Ludolf Udo von Alvensleben

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Ludolf Udo von Alvensleben

Ludolf Udo von Alvensleben (born January 9, 1852 on Gut Wittenmoor , Stendal district , Province of Saxony ; † February 27, 1923 there ) was a German landowner, district deputy and Prussian politician.

family

He came from the Low German noble family von Alvensleben and was the second son of Udo Gebhard Ferdinand von Alvensleben (1814–1879), landlord on Wittenmoor and Erxleben II, and his second wife Ehrengard von Kröcher (1821–1895) from Vinzelberg . His older brother was Count Albrecht von Alvensleben-Schönborn (1840–1928). His uncle, his mother's brother, was the Prussian Secret Higher Government Councilor August Henning von Kröcher (1817–1887).

Alvensleben married on August 7, 1890 in Berlin Ida von Glasenapp (born November 9, 1866 on Gut Buchwald; † February 13, 1924 in Stendal ), the daughter of the landowner and district deputy Reinhold von Glasenapp (1814–1887), landlord of Klotzen District Neustettin , Hinterpommern ), Storkow (parts A and B), Buchwald and Dallenthin, and Ida Freiin Senfft von Pilsach (1826–1891), the daughter of Ernst Freiherr Senfft von Pilsach . They had four sons together. These were the art historian Udo von Alvensleben (1897–1962), Busso von Alvensleben (1898–1918), Ludolf Jakob von Alvensleben (1899–1953) and Wichard von Alvensleben (1902–1982). His grandson is the ambassador Busso von Alvensleben (* 1949).

Life

After attending the grammar school in Wernigerode and the knight academy in Dom Brandenburg , he volunteered at the outbreak of war in 1870, shortly before his final exams, was wounded on patrol near Weißenburg and, after recovering, took part in the siege of Paris . After the war he stayed in the army and left in 1880 as Rittmeister to take over the management of his father's estate in Wittenmoor. In 1886 he inherited his forest district Sichau-Tarnefitz from his uncle August Henning von Kröcher . In 1908 he inherited the Plutowo estate in the Kulm district in West Prussia , which had also previously belonged to his uncle.

Alvensleben took on numerous honorary posts, was district deputy, member of the provincial synod and the district committee. In 1911 the family elected him a member of the Prussian manor house . In 1912 he was appointed royal Prussian chamberlain . He was also active as a legal knight of the Order of St. John and as commander of the Utrecht Ballei of the Teutonic Order . Under his church patronage, the church in Wittenmoor was rebuilt.

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SURNAME Alvensleben, Ludolf Udo von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German landowner, district deputy and Prussian politician
DATE OF BIRTH January 9, 1852
PLACE OF BIRTH at Gut Wittenmoor , Stendal District , Province of Saxony
DATE OF DEATH February 27, 1923
Place of death at Gut Wittenmoor , Stendal District , Province of Saxony