Otto Victor II of Schönburg
Otto Victor II. Hugo Sigismund von Schönburg-Waldenburg (born August 22, 1882 in Potsdam , † September 14, 1914 near Reims ) had been Prince of Schönburg since 1893 .
Life
Prince Otto Victor II was the son of Hereditary Prince Otto Karl Victor von Schönburg-Waldenburg (1856-1888) and Princess Lucia zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1859-1903). As a child he attended the Vitzthumsche Gymnasium in Dresden . He then studied law at the Universities of Bonn and Leipzig . In 1902 he became a member of the Corps Borussia Bonn. In May 1904 Otto Victor joined the Life Guard Hussar Regiment in Potsdam. Between 1907 and 1910 he undertook several trips and hunting expeditions which he a. a. led to Palestine, Egypt, Sudan and Abyssinia. Otto Victor brought back numerous hunting trophies and art treasures from his travels, which were later presented to the public as exhibits in the art-historically significant collections of the Waldenburg Castle Museum.
As head of the Schönburg-Waldenburg line, Otto Victor succeeded his grandfather Otto Friedrich von Schönburg-Waldenburg as the owner of the lordships of Waldenburg (Saxony) , Lichtenstein and Stein , the manors Belgershain and Pomßen as well as various non-Saxon possessions. Interested in representation and magnificence, Otto Victor had Waldenburg Castle extensively rebuilt and expanded from 1909 to 1912 . The extremely successful, albeit very expensive project was carried out by the architects Hofbaurat Gustav Frölich and Willy Meyer , both from Dresden.
Otto Victor was a member of the First Chamber of the Saxon State Parliament and represented the interests of the Schönburg House as a whole. The successful candidacy of his brother-in-law, Prince Wilhelm zu Wied, for the vacant Albanian throne, which Prince Otto Victor II had supported, also helped the Schönburg family to gain increased attention across Europe. On February 23, 1914, Prince Otto Victor received the official Albanian deputation from the throne under Essad Pascha at Waldenburg Castle. During the First World War, Prince Otto Victor fought on the Western Front, where he was killed on September 14, 1914 while exploring near Reims . His body was first buried on the battlefield, but shortly afterwards it was exhumed and transferred to Lichtenstein. Prince Otto Victor II was the owner of the Grand Cross of the Albrecht Order as well as numerous other awards.
family
From his marriage to Princess Eleonore zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1880-1965) he had no children. His sister Sophie was Princess of Albania for six months , his brother Günther succeeded him in 1914 as the 5th Prince of Schönburg.
literature
- Michael Wetzel : Otto Victor II, Prince of Schönburg . In: Institute for Saxon History and Folklore (Ed.): Saxon Biography .
- Friedrich Karl Devens : Biographical corps album of Borussia in Bonn 1827-1902 . Düsseldorf 1902, p. 250.
- Gustav Gotthilf Winkel : Biographical corps album of Borussia in Bonn 1821–1928 . Aschaffenburg 1928, p. 250.
- Paul Burg : German princes who died for Germany: In memory , Leipzig: Xenien-Verl., 1915.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kösener corps lists 1910, 19 , 741
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schönburg, Otto Victor II. Von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schönburg-Waldenburg, Otto Viktor II. Von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prince of Schönburg-Waldenburg |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 22, 1882 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Potsdam |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 14, 1914 |
| Place of death | at Reims |