Karl Günther (Schwarzburg-Sondershausen)
Karl Günther von Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (born August 7, 1830 in Arnstadt ; † March 28, 1909 in Weißer Hirsch near Dresden ) was the last Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen in the period from July 17, 1880 until his death.
Life
Karl Günther was the son of Prince Günther Friedrich Carl II von Schwarzburg-Sondershausen and his first wife Marie von Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt. He married Princess Marie von Sachsen-Altenburg on June 12, 1869 (born June 28, 1845 in Munich ; † July 5, 1930 in Sondershausen).
Karl Günther attended the University of Bonn and then joined the Prussian Army . Here he took part in the German War in 1866 , then came to the officers à la suite of the army and was finally promoted to General of the Infantry on September 18, 1886 .
He took over the government on July 17, 1880 from his father, who appointed the Hereditary Prince as his successor due to an eye disease. He was the last prince of the Sondershausen line of the Schwarzburg Princely House . Prince Karl Günther was a passionate hunter. He left the government to his minister of state.
In 1906 Karl Günther was seriously injured in a hunting accident and spent the last three years in a sick bed. The prince left no children and thus no biological heirs. He was buried in the princely burial chapel of the Trinity Church.
Because after the succession contracts of 1713 and 1896, when the Sondershausen line was extinguished, the principality should pass to Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt , Günther Viktor von Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt ruled both principalities in personal union as Prince of Schwarzburg from the death of Karl Günther in 1909 .
Honors
The Prince Karl Günther memorial exists in honor of the prince . The memorial near Gehren was erected between 1911 and 1912 on the initiative of the Thuringian Forest Association . Karl Günther was also head of the 3rd Thuringian Infantry Regiment 71 as well as Knight of the Black Eagle Order , the Order of Hubertus and Knight of Honor of the Order of St. John from September 24, 1889 . Karl was also the bearer of the Grand Cross with the Crown in Ore of the House Order of the Wendish Crown .
literature
- Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 9, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1941], DNB 986919780 , pp. 109-110, no. 2770.
- Meyers Konversationslexikon 1885-1892.
- Brockhaus' Konversationslexikon 1894-1896.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ulrich Hess: History of Thuringia 1866 to 1914. Verlag Hermann Böhlaus Successor, Weimar 1991, ISBN 3-7400-0077-5 , p. 482
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Günther Friedrich Carl II. |
Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen 1880–1909 |
Günther Victor |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Karl Günther |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Karl Günther von Schwarzburg-Sondershausen |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German prince |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 7, 1830 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Arnstadt |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 28, 1909 |
| Place of death | White deer |