Wilhelm von Gumppenberg

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Wilhelm Erhard Freiherr von Gumppenberg (born December 28, 1795 in Landshut , † March 27, 1847 in Wallenburg ) was a Bavarian officer and politician .

Life

Wilhelm von Gumppenberg came from the old Bavarian noble family Gumppenberg . He was the son of Baron Kajetan Joseph Anton Johann Nepomuk Hieronymus von Gumppenberg (1760-1824) and his wife Sophia, née von Weitersheim.

He was educated in the Munich Cadet Corps , joined the Bavarian Army as a lieutenant in 1812 and took part in the wars of freedom against France in 1813/14 , at the end of which he was promoted to first lieutenant . Gumppenberg wanted to become a diplomat and was seconded to the Bavarian legation in Dresden in 1820. After two years he had to return to active military service and was appointed personal adjutant to the Crown Prince and later King Ludwig I on October 9, 1825 . Soon after his accession to the throne, he appointed him adjutant to his son, who later became King Maximilian II. In 1828, Gumppenberg moved as captain to the quartermaster's staff .

In 1829 he married Sophie von Gumppenberg, the daughter of his cousin Maximilian. In 1830 the couple acquired Wallenburg Castle near Miesbach. In order to manage the castle estate efficiently, Gumppenberg left the army in 1831, but remained in the position of an officer à la suite .

In 1840/41 Gumppenberg accompanied the later King Maximilian II as a newly appointed major à la suite on a trip to Greece; according to the army order of January 3, 1842, he received the Knight's Cross in Gold, the Greek Order of Savior .

From 1840 until his death he was a member of class V of the Chamber of Deputies in the Bavarian State Parliament .

The parliamentary database of the House of Bavarian History records the following assessments of his person:

  • 1839: Good financial situation. Appeared in the district administrator as an opponent to the government. Will belong to the rather numerous party of those nobles who pay homage to the view that one must throw oneself on the side of the people and defend their rights, even if they are unfounded, in order to save the nobility themselves.
  • 1845: Bad financial situation, tends to oppose.

Gumppenberg acted a. a. as chairman of the Miesbach town band . He has also written entertainment stories as well as agricultural and historical treatises. It belonged to the Historic Association of Upper Bavaria and compiled an extensive list of those who died in the Sendlinger Peasant Battle , which is printed in the book Mirror of Honor of the Glorious House of Wittelsbach (1867).

The Bavarian diplomat Friedrich von Luxburg was his brother-in-law, the poet Hanns von Gumppenberg (1866–1928) his grandson.

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  1. ↑ The Bavarian Landlady. No. 150. Munich. December 15, 1840. Scan from the source
  2. ↑ Website on the association history of the Miesbach town band ( Memento of the original from December 7, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / stadtkapelle-miesbach.de
  3. ^ Scan, page 172 of the book
personal data
SURNAME Gumppenberg, Wilhelm von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gumppenberg, Wilhelm Eduard von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bavarian officer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH December 28, 1795
PLACE OF BIRTH Landshut
DATE OF DEATH March 27, 1847
Place of death Wallenburg