Wilhelm Hermann Carl von Erlanger
Wilhelm Hermann Carl Erlanger , from 1872 Freiherr von Erlanger , (born March 27, 1835 in Frankfurt am Main ; † April 17, 1909 in Ingelheim ) was the second eldest son of Raphael von Erlanger , who founded the Erlanger & Sons bank in 1848 . He was a German lawyer, notary and legal counsel for his father's bank in Frankfurt am Main.
Life
He was the second eldest son of Raphael Freiherr von Erlanger and the younger brother of Frédéric Emile Baron von Erlanger (1832-1911).
Wilhelm Hermann Carl Freiherr von Erlanger studied law in Heidelberg and received his doctorate. He became a lawyer and notary, later an active landowner and worked as a legal advisor for his father's banking house Erlanger & Söhne.
In 1859 he married the just 17-year-old daughter Caroline (1843-1918) of the Frankfurt senator and wealthy citizen Franz von Bernus . Two months before the wedding, Erlanger bought an estate in Nieder-Ingelheim with 49 properties belonging to it. Both built this into a representative residence with the residence "Villa Carolina" and a corresponding park and settled there. The young woman is said to have said to her husband: “Wilhelm, we'll buy as far as the Rhine!” The property was correspondingly large. Lookout points were created on our own premises, such as the Karolinenhöhe on the Rabenkopf and a stone house called Rheinklause. The model here was the Tell Chapel on Lake Lucerne . Submerged interior paintings were created by Frankfurt artists. Today the Rheinklause is an economy called Anglerklause and is managed by the Angelsportverein Rheinland. In a will, the London- born Espérance Baroness von Erlanger (1870-1944), daughter of the Frankfurt stepbrother Ludwig Freiherr von Erlanger , inherited the property, her husband Alexander Prince von Solms-Braunfels (November 4, 1855 Podebrady Castle / today Poděbrady ) . The Villa Carolina was demolished as early as 1938 . Espérance bequeathed the property to her unmarried daughters Princess Mathilde von Solms-Braunfels (1894–1962) and Princess Friederike von Solms-Braunfels (1896–1954), who then sold it to Albert Boehringer , the owner of the chemical company Boehringer Ingelheim .
In 1872 he was raised to the rank of baron.
The eldest son Franz Emil Alexander Freiherr von Erlanger served with the Uhlan Guard, wagered a fortune, was excluded from inheritance and moved abroad because of betting debts. Franz died in Nice on July 31, 1918 . His much younger Spanish wife Christina, born Grottero, committed suicide in Barcelona on February 7, 1932 .
The younger son Carl Viktor Heinrich Freiherr von Erlanger, called Carlo von Erlanger , became a recognized zoologist and Africa researcher, but was already killed in a car accident in Salzburg in 1904 .
After the death of the youngest brother Ludwig Gottlieb Friedrich von Erlanger in 1898 and after the accidental death of his son Carlo von Erlanger in 1904, the long-time CEO of Dresdner Bank Eugen Gutmann took over the Erlanger & Sons bank in 1904. This formed the basis for the new Frankfurt branch of Dresdner Bank.
literature
- Gabriele Mendelssohn: The Erlanger family - bankers - patrons - artists . Leinpfad Verlag , Ingelheim 2005, ISBN 3-937782-24-9 .
Web links
- The Erlanger couple in Nieder-Ingelheim
- Exhibition: The von Erlanger family in Nieder-Ingelheim
- Ingelheimer room of the Villa Caroline in Wiesbaden
- History of the Rheinklause of the von Erlanger family in Ingelheim
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Erlanger, Wilhelm Hermann Carl von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Erlanger, Wilhelm Hermann Carl Freiherr von (full name); Erlanger, Wilhelm Hermann Carl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German bank director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 27, 1835 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Frankfurt am Main |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 17, 1909 |
| Place of death | Ingelheim am Rhein |