Karl Ludwig Raugraf zu Pfalz
Karl Ludwig Raugraf zu Pfalz (also Carl Ludwig , Karl Lutz or Karllutz ) (born October 5, 1658 in Schwetzingen , † August 12, 1688 in Negroponte ) was a German nobleman and Venetian general .
Life
Karl Ludwig was the eldest son of Elector Karl I. Ludwig von der Pfalz (1617–1680) from his second morganatic marriage with Luise (1634–1677), daughter of Christoph Martin von Degenfeld . The title of Raugrafen was created for his mother in the year Karl Ludwig was born and was also given to Karl Ludwig and the twelve other children of this marriage.
Karl Ludwig resembled his father and was given preferential treatment to his older half-brother Karl . In 1670 Karl Lutz received the Streichenberg and Stebbach castles from his father . He had a very close relationship with his half-sister Lieselotte von der Pfalz . He was, along with other siblings, the addressee of her numerous letters, took her with her father to Strasbourg on the occasion of her marriage and also visited her at the court in Versailles , where he supported her in her arguments with her husband's favorites.
In Hanover , Karl Ludwig, who was considered attractive, had a relationship with the Elector Princess Sophie Dorothea and therefore had to leave the court there. His half-sister later reported: "Carl Lutz makes me hate the princess above all, because if she hadn't followed him with her cursed coquetterie, he would have stayed in Hanover and not perished."
Karl Ludwig became a general in the Venetian service and died of a fever during the siege of Negroponte (now Chalkida ), where he was in command of three Württemberg regiments.
reception
The life of Karl Ludwig was dealt with by the writer Margarete Kurlbaum-Siebert in her 1914 novel Karllutz, Raugraf zu Pfalz: Fate of a German Youth from the Time after the Thirty Years' War .
literature
- Christian von Stramberg , Anton Joseph Weidenbach : Memorable and useful Rheinischer Antiquarius: which represents the most important and pleasant geographical, historical and political peculiarities of the whole Rhine river, from its outflow into the sea to its origin , II. Department, &. Volume, R. F. Hergt, Coblenz 1857, p. 260 f. ( Google Books )
- Raugrafen. In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 30, Leipzig 1741, column 1102-1105.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hans Rall, Marga Rall: The Wittelsbacher in life pictures . Styria, 1986, p. 282
- ^ Carl Eduard Vehse: History of the German courts since the Reformation . Volume 19, p. 219
- ↑ MFG Kapff: Christoph Martin Freiherr von Degenfeld, Venetian governor-general of Dalmatia and Albania , E. Nübling, 1844, p. 53
- ↑ Robert Geerds: The mother of the kings of Prussia and England . W. Langewiesche-Brandt, 1913, p. 226
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Karl Ludwig Raugraf zu Pfalz |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Karl Lutz; Karllutz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | general |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 5, 1658 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schwetzingen |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 12, 1688 |
| Place of death | Negroponte |