Karl Joseph August of Limburg-Styrum
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
- ^ Johann Wilhelm Graf von Mirbach-Harff, History of the Merode Family , p.205
- ↑ Handbook of the Diocese of Essen, 2nd edition 1974, Volume 1 History, Essen 1974, p. 193
predecessor | Office | successor |
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Christian Otto |
Lord of Styrum 1749 - 1760 |
Philipp Ferdinand |
personal data | |
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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 |