Karl Joseph Merz from Quirnheim
Baron Karl Joseph Heinrich von Merz zu Quirnheim (born February 16, 1747 in Quirnheim , Electoral Palatinate , † February 9, 1802 in Quirnheim, France ) was the last owner of the lordship of Quirnheim and Bosweiler .
Life
In the years 1777 to 1796 he led a process at the Reich Chamber of Commerce under Reich Chamber Court process number 85 and was recorded as a party to the proceedings in 1791 and 1798.
As a result of the First Coalition War , Germany on the left bank of the Rhine became part of the French Republic . Due to the associated extension of the abolition of all noble privileges by the French Revolution , the Merz family lost not only the title of nobility but also the property associated with the position of feudal lord .
Karl Joseph Merz von Quirnheim was named with several others in 1799 in an advertisement of a conspiracy in the canton of Kirchheim .
When he died in 1802, a burial could take place in the family grave despite the republican authorities.
family
Karl Joseph was born the son of the electoral Mainz councilor Karl Joseph Alois Mertz von Quirnheim and Freiherr auf Bosweiler (1710–1748) and Marie Caroline Baronesse de Grisheim (1715–1791). He married Maria Josepha Susanna Komtess von Lasser (1746–1777) in the Merz family church in 1773. Two (genealogically) proven sons were born to the family: Karl Albert Heinrich and Georg Karl Heinrich . A third son, Friedrich Joseph, can be found in the church records .
Karl Joseph von Merz represented the fourth and last generation who ruled Bosweiler and Quirnheim after Imperial Knight Quirinus von Merz († 1695), Chancellor of the Electorate of Mainz and the Bishopric of Speyer . The family rose to imperial barons with the grandfather of Karl Joseph, the church donor and Hofpfalzgrave Johann Wilhelm Merz von Quirnheim (1652–1718), both electoral court counselor and imperial councilor and Reichshofrat; at the same time the rule became a barony .
Incomplete list of descendants:
- Karl Joseph ∞ Maria Josepha Susanna b. Lasser
- Karl Albert Heinrich (1774–1857) ⚭ (I) Antoinette Therese born. Brandenstein († 1808); ⚭ (II) Sophie born Bad luck
- Georg Karl Heinrich (born January 5, 1776 in Quirnheim; †?) ∞ Karoline Franziska b. Reuter (born January 1, 1777)
- Franz Joseph (born August 28, 1798 in Quirnheim; †?) ∞ Margarethe Maria geb. Jutzi (* in Ebertsheim )
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- Franz (born March 30, 1838 in Quirnheim; †?)
- Anna Katharina Therese Albertine (born September 25, 1800 in Quirnheim; †?)
- Anton Franz (born December 10, 1802 in Quirnheim; †?)
- Valentin (* 1805)
- Albert (born November 18, 1808 in Quirnheim; †?) ∞ Francisca b. Werle (born May 17, 1811 in Mertesheim ; †?)
- Maria Barbara (born May 31, 1834 in Mertesheim; †?)
- Valentinus (born September 4, 1835 in Mertesheim; †?)
- Francisca (born May 24, 1838 in Mertesheim; †?)
- Carolus Josephus (born May 15, 1841 in Mertesheim; †?)
- Johannes (* 1845 in?; †?)
- Stephanus (born April 6, 1850 in Mertesheim; †?)
- Theresia (born July 26, 1853 in Mertesheim; †?)
- Karl Joseph (born June 1, 1813 in Quirnheim; †?)
- Josepha Margarete (born June 9, 1820 in Quirnheim; †?)
- Franz Joseph (born August 28, 1798 in Quirnheim; †?) ∞ Margarethe Maria geb. Jutzi (* in Ebertsheim )
- Friedrich Joseph (born March 16, 1777 in Quirnheim; †?)
literature
- Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Briefadeligen houses (eighth year) by Perthes 1914, pages 642–643
swell
- Holdings description: 2.7.1.16 MF 16: Property files, Bosweiler and Quirnheim (Palatinate), former Mannslehen , Bavarian Main State Archives
Individual evidence
- ↑ Friedrich Bilardone: Beamtenverzeichniß and statistics of the royal Bavarian governmental district of the Palatinate , Kranzbühler, Speyer 1870, pp 227 - Google Books
- ↑ a b Reich Chamber Court Trial Number 85; Plaintiff: Karl Josef Merz von Quirnheim; Defendant: leiningen Westerburgische Chancellery ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , 1777–1796, Landesarchiv Speyer , Speyer
- ↑ The Imperial and Imperial Cammer Court Calendar 1791 , printed by Frankfurt - Google Books (snippet view)
- ↑ Des Kaiserlichen and Reichs-Cammer -gericht calendar 1798 , printed Frankfurt - Google Books
- ↑ Conspiracy: Indication of a conspiracy. Call by Prince Karl to the residents of the left bank of the Rhine and conspiracy in the canton of Kirchheim ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Canton Kirchheim, 1799, Landesarchiv Speyer
- ^ Catalog of the German National Library, GND: 123569664 - German National Library
- ↑ a b Fridericus Josephus De Mertz, March 16, 1777; citing; FHL microfilm 400,556 FamilySearch: Germany, Births and Baptisms, 1558–1898, search parameters
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Merz von Quirnheim, Karl Joseph |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Merz zu Quirnheim, Karl Joseph Heinrich von (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Imperial Baron and last owner of Baron Bosweiler and Quirnheim |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 16, 1747 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Quirnheim , Holy Roman Empire |
DATE OF DEATH | February 9, 1802 |
Place of death | Quirnheim , France |