Wilhelm Achill von Westerholt
Wilhelm Achill Graf von Westerholt (* 1806 in Schwansbell Castle ; † 1854 ) was canon in the prince-bishopric of Münster until 1813.
Life
Origin and family
Wilhelm Achill Graf von Westerholt came from the Westphalian noble family von Westerholt . His father was Maximilian Friedrich Graf von und zu Westerholt-Gysenberg (1772-1854), his mother Princess Friederike von Bretzenheim (1771-1816). His grandfather Ludolf Friedrich Adolf von Boenen (1747-1828) had adopted his wife's name when he married Wilhelmine Friderike Franziska Anna Freiin von und zu Westerholt and Gysenberg (1757-1820). He was raised to the rank of imperial count in 1790 . Wilhelm Achill's uncle Wilhelm von Westerholt (1782–1852) was a Prussian district administrator.
Act
Wilhelm Achilles received in 1808 by the Grand Duke of Berg after waiving his uncle Wilhelm von Westerholt the vacated Dompräbende in Munster . He was the only new canon from the time of French rule . In 1813, when the French left, he was no longer considered a member of the cathedral chapter . Wilhelm Achill embarked on a military career in 1824 and was most recently a Prussian lieutenant. In 1829, while completely drunk, Wilhelm Achill and other soldiers stormed a house in Düsseldorf at night, the residents of which, including a pregnant woman, were severely abused. Maximilian von Westerholt tried in vain to get his son portrayed as uninvolved. Testimony proved the opposite. Wilhelm Achill's father, for example, had to pay compensation for pain and suffering, as well as the victims' medical expenses. In 1840, after he left the Prussian army, he insulted a landowner in order to duel with him. Instead of the duel, there was a lawsuit, which the landowner won and whose verdict Wilhelm Achill fined.
swell
- Wilhelm Kohl : The Diocese of Münster 4.2: The Cathedral Monastery of St. Paul in Münster Germania Sacra NF 17.1–17.3, Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin / New York 1982, ISBN 978-3- 11-008508-2 .
Web links
- Wilhelm Achill von Westerholt personal database at Germania Sacra
- Westerholt personal database at Germania Sacra
Individual evidence
- ↑ Der Kickenberg, Osterfelder Heimatblatt No. 45, December 2017
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Westerholt, Wilhelm Achill von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canon in the Principality of Münster |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1806 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schwansbell Castle |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1854 |