Wilhelm Metternich (politician)

Wilhelm Metternich (born January 2, 1788 in Mainz , † July 16, 1839 there ) was a Hessian landowner and politician and a member of the second chamber of the estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse .

family

Wilhelm Metternich was the son of the court judge and professor of medicine at the University of Mainz Anton Franz Metternich (1754-1827) and his wife Christine nee Strack. Wilhelm Metternich, who was a Catholic denomination, married Maria Margaretha née Wissent (Wiesenth). He was a landowner on the Sandhof in Heidesheim am Rhein .

politics

In the 1st and 2nd electoral periods (1820-1824) he was a member of the second chamber of the state estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse. In the estates he represented the electoral district Rheinhessen 2 / Ober-Ingelheim - Gau-Algesheim .

literature

• Jochen Lengemann : MdL Hessen. 1808-1996. Biographical index (= political and parliamentary history of the state of Hesse. Vol. 14 = publications of the Historical Commission for Hesse. Vol. 48, 7). Elwert, Marburg 1996, ISBN 3-7708-1071-6 , p. 260.
• Klaus-Dieter Rack, Bernd Vielsmeier: Hessian MPs 1820–1933. Biographical evidence for the first and second chambers of the state estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse 1820–1918 and the state parliament of the People's State of Hesse 1919–1933 (= Political and parliamentary history of the State of Hesse. Vol. 19 = Work of the Hessian Historical Commission. NF Vol. 29) . Hessian Historical Commission, Darmstadt 2008, ISBN 978-3-88443-052-1 , No. 586.
• Hans Georg Ruppel, Birgit Groß: Hessian MPs 1820–1933. Biographical evidence for the estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse (2nd Chamber) and the Landtag of the People's State of Hesse (= Darmstädter Archivschriften. Vol. 5). Verlag des Historisches Verein für Hessen, Darmstadt 1980, ISBN 3-922316-14-X , p. 185.

Web links

• Metternich, Wilhelm. Hessian biography. (As of January 2, 2020). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).