Ludwig von Edelsheim

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Ludwig von Edelsheim, 1865.

Ludwig Friedrich Wilhelm August Freiherr von Edelsheim (born October 24, 1823 in Karlsruhe , † February 23, 1872 in Constance ) was a Baden minister.

origin

Ludwig Freiherr von Edelsheim was the son of Wilhelm von Edelsheim (1774–1840) and Friederike geb. Baroness von Gemmingen-Hornberg (1803–1866). The father died as a real Privy Councilor and Lord Chamberlain.

Edelsheim had two older brothers named Leopold Freiherr von Edelsheim-Gyulai , later a cavalry general in Austrian service, and Wilhelm Freiherr von Edelsheim, who later became a chief steward. Edelsheim's grandfather Georg Ludwig von Edelsheim was Baden's foreign minister during the coalition wars.

Ludwig von Edelsheim belonged to the Protestant church.

Life

Ludwig von Edelsheim studied in Heidelberg and Berlin , was first in Kurhessian services was 1855-1860 as a member of the knighthood member of the Hessian First Chamber , standing on the part of constitutional loyal party. In 1853 he and Ferdinand von Schutzbar voted unsuccessfully against a curtailment of the civil rights granted to Jews since 1816. You and three other MPs lost five to ten in the vote. However, the restriction of the rights of Jews was rejected by the Second Chamber. In 1861 he entered the service of Baden, was Minister Resident in Vienna, in 1863 as ambassador extraordinary and in 1864 at the same time in Dresden.

In November and December 1863 he was, on behalf of the Baden Minister Roggenbach , in Gotha with Duke Friedrich von Augustenburg as a political advisor, and in January and February 1864 he received a mission to Munich and Dresden in order to promote an independent policy of means - and to use small states in the Schleswig-Holstein question.

On October 19, 1865, after Roggenbach's resignation, he entered the Stabel cabinet in Baden with a decidedly liberal program and took over the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Grand Ducal House. In this position he organized the resistance against Prussia's national plans for a small German solution and supported the cause of Austria and the close cooperation of the medium-sized states in the German Confederation . The nationally-minded ministerial councilors Julius Jolly and Rudolf von Freydorf were relieved of their posts, and Karl Mathy , President of the Ministry of Commerce, was forced to resign. At Edelsheim's instigation, Baden took part in the German war against Prussia. When, after the Battle of Königgrätz, Austria began peace negotiations with Prussia without its German allies and Baden also had to enter into direct negotiations with Prussia, Edelsheim withdrew on July 23, 1866 and retired to Konstanz into private life.

From this he emerged only once, in 1869, as a signatory of the program of the “Electoral Reform League” and as a candidate for the post of MPs in the Breisach district . Although he was elected, the election was contested and not confirmed by the Chamber.

Edelsheim married Amalie von Gagern (1846–1924), daughter of Heinrich von Gagern, in Vienna in 1867 . The marriage resulted in a son, the officer Franz von Edelsheim (1868–1939), and a daughter.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gregory W. Pedlow : The Survival of the Hessian Nobility, 1770-1870 , Princeton University Press, 1988, p. 242 (digitized version)

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personal data
SURNAME Edelsheim, Ludwig von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Edelsheim, Ludwig Friedrich Wilhelm August Freiherr von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Baden Minister
DATE OF BIRTH October 24, 1823
PLACE OF BIRTH Karlsruhe
DATE OF DEATH February 23, 1872
Place of death Constancy