Albrecht Besserer von Thalfingen
Appearance
Albrecht Besserer von Thalfingen | |
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Born | October 8, 1787 |
Died | January 1, 1839 | (aged 51)
Allegiance | Prussia |
Service/ | Prussian Army |
Rank | Gerneral |
Battles/wars | Napoleonic Wars |
Albrecht Theodorich Freiherr[1] Besserer von Thalfingen (October 8, 1787 – February 1, 1839) was a Bavarian General,[2] Hofmarschall of Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria, and Acting[3] War Minister under Ludwig I of Bavaria from November 1, 1838, to January 28, 1839.[4][5]
Besserer, a member of the Besserer von Thalfingen line, was born in Langenau and died in Munich. On September 26, 1819, he married Caroline Adelheid Walburga Josepha Wilhelmina Freiin von Verger (1789–1870).[6] The couple had two children, Maximilian Joseph Aloys (born 1820) and Therese Sophia (born 1824).[7]
References and notes
- ^ Regarding personal names: Freiherr is a former title (translated as 'Baron'). In Germany since 1919, it forms part of family names. The feminine forms are Freifrau and Freiin.
- ^ http://www.bayerische-landesbibliothek-online.de/personen/person.html?PND=123050898
- ^ called "Verweser"
- ^ Besserer Auf Thalfingen, Albrecht Freiherr von, House of the Bavarian history (HdBG).
- ^ Archiv der Herren und Freiherren Besserer von Thalfingen[permanent dead link] (German), p. 3.
- ^ http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=rauck&id=I33919
- ^ Albrecht Theodorich Freiherr Besserer v. Thalfingen, RootsWeb.
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