Konstantin zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (General)
Konstantin zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg , full first name Konstantin Ludwig Karl Franz (born March 26, 1786 in Wertheim , † May 9, 1844 in Munich ) was a German prince and Bavarian general.
origin
He came from the noble family Löwenstein-Wertheim , a branch of the Wittelsbach family . His parents were Prince Dominik Konstantin zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort (1762–1814) and Princess Maria Leopoldine, nee. zu Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Bartenstein (1761–1807), daughter of Prince Ludwig Leopold of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Bartenstein . The older brother Karl Thomas zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (1783–1849) became head of the family and class lord after the death of his father .
Life
Konstantin zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg joined the Austrian army and participated in the Second Coalition War from 1800 . In 1802 he transferred to the Bavarian Army , in which he remained until the end of his life, apart from a brief assignment on the Austrian side in the Third Coalition War (1805).
On April 21, 1809 in the battle near Landshut and on April 24 near Neumarkt , Prince Konstantin distinguished himself in the battle of Bavaria against Austria in such a way that the French allies awarded him the Cross of the Legion of Honor . In the battle near Wörgl (May 12, 1809) he routed the Austrians under General Johann Gabriel von Chasteler and captured the enemy guns. In the fighting near Schwaz on May 14, 1809, he received a severe head wound. The commanding General von Wrede , as an eyewitness of his bravery, proposed him to the Knight's Cross of the Bavarian Military Max Joseph Order . During the Wars of Liberation Konstantin zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg fought in the battles of Hanau , Brienne , La Rothière , Bar-sur-Aube and Arcis-sur-Aube . As the only Bavarian officer, he took part in the Battle of Paris on March 30, 1814 and the entry of the allies into the city. Appointed commander of the new Bavarian cuirassier regiment Garde du Corps , he took the troops into the battle of Waterloo in 1815 and stayed with them in the occupation contingent in France until 1818. In the same year he became adjutant general of the Bavarian king, in which position he remained until his death. He achieved the military rank of lieutenant general .
Politically, General zu Löwenstein represented a decidedly conservative Catholic line and was in close contact with his like-minded nephew of the same name, Hereditary Prince Konstantin zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (1802-1838). He was also an avid hunter.
On July 21, 1821, the officer married his niece (daughter of his brother Karl Thomas) Leopoldine zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (1804–1869). The marriage remained without offspring.
General Konstantin zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg died after long and severe suffering in Munich in 1844. He was buried in the family grave of Engelberg Monastery in Großheubach . Since his war missions he had a hostile bullet in his head that could only be removed posthumously and which is now in the Princely Löwenstein House Archives. His widow became a Redemptorist in Krems-Stein (today Stein Prison ) in 1847 , later in Altötting , most recently in Gars monastery .
Awards
In addition to the already mentioned Knight's Crosses of the Legion of Honor and the Bavarian Military Max Joseph Order, the General also wore the following orders: the Grand Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Bavarian Crown , the Hanoverian Guelph Order and the Russian-Polish White Eagle Order , the Grand Officer's decoration of the French Legion of Honor, the Knight's Cross of the Prussian Pour le Mérite and the Austrian Leopold Order , as well as the Knight's Cross 2nd Class of the Russian Order of Saint Anne .
literature
- Harald Stockert: Nobility in transition. The princes and counts of Löwenstein-Wertheim between state rule and class rule. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-17-016605-0
- Obituary in: Didaskalia, Blätter für Geist, Gemüth und Publizität , No. 140, Frankfurt am Main, May 21, 1844; (Digital scan)
- Gothaischer genealogical court calendar together with diplomatic-statistical yearbook, on the year 1850 , volume 87, p. 153, (digital scan)
gallery
Drawing, around 1840
Grave in the Franciscan monastery Engelberg, Großheubach
Epitaph in Engelberg Monastery
Individual evidence
- ^ Website about the battle near Wörgl
- ↑ Genealogical page about the person
- ↑ Personal communication from the head of the family, Alois Konstantin Fürst zu Löwenstein , of September 28, 2014, to the author of this arrangement
- ^ Erwin Iserloh: Wilhelm Emmanuel Freiherr von Ketteler, Complete Works and Letters , 1984, p. 20, ISBN 3775809422 ; (Detail scan)
- ↑ Police Directorate Munich: Königlich Bayerischer Polizey-Anzeiger von München , No. 38, from May 15, 1844, p. 461 of the year; (Digital scan)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg, Konstantin zu |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg, Konstantin Ludwig Karl Franz too |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German nobleman and Bavarian lieutenant general |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 26, 1786 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wertheim |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 9, 1844 |
| Place of death | Munich |