Lothar von Strauss and Torney
Lothar Karl Richard Strauss , from 1852 von Strauss , from 1872 von Strauss and Torney (born May 14, 1835 in Bückeburg , Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe , today Lower Saxony ; † August 30, 1903 ibid) was a royal Prussian major general .
family
He came from an old Hanoverian family, first mentioned in a document with Pastor Georg Burchard Strauss (around 1584–1632) in Rethmar, near Lehrte in Hanover, and was the son of the conservative poet, researcher and theologian Viktor Strauss (1809–1899 ), princely schaumburg-Lippe envoy and minister as well as honorary citizen of the city of Dresden , who was raised to the Austrian nobility on June 2, 1852 with a diploma of August 20, 1852 in Vienna , and the Albertine von Torney (1814-1905), last of them Family.
Strauss and his father and brothers were raised to the Austrian nobility on June 2, 1852 with a diploma of August 20, 1852 in Vienna and received with his father and brother Albert on May 15, 1872 in Bückeburg the princely schaumburg-Lippe permission to name- and coat of arms association with that of the Torney family . His younger brother Hugo von Strauss and Torney (1837-1919) had already received the corresponding Prussian permit on February 19, 1872 in Berlin .
Strauss married on June 22, 1861 in Oldenburg ( Grand Duchy of Oldenburg , Lower Saxony) Kathinka Harms (* February 7, 1843 at Gut Kötteritzergroden, parish Zetel ; † February 27, 1917 in Bückeburg), the daughter of the landlord Ortgies Harms , lord of the Kötteritzergroden, and Caroline Klävemann . Daughter from this marriage is the poet and writer Lulu von Strauss and Torney (1873-1956).
Life
Strauss was first adjutant of Prince Adolf I. zu Schaumburg-Lippe (1817-1893), later royal Prussian major general. He was also an honorary knight of the Order of St. John .
literature
- German gender book : Strauss from Rethmar near Lehrte in Hanover. - Individual print from the 9th Lower Saxony volume (DGB 141). Carton, DIN B 6, 72 pages, CA Starke Verlag
- Genealogical manual of the nobility , noble houses B volume VI, page 366, volume 32 of the complete series, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 1964, ISSN 0435-2408
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| SURNAME | Strauss and Torney, Lothar von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Strauss, Lothar Karl Richard (name until 1852); Strauss, Lothar Karl Richard von (name from 1852 to 1872); Strauss and Torney, Lothar Karl Richard von (name since 1872) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian major general |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 14, 1835 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bückeburg , Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe , today Lower Saxony |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 30, 1903 |
| Place of death | Bückeburg , Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe , today Lower Saxony |