Wilhelm Ferdinand Friedrich von Degenfeld

Wilhelm Ferdinand Friedrich von Degenfeld (* November 24, 1757 at the Eulenhof ; † March 30, 1819 ibid) was the landlord of the Eulenhof, co-lord of Ehrstädt , Waibstadt , Wagenbach and Unterbiegelhof . From 1812 he was senior in the Degenfeld condominium .

Life

He was the only son of Reinhard Philipp Friedrich von Degenfeld (1722–1784) and Johanna Sophia Juliana Christiana von Gemmingen-Aries (1725–1766). He belonged to the Eulenhof line of the family, which arose from the division of the estate between the father and his brothers and had its headquarters at the Eulenhof. As early as 1779, the father had an appraisal of the state of construction of the Eulenhof produced, but it only certified that the main building was in disrepair. Since other members of the family also owned the Eulenhof, there was a long argument about who was to blame for the poor condition and who was responsible for the construction work. Only Wilhelm Ferdinand managed to come to an agreement with the co-owners in 1793 by paying them out. He then had the main building of the Eulenhof renewed in its current form. From 1812 he was a senior in Degenfeld's condominium rule and in this function also largely managed the property of his relatives who were involved in the condominium, who from the 19th century no longer primarily managed their properties around Ehrstädt, but instead pursued careers in the Baden military or forest management .

He was buried in the castle chapel of Neuhaus Castle .

family

He married Wilhelmina Auguste Göler von Ravensburg (1766–1785) in Sulzfeld on August 24, 1783 . In the year after her death, he married Franziska Eleonore von Ellrichshausen (1753-1791) in Züttlingen on March 1, 1786 . In the year after their death, he married Johanna Carolina Benedikta von Gemmingen-Hornberg (1763-1851) in Babstadt on February 15, 1792, in third marriage . The first marriage had a son, the second marriage had a daughter, and the third marriage had three sons and five daughters.

Descendants from the first marriage:

• Johann Friedrich Engelhard (1784–1810 / 20)

Descendants from the second marriage:

• Luise Carolina Charlotte (1787–1843) ∞ Jakob Heidenreich (1789–1850)

Descendants from third marriage:

• Wilhelm Christoph Ferdinand Maximilian (* / † 1793)
• August Wilhelm Friedrich (1795–1845) ∞ Henriette von Gemmingen-Hornberg (1797–1849)
• Wilhelm Karl Friedrich (1796–1799)
• Amalie Eleonore Juliana (1798–1799)
• Dorothea Sophie Luise Christiana (1800–1880) ∞ Ernst Franz Ludwig von Gemmingen-Hornberg (1795–1834)
• Caroline Amalie Juliane (1801–1856), abbess of the aristocratic women's monastery in Pforzheim
• Juliane Auguste Wilhelmine (1802–1873) ∞ Friedrich von Alberti (1795–1878)
• Bertha Mathilde (* 1804)

literature

• Friedrich Hub : Genealogy of the von Degenfeld family at Schloss Neuhaus, Ehrstädt, Waibstadt and Wagenbach. In: ders .: Ehrstädt and Neuhaus Castle. Ehrstädt 1967, pp. 317 and 420–438.