Karl Wenzel zu Leiningen-Billigheim
Karl Wenzeslaus Graf zu Leiningen-Billigheim (born March 7, 1823 in Heidelberg , † July 23, 1900 in Billigheim ) was a Baden registrar and court marshal .
origin
Karl Wenzel zu Leiningen-Billigheim from the Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg line was the eldest son of Count Karl Theodor zu Leiningen-Billigheim and Countess Maria Anna, née Countess von und zu Westerholt-Gysenberg (* 1802; † 1852).
Life
Karl Wenzel zu Leiningen-Billigheim was court marshal of Baden. In 1869 he inherited the estate of cheap home in the Grand Duchy of Baden from his father and thus also became his successor in the First Chamber of the Baden Estates Assembly . 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 1892, Count Karl Wenzel prematurely ceded his rule to his son Karl Polykarp . When he died on January 22nd, 1899, Count Karl Wenzel again exercised the class rule and the associated mandate in the first Baden chamber until his death the following year. His youngest brother Emich Karl took over the inheritance .
family
On January 27, 1846, Count Karl Wenzel married Princess Elisabeth (* 1827, † 1849), who came from the Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg family. The daughter Gabriele Anna Antoinette (* 1847; † 1867) came from the only three-year marriage, but she died at the age of only 20 years.
In his second marriage, Count Karl Wenzel was married to Countess Marie Christine (* 1834; † 1892), daughter of Count Maximilian von Arco-Zinneberg , from July 27, 1856 . From this marriage came the son Karl Polykarp (* 1860; † 1899) and the two daughters Leopoldine Anna Elisabeth (* 1857; † 1917), married to Gottfried Freiherr von Vequel-Westernach and Mechthild (* 1870; † 1946) since 1885 , since 1893 married to Maximilian Freiherr von Cetto (* 1869; † 1961). In 1925 - after the death of her uncle Emich Karl - Mechthild von Cetto came into possession of all the properties belonging to the former estate of Billigheim.
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. 20.
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Leiningen-Billigheim, Karl Wenzel to |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Leiningen-Billigheim, Karl Wenzeslaus Graf zu (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Baden registrar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 7, 1823 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Heidelberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 23, 1900 |
| Place of death | Cheap home |