Sybilla von Leonrod
Sybill (e) a Baroness von Leonrod , née Meilhaus (born August 20, 1814 in Hanau , † April 29, 1881 in Augsburg ), was the educator of the future Bavarian King Ludwig II.
Life
Maria Katharina Theresia Sybilla Meilhaus was the daughter of the Hanau wine merchant Martin Gustav Meilhaus and his wife Magdalena Thekla, née Walz. From 1846 she was the tutor of Crown Prince Ludwig of Bavaria until he was 9 years old. Several biographers of the king take the view that Meilhaus "pampered" her pupil. Ludwig affectionately called his teacher "Millau". After her, Count Theodor de La Roseé took over the educational responsibility for the Crown Prince. When the governess had given up responsibility for upbringing the Crown Prince, she briefly looked after Ludwig's three years younger brother Otto von Bayern . In 1854 she resigned from court service.
Throughout his life, King Ludwig remained closely connected to his tutor, "who had initiated him and his brother Otto into the secrets of reading, writing and arithmetic."
On August 16, 1860, the 45-year-old married the baron and later general of the cavalry August von Leonrod (1819–1904), brother of the later Eichstätter Bishop Franz Leopold von Leonrod (1827–1905) and the Bavarian Minister of Justice Leopold von Leonrod (1829–1904). 1905). Due to the husband's military service, the couple lived in different places, e.g. B. in Munich, Ansbach, Nuremberg, Dillingen an der Donau, Freising and most recently in Augsburg.
After the Baroness's death, King Ludwig II donated a neo-Gothic tomb made of Carrara marble to the Catholic Herman Cemetery in Augsburg. The still existing tombstone bears the inscription:
- King Ludwig II.
- the faithful nurse of his childhood
- Baroness Sybilla v. Leonrod born Meilhaus
- born August 20, 1814
- died April 29, 1881
The king's grandfather Ludwig I had a similar grave monument erected for his own tutor Louise Weyland in Mannheim .
literature
- Gisela Haasen: Ludwig II. Letters to his teacher. Munich 1995.
- Martha Schad : Leonrod, Sybilla Freifrau von. in: Edith Findel, Irene Löffler, Anne Schmucker (eds.): Augsburger Frauenlexikon. Augsburg 2006. pp. 97-98.
Web links
- Website in the portal House of Bavarian History
- Article in the Augsburger Allgemeine on the 130th anniversary of Sybilla von Leonrod's death, 2011.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Martha Schad 2006. p. 97.
- ↑ Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Freiherrlichen Häuser, Volume 20, 1870, p. 489.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Leonrod, Sybilla of |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Leonrod, Sybille von; Meilhaus, Sybille; Meilhaus, Maria Katharina Theresia Sybilla (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German noblewoman, educator of King Ludwig II of Bavaria |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 20, 1814 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hanau |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 29, 1881 |
| Place of death | augsburg |