Philipp von Gemmingen (1702–1785)
Philipp von Gemmingen (born July 22, 1702 in Durlach ; † February 20, 1785 ) was director of the knight canton Kraichgau and knight captain of the knight canton Odenwald .
Life
He was the youngest son of Baden-Durlach's chamberlain and head stable master Friedrich Christoph von Gemmingen (1670–1702) and Benedikta Helena von Gemmingen (1674–1746). When his father died in the battle of Friedlingen , Philipp was only three months old. In 1716 he entered the Princely School in Halle and there in 1720 transferred to the university, where Thomasius , Wolff , Böhmer and Heineccius were his teachers. After returning to Guttenberg Castle in 1725, he joined Generalfeldzeugmeister Friedrich Heinrich von Seckendorff as an adjutant . In 1726 he made a trip to Italy and then returned to Guttenberg. After another extensive trip through Holland, Brabant, Flanders and France, he was the companion of the Prince of Hohenlohe-Weikersheim on his travels through these countries and England in 1733 . In 1738 he was one of the 16 vassals who held the coffin of the late Margrave Charles III. Carried Wilhelm von Baden-Durlach into the crypt. In 1744 he was commissioned by the knightly canton of Kraichgau at the convent in Eppingen as a knight's council to protect the interests of the canton towards the troops of Karl Alexander von Lorraine, who was moving up from Bavaria . In 1757 he became director of the knightly canton of Kraichgau. He resigned the board of directors when he became a knight captain of the knightly canton of Odenwald in 1777, to which he also belonged due to his possessions in Niedersteinach.
In 1731 he married Elisabetha Margaretha von Racknitz, who brought ownership of the Upper Castle in Talheim into the marriage, while he himself heir to Guttenberg Castle and, together with his brothers Friedrich Casimir (1694–1744) and Reinhard (1698–1773), owner of a third von Bonfeld was. In 1736, the brothers acquired another part of Bonfeld from the indebted Franz Reinhard von Gemmingen and then jointly owned half of the place. Together with his brother Reinhard, Philipp had the Evangelical Church rebuilt in Wollenberg in 1767 . In addition, Philipp von Dietrich von Gemmingen-Fürfeld acquired half of Gutenberg and Neckarmühlbach for 40,000 guilders, and later also the Fürfeld half from Hüffenhardt and a quarter from Kälbertshausen .
After Reinhard's death in 1773 there was another division of the estate within the Bonfeld-Guttenberg branch in 1776, which was essentially prepared and carried out by Philipp. He himself received Guttenberg with Neckarmühlbach, Hüffenhardt, Wollenberg, Kälbertshausen and a sixteenth from Siegelsbach and the Dammhof. His nephew Karl Friedrich Reinhard (1739–1822) received the newly built Upper Palace and the dairy in Bonfeld, while his other nephew Ludwig Eberhard (1750–1841) received the ruinous lower palace. Ludwig Eberhard was compensated by the other heirs with 6,000 guilders for his small inheritance, and a few years later he had the Bonfeld Lower Castle built.
When Philip wrote his will in 1782, he had an allodial fortune of around 200,000 guilders.
He is buried near the castle chapel of Guttenberg Castle, where his tombstone has been preserved.
family
From 1731 he was married to Elisabeth Margaretha von Racknitz (1714–1783). He founded the 3rd branch (Guttenberg) within the 2nd branch (Bonfeld) of the 2nd line (Gemmingen, Guttenberg) of the barons of Gemmingen . Since his descendants died without male heirs, the inheritance came a little later to the Bonfeld Unterschloss branch , ie to Ludwig Eberhard von Gemmingen-Guttenberg (1750–1841) and his heirs.
Progeny:
- Maria Elisabetha (* / † 1733)
- Friederika Dorothea (1735–1800), canoness in Oberstenfeld
- Christoph Dietrich (1736–1800) ∞ Maria Lucretia von Massenbach
- Philipp (1738–1800) ∞ Friederike Christiane Florentine Voit of Salzburg
- Eberhard Ludwig (1740–1741)
- Maria Sophia (1741–1742)
- Juliana Elisabetha (1742–1803)
- Friedrich Ludwig (1744–1766), died young in a riding accident
- Karl Reinhard (1747–1836) ∞ (1796–1799) Countess Caroline Sabine von Platen-Hallermund
- Eberhard (1748–1751)
Individual evidence
literature
- Kurt Andermann : In matters of knighthood. The life of the Imperial Knight Philipp von Gemmingen-Guttenberg (1702-1785) as reflected in his Guttenberger Chronik , Obrigheim 1986.
- Carl Wilhelm Friedrich Ludwig Stocker : Family Chronicle of the Barons of Gemmingen , Heidelberg 1895, p. 109-114.
- Rudolf Petzold : Bonfeld and the barons of Gemmingen-Guttenberg (1476-1806). In: Heimatbuch Bonfeld , City of Bad Rappenau 2000.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gemmingen, Philipp von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Director of the knight canton Kraichgau and knight captain of the knight canton Odenwald |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 22, 1702 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Durlach |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 20, 1785 |