Maximilian von Biegeleben

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Maximilian Leopold Engelbert von Biegeleben , since 1893 Freiherr von Biegeleben (born January 23, 1813 in Darmstadt , † April 17, 1899 there ) was a Hessian and German politician.

Life

origin

Biegeleben came from an originally Arnsberg civil servant family. He was the son of Kaspar Josef von Biegeleben (1766–1842), who was initially a high-ranking official of Kurköln and later of the Grand Duchy of Hesse. His mother Marianne, née von Braumann (1783–1843) came from a patrician family in Aachen . His brother was the Hessian diplomat Arnold von Biegeleben , another brother was the influential Austrian diplomat Ludwig von Biegeleben .

Career

During his studies in 1829 he became a member of the Fäßlianer Heidelberg fraternity and the old fraternity Germania Gießen .

Like his brother, he was strictly pro-Austrian. Biegeleben was the representative of the Grand Duchy of Hesse at the customs union negotiations in 1852. Biegeleben was president (finance minister) of the finance ministry of the Grand Duchy of Hesse from 1871 to 1873. Between 1874 and 1878 he was a member of the Reichstag for the constituency Aachen 3 (City of Aachen) . He belonged to the Center Party . In the Reichstag he was a member of the budget commission. In 1877 he was also a member of a commission regulating patent law.

On January 23, 1893, Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig raised him to the status of hereditary baron . Biegeleben was also Commander First Class of the Order of Ludwig and holder of the Crown for the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of Philip the Magnanimous .

family

He had married Emma Elisabeth von Biegeleben (1817-1893) on August 20, 1839 in Breslau . The following children were born from the marriage:

  • Elisabeth ⚭ 1864 Josef von Biegeleben, captain
  • Ludwig Maximilian (1849–1921), Prussian major general
  • Maximilian (1859–1945), Grand Ducal Hessian Real Privy Councilor and Envoy

literature

  • Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I Politicians, Part 1: AE. Heidelberg 1996, p. 97.
  • Hans-Werner Hahn: Economic Integration in the 19th Century. Göttingen 1982 ( digitized version )
  • Biegeleben, Ludwig Maximilian, Freiherr von. In: Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon. 6th edition, Volume 2, 1905, p. 832. ( digitized version )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I Politicians, Part 1: AE. Heidelberg 1996, p. 97.
  2. ^ Fritz Specht, Paul Schwabe: The Reichstag elections from 1867 to 1903. Statistics of the Reichstag elections together with the programs of the parties and a list of the elected representatives. 2nd Edition. Carl Heymann publishing house. Berlin 1904. p. 182; see. also A. Phillips (Ed.): The Reichstag elections from 1867 to 1883. Statistics of the elections for the constituent and North German Reichstag, for the customs parliament, as well as for the first five legislative periods of the German Reichstag. Publishing house Louis Gerschel. Berlin 1883. p. 114.
personal data
SURNAME Biegeleben, Maximilian von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Biegeleben, Maximilian Leopold Engelbert Freiherr von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician, MdR
DATE OF BIRTH January 23, 1813
PLACE OF BIRTH Darmstadt
DATE OF DEATH April 17, 1899
Place of death Darmstadt