Ludwig Eberhard von Gemmingen (1771–1831)

Ludwig Eberhard von Gemmingen (born September 28, 1771 ; † January 9, 1831 ) was lord of the castle at Presteneck Castle and chamberlain .

Life

Gravestone of Ludwig Eberhard von Gemmingen in the cemetery in Bürg

He was a son of Johann Casimir von Gemmingen (1740–1772) and Wilhelmine von Gemmingen-Gemmingen († 1791). He studied in Göttingen , but then did not enter the civil service, but lived on the Presteneck Castle, which had fallen to him, where he gathered materials for a family history and managed his property. Above all, the mediatization of the imperial knighthood areas brought some administrative effort and a reduction in income.

Together with his brother Friedrich Carl Gustav Casimir (1770–1841), he compared himself in 1823 with the allodial heirs of House Marshal von Dungern, who had claims to Presteneck as well as Widdern and Maienfels . The house marshal had transferred his property in Presteneck, Maienfels and Widdern to the brothers von Gemmingen in 1807, whereby the proceeds of the goods should accrue to him. The mediatization has reduced the traditional income from the goods, so that the brothers could not fulfill the contractual agreements, while the house marshal did not press for fulfillment. After his death, the Dungern Allodial heirs asserted their claims and an agreement was reached on the payment of 15,000 guilders.

Member of the First Chamber of the Baden Estates Assembly

It is possible that Ludwig Eberhard von Gemmingen was also a representative of the manorial nobility below the Murg in the first chamber of the Baden Estates from 1819 to 1822 .

family

He was married to Luise von Berlichingen, but the marriage was dissolved again and did not produce any offspring. He remained connected to his wife throughout his life, even after her remarriage to a Baron von Varnbuler.

After Ludwig Eberhard's death, his brother Friedrich Carl Gustav Casimir, who was also childless, was the last living member of the Gemmingen-Bürg line and combined their property. Shortly before his death in 1841, he signed a contract with Sigmund von Gemmingen zu Treschklingen (1777–1843) and Ludwig von Gemmingen zu Michelfeld, who took over the inheritance in exchange for 150,000 guilders.

Supporting documents and comments

↑ According to the information in the Biographical Handbook of the Württemberg members of the state parliament on p. 253 by Frank Raberg, Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-17-016604-2 , Ludwig Eberhard von Gemmingen-Guttenberg is said to be a member of the First Chamber of the Baden Estates Assembly from 1819 to 1841 have, however, only been present in person from 1819 to 1822. This information contradicts Ludwig Bauer and Bernhard Gißler, who in the handbook on the members of the First Chamber of the Badische Ständeversammlung from 1819 - 1912 , published by Fidelitas, Karlsruhe 1913 (Fifth Edition), p. 83 give different information. According to this, it was not Ludwig Eberhard von Gemmingen-Guttenberg, mentioned by Raberg, but his namesake, Baron Ludwig Eberhard von Gemmingen-Presteneck, who belonged to the First Chamber of Baden from 1819 to 1822. According to the information provided by Bauer and Gißler on p. 83, Baron Ludwig Eberhard von Gemmingen-Presteneck also died in 1841. The year of death would have been the same as that of Ludwig Eberhard von Gemmingen-Guttenberg. However, this does not fit in with the year of death 1831 of Ludwig Eberhard von Gemmingen, who, as the Grand Duke of Baden Chamberlain zu Presteneck, would be more like the name given by Bauer and Gißler. It is possible that the Bauer and Gißler handbook was a misprint, so that 1841 was mistakenly given instead of the correct year of death 1831? Perhaps Bauer and Gißler confused the year of death 1831 with the year of death of their brother Friedrich Carl Gustav Casimir (1770–1841)? Raberg may have made a consequential mistake and, because of the year of death given by Bauer and Gißler in 1841, assumed that the representative of the manorial nobility below the Murg in the First Badische Kammer in question was Ludwig Eberhard von Gemmingen-Guttenberg in the years 1819 to 1822 († 1841) and not the Ludwig Eberhard von Gemmingen-Presteneck (1771–1831) depicted here?

literature

Carl Wilhelm Friedrich Ludwig Stocker : Family Chronicle of the Barons of Gemmingen , Heidelberg 1895, p. 206.

personal data
SURNAME	Gemmingen, Ludwig Eberhard von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Gemmingen-Presteneck, Ludwig Eberhard von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Chamberlain, lord of the castle on Presteneck
DATE OF BIRTH	September 28, 1771
DATE OF DEATH	January 9, 1831

[1] According to the information in the Biographical Handbook of the Württemberg members of the state parliament on p. 253 by Frank Raberg, Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-17-016604-2 , Ludwig Eberhard von Gemmingen-Guttenberg is said to be a member of the First Chamber of the Baden Estates Assembly from 1819 to 1841 have, however, only been present in person from 1819 to 1822. This information contradicts Ludwig Bauer and Bernhard Gißler, who in the handbook on the members of the First Chamber of the Badische Ständeversammlung from 1819 - 1912 , published by Fidelitas, Karlsruhe 1913 (Fifth Edition), p. 83 give different information. According to this, it was not Ludwig Eberhard von Gemmingen-Guttenberg, mentioned by Raberg, but his namesake, Baron Ludwig Eberhard von Gemmingen-Presteneck, who belonged to the First Chamber of Baden from 1819 to 1822. According to the information provided by Bauer and Gißler on p. 83, Baron Ludwig Eberhard von Gemmingen-Presteneck also died in 1841. The year of death would have been the same as that of Ludwig Eberhard von Gemmingen-Guttenberg. However, this does not fit in with the year of death 1831 of Ludwig Eberhard von Gemmingen, who, as the Grand Duke of Baden Chamberlain zu Presteneck, would be more like the name given by Bauer and Gißler. It is possible that the Bauer and Gißler handbook was a misprint, so that 1841 was mistakenly given instead of the correct year of death 1831? Perhaps Bauer and Gißler confused the year of death 1831 with the year of death of their brother Friedrich Carl Gustav Casimir (1770–1841)? Raberg may have made a consequential mistake and, because of the year of death given by Bauer and Gißler in 1841, assumed that the representative of the manorial nobility below the Murg in the First Badische Kammer in question was Ludwig Eberhard von Gemmingen-Guttenberg in the years 1819 to 1822 († 1841) and not the Ludwig Eberhard von Gemmingen-Presteneck (1771–1831) depicted here?