Moriz Adolph Briegleb

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Moriz Adolph Briegleb (born November 10, 1809 in Coburg , † April 28, 1872 in Berlin ) was a German politician .

Stone gate 1 with memorial plaque, residential building in Coburg from 1837 to 1872

After studying law at the universities of Jena and Heidelberg , Briegleb began a legal career in 1832 as a court lawyer in Coburg. From 1837 to 1872 he lived in the city as a lawyer . In Jena he became a member of the Germania fraternity in 1832 .

From 1842 to 1851 he was a member of the state parliament of the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha . Briegleb was charged with high treason and lese majesty in 1843 because of his political statements , but acquitted in 1844. In 1846 he became head of the Coburg city council. He was a delegate in the pre-parliament and a member of the Committee of Fifties , of which he was secretary.

He represented Saxony-Coburg and Gotha in the Frankfurt National Assembly from May 18, 1848 to May 20, 1849 . He was a member of the important constitutional committee . He advocated the constitutional monarchy in Germany under Prussia's leadership. Briegleb was a member of the Imperial Deputation , in May 1849 briefly Reich Commissioner for Saxony and in 1850 belonged to the Erfurt Union Parliament .

From 1851 he was in the service of the Belgian King Leopold I , whose general representative for German possessions and rights he became in 1859. From 1862 he performed the same task for the British Queen Victoria , from 1863 additionally for her son Prince Alfred (later Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha) and from 1868 also for Leopold II of Belgium .

From 1871 until his death he was a member of the Reichstag for the National Liberal Party for Saxe-Coburg-Gotha .

literature

  • Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I Politicians, Part 1: A – E. Heidelberg 1996, pp. 137-138.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ 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 Verlag, Berlin 1904, p. 283.
personal data
SURNAME Briegleb, Moriz Adolph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician, MdR
DATE OF BIRTH November 10, 1809
PLACE OF BIRTH Coburg
DATE OF DEATH April 28, 1872
Place of death Berlin