Karl Joseph August of Limburg-Styrum

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Count Karl Joseph August von Limburg-Styrum (born January 14, 1727 at Styrum Castle ; † February 15, 1760 ) was a German nobleman, by descent Count of Limburg , by inheritance lord of Styrum .

ancestry

Karl Joseph August was a son of Count Christian Otto von Limburg-Styrum (* March 25, 1694 at Styrum Castle; † February 24, 1749 there) and his wife Countess Marie Ludovika Kager von Globen (* around 1700 in Valeč ; † 22. March 1732).

Marriage and offspring

Count Karl Joseph August married on October 17, 1751 in Argenteau Marie Elisabeth de Claris-Walincourt (born November 27, 1736 in Brussels , † February 16, 1780), they had one child:

  • Maria Anna Bernhardina Ludovica (born December 15, 1758 in Argenteau, † November 13, 1808 in Liège )
⚭ April 26, 1779 with Count Joseph Louis Mercy d'Argenteau de Dongelberghe (* October 29, 1740; † June 12, 1796 at Chateau d'Ochain)

Act

The Counts of Limburg-Styrum had retained the Roman Catholic faith during the confessionalization , which resulted in the rule of Styrum remaining Roman Catholic and Catholic services continued to be celebrated in the chapel of Styrum Castle . On January 13, 1755, Karl Joseph August set up a foundation so that a house could be built to house the school, church service and apartment of the clergyman who looked after the Catholics who remained in the vicinity of Mülheim an der Ruhr .

literature

  • Johann Gottfried Biedermann, GENEALOGY of the high count houses in the Franconian Crayse , Volume 1, Plate CLXIII

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Johann Wilhelm Graf von Mirbach-Harff, History of the Merode Family , p.205
  2. ↑ Handbook of the Diocese of Essen, 2nd edition 1974, Volume 1 History, Essen 1974, p. 193
predecessor Office successor
Christian Otto Lord of Styrum
1749 - 1760 		Philipp Ferdinand
personal data
SURNAME Limburg-Styrum, Karl Joseph August von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Limburg zu Styrum, Karl Joseph August von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German nobleman
DATE OF BIRTH January 14, 1727
PLACE OF BIRTH Styrum Castle
DATE OF DEATH February 15, 1760