Maximilian zu Erbach-Schönberg

Maximilian Graf zu Erbach-Schönberg (born April 7, 1787 in Zwingenberg , † June 1, 1823 in Schönberg near Bensheim ) was a German nobleman and member of the Erbach family .

family

Maximilian Graf zu Erbach-Schönberg was the son of Gustav Ernst zu Erbach-Schönberg (1739-1812) and his wife Henriette nee Countess zu Stolberg-Stolberg (1753-1816), the daughter of Christoph Ludwig II. Count von Stolberg-Stolberg . Maximilian married on July 25, 1815 in Utphe Ferdinande Sophie Charlotte Friederike, born Countess zu Solms-Rödelheim and Assenheim (1793-1859), the daughter of Volrath Friedrich Carl Ludwig Graf zu Solms-Rödelheim and Assenheim . A daughter, Mathilde, emerged from the marriage.

Life

Maximilian zu Erbach-Schönberg studied camera science from 1806 at the University of Heidelberg and from 1811 at the University of Göttingen . In 1813 he fought as Rittmeister in the Prussian army against France. After the death of his father in 1816, he took over the class rule. Associated with this was from 1820 a mandate in the First Chamber of the Estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse . Because of his illness, he was unable to take part in the deliberations of the Chamber. After his death, his brother Emil inherited the class rule.

literature

• Klaus-Dieter Rack, Bernd Vielsmeier: Hessian MPs 1820–1933. Biographical evidence for the first and second chambers of the state estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse 1820–1918 and the state parliament of the People's State of Hesse 1919–1933 (= Political and parliamentary history of the State of Hesse. Vol. 19 = Work of the Hessian Historical Commission. NF Vol. 29) . Hessian Historical Commission, Darmstadt 2008, ISBN 978-3-88443-052-1 , p. 293.
• Gustav Simon : The history of the dynasts and counts of Erbach and their country , 1858, pp. 477–478, ( digitized version ).

Web links

• Erbach-Schönberg, Maximilian Graf too. Hessian biography. (As of April 7, 2020). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).