Alban von Schönburg-Forderglauchau
Alban von Schönburg-Forderglauchau | |
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| Count of Schönburg-Forderglauchau | |
| Predecessor | Wilhelm Albrecht Heinrich von Schönburg-Forderglauchau |
| Successor | Karl von Schönburg-Glauchau |
| Full name | German: Karl Heinrich Alban Graf von Schönburg-Glauchau |
| Born | 18 November 1804 Dresden-Neustadt, Electorate of Saxony |
| Died | 23 March 1864 (aged 59) Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony |
| Spouse(s) |
Countess Christiane Mary Emilie von Jenison-Walworth
(m. 1824; died 1864) |
| Father | Wilhelm Albrecht Heinrich, Count of Schönburg-Forderglauchau |
| Mother | Anna Albertine Leopoldine Wilhelmine von Wartensleben |
Karl Heinrich Alban, Count of Schönburg-Forderglaucha (11 November 1804 – 23 March 1864) was the head of the mediatised German Counts of Schönburg-Glauchau from 1815 until his death in 1864.
Early life
[edit]Schönburg was born in Dresden-Neustadt in the Electorate of Saxony on 11 November 1804. He was the eldest son of Count Wilhelm Albrecht Heinrich von Schönburg-Forderglauchau (1762–1815) and Countess Anna Albertine Leopoldine Wilhelmine von Wartensleben (1775–1826). His younger brother was Ernst Ferdinand Heinrich von Schönburg-Forderglauchau.[1]
His paternal grandfather was Count Karl Heinrich von Schönburg-Forderglauchau (1729–1800) and Countess Christiane Wilhelmine von Einsiedel.[2]
Career
[edit]Upon his father's death in 1815, he became head of the Schönburg-Forderglauchau branch of the family.[3]
Personal life
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In 1824, he was married to the Countess Christiane Mary Emilie von Jenison-Walworth (1806–1880), a daughter of Count Franz von Jenison-Walworth and, his second wife, the former Mary Beauclerk (a daughter of Topham Beauclerk, who was himself a great-grandson of King Charles II, and Lady Diana Spencer, a daughter of the 3rd Duke of Marlborough).[4] Together, they were the parents of five children:
- Marie Emillie zu Schönburg-Forderglauchau (1825–1869), who married Bavarian Reichsrat Count Otto von Quadt-Wykradt-Isny in 1846. He was brother to Count Friedrich von Quadt-Wykradt-Isny, the Bavarian Envoy to France.[5]
- Karl Heinrich von Schönburg-Forderglauchau (1826–1826), who died young.[6]
- Ida von Schönburg-Forderglauchau (1829–1902), who married Baron Bernhard von Fabrice in 1853.[6]
- Olga-Claire von Schönburg-Forderglauchau (1831–1868), who married Wilhelm, Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg in 1852.[7]
- Karl von Schönburg-Glauchau (1832–1898), who married Countess Adelheid von Rechteren-Limpurg-Speckfeld, a daughter of Friedrich Ludwig von Rechteren-Limpurg-Speckfeld, in 1864. After her death in 1873, he married Countess Sophie d'Ursel, a daughter of Léon, 5th Duke d'Ursel (and sister to Charles Joseph Marie, 6th Duke d'Ursel), in 1879.[2]
Schönburg died in Dresden on 23 March 1864.[6]
Descendants
[edit]Through his daughter Olga, he was a grandfather of Prince Ludwig of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg,[8] who married Lady Anne Savile, daughter of John Savile, 4th Earl of Mexborough.[9][10]
References
[edit]- ^ (Germany), Saxony (1907). Die Gesetzgebung des Königreichs Sachsen seit dem erscheinen der Gesetzsammlung im Jahre 1818 bis Einschliesslich des Jahres 1900 [-1910] (in German). p. 295. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
- ^ a b Gothaischer genealogischer Hofkalender nebst diplomatisch-statistichem Jahrbuch (in German). J. Perthes. 1919. p. 442. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
- ^ Marburg, Silke (21 February 2014). Europäischer Hochadel: König Johann von Sachsen (1801-1873) und die Binnenkommunikation einer Sozialformation (in German). Walter de Gruyter. pp. 92, 161, 204. ISBN 978-3-05-008671-2. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
- ^ Burke, John Bernard (1852). A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. Colburn. p. 860. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
- ^ Gothaischer genealogischer Kalender (in German). Bey C.W. Ettinger. 1900. p. 171. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
- ^ a b c Raineval, Melville Henry Massue marquis de Ruvigny et; Raineval, Melville Henry Massue Marquis of Ruvigny and (1914). The Titled Nobility of Europe: An International Peerage, Or "Who's Who," of the Sovereigns, Princes, and Nobles of Europe. Burke's Peerage. p. 1330. ISBN 978-0-85011-028-9. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
- ^ L'Intermediaire des Chercheurs et Curieux (in French). 1959. p. 863. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
- ^ "THE MYSTERY OF LOEWENSTEIN". The New York Times. 27 March 1899. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
- ^ "HOW PRINCE LOWENSTEIN DIED". The New York Times. 29 March 1899. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
- ^ "Death of Prince Loewenstein" (PDF), The New York Times, 9 May 1899, retrieved 19 August 2010
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