Rosa Dorothea Knight

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Rosa Dorothea Ritter (born July 29, 1759 in Biel , Switzerland ; † January 13, 1833 in Hanau ), also called Rosette Ritter and raised to Baroness von Lindenthal in 1783 , is the ancestor of the barons of Haynau .

Life

Rosa Dorothea Ritter was the daughter of the pharmacist Johann Georg Ritter and Maria Magdalena Witz.

Mistress Wilhelm IX./I.

Coat of arms of the barons of Haynau, descendants of Rosa Dorothea Ritter with Elector Wilhelm I.

Between 1779 and 1787 Rosa Dorothea Ritter was the second of the three mistresses of the Landgrave and later Elector Wilhelm IX./I. from Hessen-Kassel . He bought her a property in Hanau and an estate in the Rheingau and had her ennobled by the emperor in Vienna. On March 17, 1783, the emperor elevated her to the nobility of the empire with the Privilegium Denominandi . The Landgrave gave her the Lindenthal estate near Wiesbaden, after which she called herself Baroness von Lindenthal . The children of the now Baroness von Lindenthal with Wilhelm IX./I. were:

  1. Wilhelm Carl (* December 24, 1779 - January 21, 1856), lieutenant general of the Electorate of Hesse
  2. Georg Wilhelm (February 27, 1781 - February 1813)
  3. Philipp Ludwig (May 18, 1782 - June 5, 1843), Baden Real Secret Councilor
  4. Wilhelmine (* July 20, 1783; † May 27, 1866), married the later Minister Carl von Hanstein (1772–1861).
  5. Moritz (July 4, 1784 - September 9, 1812)
  6. Marie Sophie Agnes Philippine Auguste (born September 11, 1785; † April 21, 1865), married in 1805 the later head forester Wilhelm Freiherrn von Wintzingerode (1782-1819).
  7. Julius Heinrich Friedrich Ludwig (October 14, 1786 - March 14, 1853), Austrian general

These children were legitimized on March 10, 1800 and made barons of Haynau .

Exile and marriage

Another son of the Baroness von Lindenthal, Otto (* June 12, 1788, † before May 24, 1792), recognized Wilhelm IX. however, did not attack, accused his mistress of infidelity and banished her to Babenhausen Castle . There she married her guardian on February 13, 1794, the later Grand Ducal Hessian Chamber Councilor Johann Georg Kleinhans († February 17, 1835) and was released. Descendants from this marriage are said to live in the United States.

literature

  • Rudolf Bernges: A princely maitress as a prisoner in the castle of Babenhausen . In: From Babenhausen's Past 11 (1934), p. 2.
  • Eckhart G. Franz : The House of Hesse . Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 978-3-17-018919-5
  • Eckhart G. Franz: House of Hesse. Biographical Lexicon = work of the Historical Commission NF 34. Darmstadt 2012. ISBN 978-388443-411-6 , p. 141.
  • Detlev Schwennicke : European family tables . Family tables on the history of European countries . NF vol. 3, plate 256.
  • Georg Wittenberger: Stadtlexikon Babenhausen. 700 years of Babenhausen town charter 1295–1995. City administration Babenhausen, Babenhausen 1995.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Deviating from Wittenberger, p. 108: * 1764.
  2. ↑ According to Wittenberger, p. 108, she is supposed to be an illegitimate daughter of Landgrave Ludwig IX. from Hessen-Darmstadt.
  3. ^ Rainer von Hessen : Hereditary Prince Wilhelm (as Elector Wilhelm I) of Hessen-Kassel (1743-1821) and the soldiers' trade in the county of Hanau . In: Fürstenhof and scholarly republic. Hessian résumés of the 18th century = Small writings on Hessian regional studies 5th ed .: Hessian State Center for Political Education , p. 49.
  4. ^ "Lindenthal, Rosa Dorothea Freifrau von". Hessian biography. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
personal data
SURNAME Knight, Rosa Dorothea
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Knight, rosette
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Maitresse of the Landgrave and later Elector Wilhelm IX./I. from Hessen-Kassel
DATE OF BIRTH July 29, 1759
PLACE OF BIRTH Biel , Switzerland
DATE OF DEATH January 13, 1833
Place of death Hanau