Alban von Schönburg-Forderglauchau explained

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

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.

Career

Upon his father's death in 1815, he became head of the Schönburg-Forderglauchau branch of the family.^[2]

Personal life

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).^[3] 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.^[4]
• Karl Heinrich von Schönburg-Forderglauchau (1826–1826), who died young.
• Ida von Schönburg-Forderglauchau (1829–1902), who married Baron Bernhard von Fabrice in 1853.^[5]
• Olga-Claire von Schönburg-Forderglauchau (1831–1868), who married Wilhelm, Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg in 1852.^[6]
• 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.^[7]

Schönburg died in Dresden on 23 March 1864.^[5]

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]

Notes and References

1. Book: Die Gesetzgebung des Königreichs Sachsen seit dem erscheinen der Gesetzsammlung im Jahre 1818 bis Einschliesslich des Jahres 1900 [-1910]. ]. 1907 . 295 . 3 February 2023 . de. (Germany) . Saxony .
2. Book: Marburg . Silke . Europäischer Hochadel: König Johann von Sachsen (1801-1873) und die Binnenkommunikation einer Sozialformation . 21 February 2014 . Walter de Gruyter . 978-3-05-008671-2 . 92, 161, 204 . 3 February 2023 . de.
3. Book: Burke . John Bernard . A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire . 1852 . Colburn . 860 . 1 February 2023 . en.
4. Book: Gothaischer genealogischer Kalender . 1900 . Bey C.W. Ettinger . 171 . 3 February 2023 . de.
5. Book: Raineval . Melville Henry Massue marquis de Ruvigny et . Raineval . Melville Henry Massue Marquis of Ruvigny and . The Titled Nobility of Europe: An International Peerage, Or "Who's Who," of the Sovereigns, Princes, and Nobles of Europe . 1914 . . 978-0-85011-028-9 . 1330 . 3 February 2023 . en.
6. Book: L'Intermediaire des Chercheurs et Curieux . 1959 . 863 . 3 February 2023 . fr.
7. Book: Gothaischer genealogischer Hofkalender nebst diplomatisch-statistichem Jahrbuch . 1919 . J. Perthes. . 442 . 3 February 2023 . de.
8. News: THE MYSTERY OF LOEWENSTEIN . 3 February 2023 . . 27 March 1899.
9. News: HOW PRINCE LOWENSTEIN DIED. . 3 February 2023 . . 29 March 1899.