Theodor Waldner von Freundstein

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Theodor Waldner von Freundstein.
Alliance coat of arms: Waldner von Freundstein on the left, Stumm on the right
Grave inscription of the count
Grave of the first wife, Friederike geb. von Stumm (1793–1829)
Double grave of the count with his second wife Auguste nee von Stumm (1796–1876).

Theodor Waldner von Freundstein (born November 27, 1786 in Schweighouse-Thann , Alsace , † July 17, 1864 in Weinheim ) was a German - French aristocrat and military man , lord of the Weinheim and Limburgerhof castle .

origin

The Waldner von Freundstein family are a long-established Alsatian noble family. Their ancestral castle Freundstein near Goldbach , the highest castle in Alsace, is still owned by the family today. Theodor's grandfather Franz Ludwig Waldner von Freundstein (1710–1789) was Mestre de camp in the French cavalry. His brother, the Maréchal de camp and later Lieutenant-général Christian Friedrich Dagobert Waldner von Freundstein (1712–1783), was in 1748 by King Louis XV. raised to the hereditary count status. Since he had no sons, the title of count fell to the family branch of the aforementioned brother after his death.

Theodors Waldner von Freundstein's parents were Gottfried Waldner von Freundstein (1757-1818), artillery officer, member of the General Council of the Upper Rhine Knighthood and the Imperial Knighthood in the Ortenau and Wetterau , and his wife Friederike von Stein zu Nordheim and Ostheim.

Her father's sister, Henriette von Oberkirch , became known through her memoirs. Theodor's own sister Diana Rabe von Pappenheim (1788–1844) was temporarily the mistress of Jérôme Bonaparte , King of Westphalia , the youngest brother of Emperor Napoleon .

Live and act

According to his grave inscription, Theodor Waldner von Freundstein was born in Schwaighausen Castle (which has since been destroyed) in Schweighouse-Thann in Upper Alsace. He was the landlord of Schmieheim , a member of the Imperial Knighthood of the Canton of Ortenau , a colonel in the Imperial French Army and an officer in the French Legion of Honor and the Dutch Order of Reunion .

He married on September 2, 1817, the very wealthy from Mannheim Friederike von Stumm (1793-1829), daughter of the of the industrial family silent entstamme ends Palatine court bankers Christian Philipp von Stumm (1758-1828) and his wife Augusta born Schmalz, heiress of the Mannheim bank of the same name. Together with Friederike von Stumm, Waldner acquired an estate in the Palatinate Limburgerhof in 1823 , which both could be expanded into a castle with a park, orangery and a tower. A Catholic chapel was set up in the basement of the tower and consecrated by the Speyer bishop Nikolaus von Weis in 1845.

Friederike von Stumm died in 1829. She was buried in Mannheim and her husband had a very touching tomb built for her. He married her sister Auguste von Stumm (1796–1876), the widow of Baron Christian Friedrich von Berckheim (1781–1832).

Theodor Waldner von Freundstein and his second wife Auguste acquired Weinheim Castle in 1837 and had it converted or expanded. In addition to the Limburgerhof estate, the couple mostly lived in Weinheim , and the family was very popular there. One of her regular guests here was Stéphanie de Beauharnais , the widowed Grand Duchess of Baden and the adopted daughter of Emperor Napoleon, who lived in Mannheim.

Theodor Waldner von Freundstein died in Weinheim in 1864 and was also buried in the Mannheim main cemetery , at the grave of his first wife. There he and his second wife Auguste, who died in 1876, have a double grave in Thumba form , which is located directly in front of the tomb of the first wife.

The castle in Weinheim was inherited by the son from the first marriage of Countess Auguste, Minister of State Christian Friedrich Gustav von Berckheim (1817–1889), who also had the so-called exotic forest laid out there.

The castle in Limburgerhof had been given to the Count's son from his first marriage, Adalbert Waldner von Freundstein (1819–1857), who had it so heavily in debt within a few years that it had to be auctioned off in 1858.

Augusta Theodora Waldner von Freundstein, the Count's daughter from his first marriage, married her cousin Karl August von Gersdorff. This was the son of the Saxon Minister Ernst Christian August von Gersdorff (1781-1852) and his second wife Diana von Gersdorf (previously Diana Rabe von Pappenheim ), the sister of Theodor Waldner von Freundstein.

literature

  • Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the count's houses to the year 1860 . Verlag Justus Perthes, Gotha, S. 894 ( google scan in google book search).
  • Friedrich Cast: Historical and genealogical book of the nobility of the Grand Duchy of Baden . Verlag Justus Perthes, Stuttgart 1845, p. 202–203 ( Google scan in Google Book Search).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Theodor Waldner von Freundstein. geneanet.org, accessed November 15, 2013 .
  2. ↑ Stein zu Nord- u. Ostheim . In: Heinrich August Pierer , Julius Löbe (Hrsg.): Universal Lexicon of the Present and the Past . 4th edition. tape 16 . Altenburg 1863, p. 731 ( zeno.org ).
  3. ↑ Illustrated website on the destroyed Schwaighausen Castle
  4. ↑ To the Count Waldner family in Schmieheim
  5. ↑ Genealogical website with information on the date of marriage
  6. ↑ Die Friedhöfe in Mannheim , Südwestdeutsche Verlagsanstalt Mannheim, 1992, page 83
  7. ↑ Website on the history of Limburgerhof Palace ( Memento of the original from December 12, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.limburgerhof.de
  8. ↑ About the Counts of Waldner at Weinheim Castle  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.wnoz.de  
  9. ^ Genealogical website for the couple
  10. ↑ On the couple's property in Silesia
personal data
SURNAME Waldner von Freundstein, Theodor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Waldner von Freundstein, Theodor Graf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Franco-German nobleman and military
DATE OF BIRTH November 27, 1786
PLACE OF BIRTH Schweighouse-Thann , Alsace
DATE OF DEATH July 17, 1864
Place of death Weinheim