his wife Wilhelmine Philippine Konradine born Köber. The sons came from the marriage:

• Hans Hermann Carl Ludwig , Count von Berlepsch (July 29, 1850 - February 27, 1915), ornithologist,
• Otto Heinrich Wilhelm, Baron von Berlepsch (January 22, 1852 - May 7, 1899)
• Karl Emil Ernst (1862–1865)

literature

• Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the count's houses, forty-fourth year, Perthes, Gotha, 1871, p. 86
• Ewald Grothe (ed.): The members of the Electoral Hessian Estates Assemblies 1830–1866. (= Publications of the Historical Commission for Hesse. Vol. 48, 13 = Political and parliamentary history of the State of Hesse . Vol. 43). Historical Commission for Hesse, Marburg 2016, ISBN 978-3-942225-33-5 , No. KSV-035.
• Jochen Lengemann : MdL Hessen. 1808-1996. Biographical index (= political and parliamentary history of the state of Hesse. Vol. 14 = publications of the Historical Commission for Hesse. Vol. 48, 7). Elwert, Marburg 1996, ISBN 3-7708-1071-6 , p. 71.
• Dieter Pelda: The members of the Prussian Communal Parliament in Kassel 1867-1933 (= Prehistory and history of parliamentarism in Hesse. Vol. 22 = Publications of the Historical Commission for Hesse. Vol. 48, 8). Elwert, Marburg 1999, ISBN 3-7708-1129-1 , p. 11.

Web links

• Short biography of the State Library
• http://worldhistory.de/wnf/navbar/wnf.php?oid=12050&s=
• Berlepsch, Carl Friedrich Ludwig Hans Graf von. Hessian biography. (As of February 23, 2020). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).