Weikersheim (noble family)

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The Weikersheim were a made Württemberg derived Austrian nobility - and princely family , which consisted 1911-1983.

history

Weikersheim Castle

Karl zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1829–1907) , the 5th prince of the Hohenlohe-Langenburg family , married the butcher's daughter Marie Grathwohl (1837–1901) in Paris in 1861 . This marriage was considered improper, but in 1862 Karl achieved the elevation of his wife to the Württemberg nobility under the name of Bronn . This award also applied to their descendants, as did the elevation to the Württemberg baron class as Baroness von Bronn on March 4, 1890 by King Charles I of Württemberg . The couple led a secluded life first in Weikersheim and since 1877 in Salzburg. The Austrian recognition of the Württemberg baron class took place in 1891.

The marriage resulted in the following children: Carl (1862–1925), Viktoria (1863–1946) and Beatrix (1868–1932). On July 18, 1911, Carl Freiherr von Bronn achieved a further rise in status when he and his first-born male descendants were accepted into the Austrian prince's class by Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria as Prince of Weikersheim , and his other descendants were given the right in the future to bear the title of Counts and Countesses of Weikersheim . After his death on September 28, 1925, the prince title passed to his eldest son Carl Rudolf (1900–1945), who, however, gave up the prince status for himself and his possible descendants after two days and continued to call himself Count von Weikersheim . He was married to Valerie Dlugay for the first time on February 23, 1925, after whose death in 1936 he remarried in 1940. Carl Rudolf has been missing from the war in Russia since February 1945 . With his younger brother Franz (1904–1983), who succeeded him as Prince of Weikersheim after his resignation on September 30, 1925, the male line of the house went out in 1983 .

genealogy

  1. Karl zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1829–1907) , 5th Prince of the House of Hohenlohe-Langenburg ⚭ 1861 in Paris Marie Grathwohl (1837–1901) and had the following offspring:
    1. Carl Freiherr von Bronn, 1st Prince von Weikersheim (1862–1925) ⚭ 1899 in Prague Maria Aloysia Countess Czernin von und zu Chudenitz (1879–1963) and had 5 children:
      1. Carl Rudolf, 2nd Prince of Weikersheim 1925, then Count von Weikersheim (1900–1945) ⚭ 1925 in Alt Berun Valerie Dlugay (1905–1936), ⚭ 1940 in Mährisch-Schönberg Ludwiga Pospiech (1916–)
      2. Marie Emma Countess of Weikersheim (1901–1958)
      3. Franz Maria, 3rd Prince of Weikersheim (1904–1983) ⚭ 1936 in Vienna Irma Princess zu Windisch-Graetz (1913–1984) and had 1 daughter:
        1. Cecilia Countess von Weikersheim (1937–2019)
      4. Aloysia Maria Countess von Weikersheim (1906–1988) ⚭ 1930 in Andechs Rudolf Hofmüller (1898–1976) and had 3 daughters
      5. Emma Philippine Countess of Weikersheim (1907–1977)
    2. Viktoria Freiin von Bronn (1863–1946) ⚭ 1879 in Salzburg Ernst Christian Ritter von Manner zu Mätzelsdorff (1844–1922)
    3. Beatrix Freiin von Bronn (1868–1932)

coat of arms

The princely coat of arms from 1911 was divided; Above in silver a striding black leopard with a bowed tail (reference to the Hohenlohe coat of arms ), below red without image. Princely hat and coat.

literature

  • Franz Gall: Austrian heraldry. Handbook of coat of arms science. 2nd edition, Vienna 1992, p. 294.