Viktor I. Amadeus Adolf (Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym)

Prince Viktor I. Amadeus Adolf von Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym

Viktor I. Amadeus Adolf von Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (born September 7, 1693 at Schloss Schaumburg near Balduinstein , † April 15, 1772 ibid) was the second Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg- Schaumburg-Hoym.

Life

Viktor was the eldest son of Prince Lebrecht von Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (1669–1727) from his marriage to Charlotte (1673–1700), daughter of Prince Adolf II of Nassau-Dillenburg (1629–1676).

After the death of his mother in 1700, he inherited the county of Holzappel and, after the death of his grandmother Elisabeth Charlotte von Holzappel-Schaumburg in 1707, finally also Schloss Schaumburg . In 1708, his father, who had previously received Zeitz and Belleben , was also awarded Hoym (but no sovereignty), since the Harzgerode county fell to his older brother. In 1721 he made Hoym the royal seat of the Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg-Hoym and had a castle built there. When he came of age in 1714, he entered the government in Holzappel-Schaumburg, and when his father died in 1727, he also inherited Anhalt-Zeitz-Hoym, which he combined with his other property in Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym .

In 1711 and 1712 Viktor took part in the campaigns against France in the Netherlands and was taken prisoner near Denain , from which he was soon freed.

The disputes with the Bernburg main line over paragiate , which had already started under his father, continued during the reign of Viktor I. In addition, the country suffered badly from the effects of the Seven Years' War .

Marriages and offspring

The prince married on November 22, 1714 in Birstein with Charlotte Luise zu Isenburg-Birstein (* July 31, 1680 - January 2, 1739), daughter of Count Wilhelm Moritz zu Isenburg and Büdingen in Birstein , with whom he had the following children :

• Victoria Charlotte (born September 25, 1715; † February 4, 1792) ⚭ April 26, 1732 Friedrich Christian (Brandenburg-Bayreuth) (1708–1769) (divorced 1764)
• Louise Amalie (October 10, 1717 - September 1, 1721)
• Lebrecht (born August 26, 1718 - † October 5, 1721)
• Christian (June 30, 1720 - April 13, 1758) Prussian major
• Karl Ludwig (born May 16, 1723 - August 20, 1806), Dutch general

⚭ 1748 Benjamine Gertrud Keizer (1729–1787) (marriage 1757 annulled)

⚭ April 21, 1778 Eleonore zu Solms-Braunfels (* November 22, 1734; † April 19, 1811)

• Franz Adolf (7 July 1724 - 22 April 1784), Prussian major general ⚭ 1762 Countess Maria Josepha von Hasslingen (13 September 1741 - 2 December 1785)

After the death of his wife, he married Hedwig Sophie Henckel von Donnersmarck on February 14, 1740 (* May 7, 1717 - February 21, 1795), daughter of Wenzel Ludwig Henckel von Donnersmarck . The Henckel von Donnersmarck were only raised to counts in 1651. Therefore the marriage was morganatic, although it was recognized in the Anhalt House. The couple had the following children:

• Friedrich Ludwig Adolf (born November 29, 1741 - † December 24, 1812) Swedish major general
• Sophie Charlotte Ernestine (born April 3, 1743 - † October 5, 1781) ⚭ September 20, 1760 Wolfgang Ernst II. Zu Isenburg and Büdingen
• Viktor Amadeus (born May 21, 1744 - died May 2, 1790 in Partakoski , Finland), Russian General ⚭ Magdalena zu Solms-Braunfels (* June 4, 1742 - January 21, 1819)
• Karl (* / † August 4, 1745)
• Hedwig Auguste (* May 6, 1747 - March 5, 1760)
• George Augustus (born November 6, 1751 - † October 29, 1754)

literature

• Ferdinand Siebigk: Das Herzogthum Anhalt , p. 242, Dessau 1867
• Victor Amadeus Adolph. In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 48, Leipzig 1746, column 971 f.
• General genealogisches und Staats-Handbuch , S. 241ff digitalisat

Web links

• family tree