Alexander von Hanstein, Count of Pölzig and Beiersdorf
Alexander von Hanstein | |
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Count of Pölzig and Beiersdorf | |
Born | Kulmbach | 9 June 1804
Died | 18 April 1884 Schmölln | (aged 79)
Spouse(s) | Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (m. 1826; died 1831)Marie Therese von Carlowitz
(m. 1833; died 1845) |
Issue | Maximilan von Hanstein Clara von Hanstein Thekla von Hanstein |
Father | Friedrich von Hanstein |
Mother | Anna Maria von Hanstein |
Maximilian Elisäus Alexander von Hanstein, Count of Pölzig and Beiersdorf (9 June 1804, Burghaig,
Life
Alexander von Hanstein came from the Thüringer noble family of Hanstein Castle and was the son of Baron Friedrich von Hanstein and his wife, Anna Maria.
In 1824, Alexander was
On the death of
Now free, Louise planned to marry von Hanstein, and in preparation for such a marriage Alexander was created Count of
After Louise's early death from cancer in 1831, Alexander went into the Prussian service and commanded the regiment of the corps Cürrassier in Potsdam. He married the 21-year-old Marie Therese von Carlowitz (1812-1845) on 18 April 1833 in Coburg. As Count and Countess of Pölzig, they lived at Schloss Pölzig and had three children:
- Maximilan Anton (18 February 1834 – between 1865 and 1871)
- Clara Henriette Marie (3 April 1835 – 25 April 1879)
- Thekla Marie Agnes (29 November 1841 – 4 April 1903)
In 1845, Alexander approached his stepson Prince Albert, who in the meantime had married Queen Victoria, and Albert allowed him a pension.
His second daughter, Clara, married the British shipowner George Acland Ames on 13 July 1854. Their sixth child, Hans, was born on 30 April 1869 in Berlin. Because Ames did not acknowledge Hans as his son, he was given the surname Poelzig. Clara and Ames separated in July 1869, and Clara returned to Pölzig. She lived as a "the young countess" in the Schloss and died 10 years later in Beiersdorf. Hans Poelzig grew up in Berlin and became a world-famous architect and set designer.
Alexander's grandchildren, the Ames family in England, inherited the schloss on his death in 1884.
References
- Netzer, Hans-Joachim: Albert von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha, Beck-Verlag München 1988, ISBN 3-406-33000-2
- von Hanstein, Carl Philipp Emil: Urkundliche Geschichte des Geschlechts der von Hanstein, Kassel 1856/57, Nachdruck im Mecke-Verlag, Duderstadt 2007 ISBN 3-936617-39-2