Alban von Schönburg-Forderglauchau

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.

Alban von Schönburg-Forderglauchau
Count of Schönburg-Forderglauchau
PredecessorWilhelm Albrecht Heinrich von Schönburg-Forderglauchau
SuccessorKarl von Schönburg-Glauchau
Full name
German: Karl Heinrich Alban Graf von Schönburg-Glauchau
Born(1804-11-18)18 November 1804
Dresden-Neustadt, Electorate of Saxony
Died23 March 1864(1864-03-23) (aged 59)
Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony
Spouse(s)
Countess Christiane Mary Emilie von Jenison-Walworth
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(m. 1824; died 1864)​
FatherWilhelm Albrecht Heinrich, Count of Schönburg-Forderglauchau
MotherAnna Albertine Leopoldine Wilhelmine von Wartensleben

Early life

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

Upon his father's death in 1815, he became head of the Schönburg-Forderglauchau branch of the family.[3]

Personal life
Photograph of his daughter, Olga-Claire, Princess consort.

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:

Schönburg died in Dresden on 23 March 1864.[6]

Descendants

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
  1. (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.
  2. Gothaischer genealogischer Hofkalender nebst diplomatisch-statistichem Jahrbuch (in German). J. Perthes. 1919. p. 442. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. Gothaischer genealogischer Kalender (in German). Bey C.W. Ettinger. 1900. p. 171. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  6. 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.
  7. L'Intermediaire des Chercheurs et Curieux (in French). 1959. p. 863. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  8. "THE MYSTERY OF LOEWENSTEIN". The New York Times. 27 March 1899. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  9. "HOW PRINCE LOWENSTEIN DIED". The New York Times. 29 March 1899. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  10. "Death of Prince Loewenstein" (PDF), The New York Times, 9 May 1899, retrieved 19 August 2010
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