Leopold von Ledebur (historian)
Leopold Karl Wilhelm August Freiherr von Ledebur (born July 2, 1799 in Berlin , † November 17, 1877 in Potsdam ) was a German historian , aristocrat researcher and heraldist .
origin
He was the son of the Prussian district administrator Ernst von Ledebur (1763-1833) and his wife Wilhelmine, born von Schladen (1774-1856).
Life
Ledebur joined the 2nd Guards Regiment on foot in the Prussian Army in Berlin on March 1, 1816 and took his leave as captain in mid-December 1828 due to his short-sightedness . When the Neues Museum was established in Berlin, he became director of the Royal Chamber of Art , the Museum of Pre- and Early History and the ethnographic collections. In 1875 he retired.
Ledebur was a member of the board of directors of the Germanic National Museum in Nuremberg, owner of the Red Eagle Order and the House Order of Hohenzollern . He was also a member of the Prussian Herald's Office and the Berlin Society for Anthropology, Ethnology and Prehistory .
He was buried in the New Cemetery in Potsdam. His grave is preserved.
family
Ledebur married on July 24, 1829 at Gut Hohenberg, Altmark Emilie von Pritzelwitz (1806–1881) in Potsdam, a daughter of Major General Karl Ludwig von Pritzelwitz . The couple had several children:
- Heinrich (1832–1912), Prussian Lieutenant General ⚭ 1865 Frieda von Gersdorf (1838–1931)
- Leopold Heinrich Wilhelm (1833–1858), Second Lieutenant in the 2nd Guards Regiment on foot
- Ernst Karl Eduard (* 1835) ⚭ 1869 Anna Schmidt († 1871)
Fonts
Among his numerous writings for the geography of the Middle Ages, Das Land und Volk der Brukterer (Berlin 1827) is of importance, whose attempt at a comparative geography of the older (Roman) and middle ages produced an extensive literature that Ledebur himself looked at in terms of the literature of the the last decade of knowledge of Germania between the Rhine and Weser (Berlin 1837) subjected to a critical light.
He also founded the General Archive for the History of the Prussian State (Berlin 1830–1836, 21 volumes) and, from 1863, the Archive for German Aristocratic History , Genealogy , Heraldry and Sphragistics (Berlin 1863–1865, two volumes).
The fonts are currently being published by Kessinger Publishing.
Other writings:
- The Principality of Minden in relation to monuments of history, art and antiquity / The Grafschaft Ravensberg in relation to monuments of history, art and antiquity. (MS, 1825). Edited under the title: Leopold von Ledebur. The Principality of Minden and the County of Ravensberg. Monuments of history, art and antiquity. (1825), edited by Andreas Priever and Ulrich Henselmeyer, Bielefeld: Verlag für Regionalgeschichte 2009 (= Herford Research, Volume 21), ISSN 1439-0698 , ISBN 978-3-89534-661-3 .
- 1829: Critical illumination of certain points in Charlemagne's campaigns against the Saxons and Slavs. Berlin 1829.
- 1836: The five Münster districts and the seven Seelands of Friesland. 1836.
- 1838: The Royal Museum of Patriotic Antiquities in Monbijou Castle , 1838, accessed on June 7, 2012
- 1840: About the evidence found in the Baltic countries of trade with the Orient at the time of the Arab world domination. Berlin 1840 ( full text ).
- 1840: Gerhard Johann von Ledebur: a biographical sketch. Digitized
- 1842: The Maiengau or the Mayenfeld. 1842.
- 1842: Forays through the fields of the royal Prussian coat of arms. 1842.
- 1842: Northern Thuringia and the Hermunderer. 1842 and 1852.
- 1847: The Counts of Valkenstein am Harz. 1847.
- 1852: The pagan antiquities of the Potsdam administrative district. 1852.
- 1853: Dynastic research. 1853 and 1855, 2 booklets
- 1854: Nobility Lexicon of the Prussian Monarchy . 1854–57, three volumes
- 1863: Archive for German aristocratic history, genealogy, heraldry and sphragistics. two volumes, 1863, 1865.
literature
- Ernst Friedländer : Ledebur, Leopold Karl Wilhelm August Freiherr . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 18, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1883, p. 113 f.
Web links
- Literature by and about Leopold von Ledebur in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Leopold von Ledebur in the German Digital Library
- Article at the German Institute for Nobility Research
- Literature list in the online catalog of the Berlin State Library
- Ledebur family tree ( Memento from May 9, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Freiherrlichen Häuser to the year 1873. P. 383.
- ↑ Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Freiherrlichen Häuser to the year 1867. P. 524.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ledebur, Leopold von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ledebur, Leopold Karl Wilhelm August Freiherr von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German historian, heraldist, aristocrat researcher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 2, 1799 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 17, 1877 |
| Place of death | Potsdam |