Karl Theodor zu Leiningen-Billigheim

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Karl Theodor Polykarp August Graf zu Leiningen-Billigheim (born January 26, 1794 in Billigheim ; † August 21, 1869 in Obrigheim ) was a Baden registrar and diplomat.

origin

Karl Theodor zu Leiningen-Billigheim from the Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg line was the eldest son of Count Wilhelm Carl zu Leiningen-Guntersblum and Countess Eleonore , née Countess von Bretzenheim (* 1771; † 1832), who was a natural daughter of Elector Karl Theodor was.

Life

In 1809 Karl Theodor zu Leiningen-Billigheim inherited the estate of Billigheim in the Grand Duchy of Baden from his father . The castle in Billigheim, Neuburg Castle in Obrigheim and other properties in the form of land and buildings used for agriculture and forestry, which were located in Allfeld , Obrigheim , Sulzbach and Waldmühlbach , belonged to his rulership .

In 1812 Karl Theodor zu Leiningen-Billigheim participated as a lieutenant of the hussars in the Russian campaign of Emperor Napoleon and was taken prisoner by Russia for two years. After his return from Russia he took part in the summer campaign of 1815 , which ended with the final defeat of Napoleon. After the end of the wars of liberation , Count Karl Theodor gradually rebuilt the cheap home estate, which had been badly damaged in the turmoil of the coalition wars. From 1819 until his death in 1869, Karl Theodor held a seat in the First Chamber of the Baden Estates Assembly . On behalf of the Grand Duke, he traveled to Berlin, Warsaw and Rome on a diplomatic mission. In the Baden Kulturkampf , the count acted as the country's extraordinary envoy to the Roman curia. After the death of his mother in 1832, he inherited the Walluf vineyard in the Wiesbaden district, by which he expanded his class rule.

family

On May 24, 1822, Count Karl Theodor married his cousin, Countess Maria Anna (* 1802, † 1852), daughter of the Imperial and Burgrave Maximilian Friedrich von Westerholt-Gysenberg and his wife Friederike von Bretzenheim . The marriage produced five sons and two daughters:

  • Karl Wenzel (* 1823; † 1900) was married to Elisabeth Princess zu Sayn-Wittgenstein (* 1827; † 1849) and from 1856 to Marie Countess von Arco-Zinneberg (* 1834; † 1892) and had three daughters as well a son
  • Friedrich Ludolf Adolf Theodor (* 1828; † 1870)
  • Eleonore Josephine Karoline Marie (* 1827; † 1893) had been married to Wilhelm Graf von Wiser-Leutershausen (* 1821; † 1891) since 1848
  • Wilhelm Ludwig August (* 1831; † 1833)
  • Maximilian Friedrich Ernst (* 1835; † 1874) had been married to Henriette Keller (* 1839; † 1900) since 1869 and had one daughter
  • Viktoria Wilhelmine Mathilde (* 1837; † 1867)
  • Emich Karl (* 1839; † 1925) had been married to Countess Gaëtane de Ribeaucourt (* 1843; † 1872) since 1870

Count Karl Theodor zu Leiningen-Billigheim died in his castle in Neuburg in Obrigheim in 1869.

literature

  • Thomas Gehrlein: The Leiningen house. 900 years of total history with ancestral sequences. German princely houses. Issue 32.Börde Verlag, Werl 2011, ISBN 978-3-9811993-9-0 , p. 19.

Supporting documents and comments

  1. ^ House Leiningen in Online Gotha by Paul Theroff
  2. ↑ Herrmann Julius Meyer : New Conversations Lexicon for All Stands , Volume 2, Hildburghausen, 1857, p. 740, (Digitalscan)
  3. ↑ Heinz Gollwitzer : The Standesherren: the political and social position of the mediatized 1815-1918: A contribution to German social history , Verlag Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, 1964, p. 306 (detail scan)
  4. ^ Carl Bader: The Catholic Church in the Grand Duchy of Baden , Herder Verlag, Freiburg, 1860, p. 27; (Digital scan)
  5. ↑ Genealogical website about the bride's parents
personal data
SURNAME Leiningen-Billigheim, Karl Theodor zu
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Leiningen-Billigheim, Karl Theodor Polykarp August Graf zu (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Baden registrar
DATE OF BIRTH January 26, 1794
PLACE OF BIRTH Cheap home
DATE OF DEATH August 21, 1869
Place of death Obrigheim