Charles III (Ortenburg)

Imperial Count Karl III. von Ortenburg (born February 2, 1715 in Ortenburg ; † March 1, 1776 ibid) was the only son of Count Johann Georg von Ortenburg and his second wife, Princess Maria Albertina of Nassau-Saarbrücken , who grew up to adulthood. He came from the Lower Bavarian noble house of Ortenburg . After the death of his father in 1725, Johann Georg nominally took over the regency, but under the tutelage of his mother until he came of age in 1739.

Live and act

Charles III was born on February 2, 1715 in Ortenburg , the immediate imperial county . After his father died at the age of 39, Karl became nominally Count of Ortenburg at the age of 10 in 1725. His mother, Princess Maria Albertina of Nassau-Saarbrücken , received his guardianship . This tried to obtain Bavarian citizenship for the Ortenburg population. Although the Landshut Vizedom campaigned for it, it did not materialize.

On May 5, 1739, Charles III took over. at the age of majority the Ortenburg government The enfeoffment with the county took place by the imperial vicars, Elector Karl Albrecht of Bavaria and Elector Karl Philipp of the Palatinate on October 24, 1741. The beginning of his term of office was overshadowed by the War of the Austrian Succession . Karl had to grant the armies passage and stationing rights in the small county. In 1751 he finished the renovation of the Ortenburg market church that had begun in 1703 by completing the church tower with an onion dome. The cost of the work was 870 guilders. Charles III died on March 1, 1776 in Ortenburg. He was buried in the Protestant tomb in the Marktkirche in Ortenburg.

Remarkable

From his marriage to Louisa Sophia Wild- und Rheingräing zum Stein there were 14 children. This represents the largest number of offspring in the Ortenburg family to this day. Only his ancestor Sebastian I had a similar number of children at 13.

progeny

Charles III was married to Louisa Sophia Wild and Rhine Countess zum Stein. The following children were born from this marriage:

• Sophia Carolina (born July 10, 1742 in Ortenburg, † March 6, 1749 in Gaugrehweiler )
• Karl Albrecht (born June 30, 1743 in Ortenburg, † February 5, 1787 ibid), Imperial Count von Ortenburg (1776–1787) ∞ Christiane Louise Wild- and Rhine Countess zum Stein (* December 20, 1753 in Gaugrehweiler, † October 27, 1826 in Coburg )
• Ludwig Emanuel (born December 30, 1744 in Ortenburg, † November 20, 1798 ibid), lieutenant in the Prussian army
• Christian Friedrich (born November 30, 1745 in Ortenburg, † July 17, 1821 in Burghausen), captain in Prussian military service, lieutenant colonel in the electoral-Palatinate-Bavarian military service , founder of the sideline Count von Orttenburg ∞ Johanna Friderika Happe (* 1746, † unknown)
• Johann August (born November 18, 1746, † April 24, 1748 in Ortenburg)
• Georg Gustav (born February 5, 1748, † July 18, 1789 in Ortenburg)
• Friedrich Alexander Magnus (born January 21, 1749, † March 14, 1749 in Gaugrehweiler)
• Louise Johannetta (born January 1, 1750, † April 4, 1783 in Ortenburg)
• Adolf Ferdinand (born October 13, 1751 in Ortenburg, † February 22, 1787 ibid), captain in Dutch military service, member of the German Order of Knights
• Friderica Carolina (born November 17, 1752 in Ortenburg, † June 22, 1834 in Coburg), Canon of the Gandersheim Imperial Monastery
• Wilhelm Leopold (born November 24, 1753, † April 10, 1754 in Ortenburg)
• Albertina Wilhelmina (born October 29, 1754, March 16, 1755 in Ortenburg)
• Christiane Alexandrine (born September 28, 1755 in Ortenburg, † June 10, 1812 in Prague ), canoness in the Wallenstein Monastery of Gorizia
• Johann Rudolf (born November 27, 1756 in Ortenburg, † September 7, 1802 there), major in imperial Austrian military service, later lieutenant colonel ad honores

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.
• Peter Poscharsky: The Protestant churches in Ortenburg and Steinkirchen. 3. Edition. Ortenburg 2012.
• Friedrich Hausmann : The Counts of Ortenburg and their male ancestors, the Spanheimers in Carinthia, Saxony and Bavaria, as well as their branch lines. In: Ostbairische Grenzmarken - Passauer Jahrbuch für Geschichte, Kunst und Volkskunde. No. 36, Passau 1994, pp. 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.
• Hans Schellnhuber : Of war and strife in the old days - Ortenburg's war events. In: From Ortenburg's past. Issue 1, Ortenburg 1959, pp. 3-11.
• 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
Johann Georg	Count of Ortenburg 1725–1776	Karl Albrecht