Ludwig von Taube

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Family coat of arms of the noble family "von Taube" (Baltic Wappenbuch 1882)

Karl August Ludwig Graf von Taube (born December 19, 1771 , † March 20, 1816 in Stuttgart ) was a Württemberg diplomat and politician.

origin

Ludwig von Taube came from the German-Baltic-Swedish noble family Taube ( Stammhaus Kudding ). The dignity of count was granted to them in 1719 by Queen Ulrika Eleonore . The Swedish Counts Taube are part of a widely ramified noble family, whose origins lie in the Westphalian Paderborn Abbey and go back to the 13th century.

Professional career

President of the Oberpostdirektion

From 1806 von Taube was the first chief post director in Stuttgart after the nationalization of the Württemberg post office . The expansion of the modern postal administration in Württemberg can be traced back to him by expanding postal rates and increasing the number of post offices in Württemberg from 27 to 71.

State and Cabinet Ministers

On December 4, 1807, King Friedrich von Württemberg appointed Count von Taube as Minister of State and Cabinet with responsibility for external affairs, royal household affairs and the Württemberg police force, after a break between the King and the previous Foreign Minister, Count von Wintzingerode came.

At the end of June 1809 riots broke out in the New Württemberg areas around Mergentheim . In this context, the General Commissioner Eugen von Maucler was also taken prisoner. King Friedrich put down the uprising through the use of his guard and sent Ludwig von Taube in his capacity as police minister with extensive powers to the crisis area. Since the actual leaders of the unrest had already fled, Taube arbitrarily picked out some ringleaders who had been declared subordinate and had six of them sentenced to death by hanging or shooting. This martial law caused great horror in the affected areas, but was approved by Napoleon .

In Paris, Count Taube negotiated with Count Montgelas about the territorial expansion of Württemberg and Bavaria. Napoleon, however, took no account of Württemberg and favored Bavaria. Due to further diplomatic failures, King Friedrich finally replaced Count Taube as ambassador in Paris in 1810 by the young Count Wintzingerode .

On February 12, 1812, Count Taube was also released from the management of the Foreign Ministry and replaced by Count von Zeppelin . Taube kept the Department of Home Affairs and the Ministry of Police until July 14, 1814.

family

His grandfather was the Swedish court marshal, Count Hans Heinrich Taube von Kudding (1698–1766). His parents were Count Jakob Johann Taube von Kudding (1727–1799) and Eleonore Albedyll . Count Ludwig von Taube married Wilhelmine von Zeppelin (* 1791; † 1872) in 1807 . She was the daughter of Count Johann Karl von Zeppelin , a personal friend of King Friedrich. Since Wilhelmine was orphaned in 1802, Queen Charlotte Mathilde took care of her further education. Initially in royal favor, Ludwig and Wilhelmine von Taube had two children, a son and a daughter. The son Adolf von Taube was later a state councilor in Württemberg.

Remarks

  1. ^ Dove, Carl August Ludwig Graf von. Hessian biography. (As of March 22, 2020). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  2. ↑ Heinz Meyer Checkout: The postal directorates in Württemberg and its President , in: Württembergische Postal History Issue 27/1990
  3. ↑ After the early death of Count Ludwig von Taube, his widow Wilhelmine married the Baden privy councilor Freiherr von Heynau in 1821. From this marriage a daughter emerged, the later married Baroness von der Leyen-Bloemersheim.
  4. ↑ The first daughter was a married Baroness von Berge and Marwitz and later Baroness von Ketelhodt, who died in 1871 before her mother

literature

  • Schwäbische Kronik , No. 239, October 8, 1889, p. 1965
  • Paul Sauer: The Swabian Tsar. Friedrich - Württemberg's first king. Stuttgart 1984.
predecessor Office successor
Christoph Dietrich von Keller (until 1750) Wuerttemberg envoy in France
1804–1806 		Friedrich Ludwig III. Truchsess zu Waldburg
Georg Ernst Levin from Wintzingerode Württemberg Foreign Minister
1807–1812 		Ferdinand Ludwig von Zeppelin
personal data
SURNAME Taube, Ludwig von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Taube, Karl August Ludwig Graf von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Württemberg ministerial official and politician
DATE OF BIRTH December 19, 1771
DATE OF DEATH March 20, 1816
Place of death Stuttgart