Ludwig Wilhelm, Prince of Bentheim and Steinfurt

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Prince of Bentheim and Steinfurt

Ludwig Wilhelm

Prince of Bentheim and Steinfurt

Reign

3 November 1866 – 28 September 1890

Predecessor

Alexius

Successor

Alexis

Born

(1812-08-01)1 August 1812
Burgsteinfurt, Electorate of Hanover

Died

28 September 1890(1890-09-28) (aged 78)
Burgsteinfurt, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire

Spouse

Landgravine Bertha of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld

Issue

Adelheid, Landgravine Wilhelm of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld
Juliane, Landgravine Wilhelm of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld
Marie, Princess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein
Alexis, Prince of Bentheim and Steinfurt
Prince Karl
Prince Georg

Names
German: Ludwig Wilhelm Louis William

House

House of Bentheim and Steinfurt

Father

Alexius, Prince of Bentheim and Steinfurt

Mother

Countess Wilhelmine of Solms-Braunfels

Ludwig Wilhelm, Prince of Bentheim and Steinfurt^{[citation needed]} (German: Ludwig Wilhelm Fürst zu Bentheim und Steinfurt; 1 August 1812 – 28 September 1890)^{[citation needed]} was a Royal Hanoverian and Prussian Lieutenant General and the Prince of Bentheim and Steinfurt from 3 November 1866 to 28 September 1890.^{[citation needed]}

Early life

Ludwig Wilhelm was born in Burgsteinfurt, Electorate of Hanover on 1 August 1812 and was the eldest son and child of Alexius, Prince of Bentheim and Steinfurt (1781–1866) and his wife Princess Wilhelmine of Solms-Braunfels (1793–1865).^{[citation needed]} Ludwig Wilhelm was an elder brother of Prince Wilhelm Ferdinand of Bentheim and Steinfurt (1814–1849), Prince Julius Arnold of Bentheim and Steinfurt (1815–1857), Prince Karl Everwin of Bentheim and Steinfurt (1816–1854), Princess Augusta Juliana of Bentheim and Steinfurt (1817–1880), and Prince Ferdinand Otto of Bentheim and Steinfurt (1819–1889).^{[citation needed]}

Military career

From 1844, Ludwig Wilhelm was made Rittmeister à la suite of the Royal Hanoverian Regiments Garde du Corps and rose to major in 1849. In 1855, Ludwig Wilhelm was made lieutenant colonel, colonel in 1859, major general in 1862, and lieutenant general in 1879.

Political career

In 1866, Ludwig Wilhelm succeeded his father as head of the Princely House of Bentheim and Steinfurt. As such, he became a hereditary member of the Prussian House of Lords and the First Chamber of the Diet of the Kingdom of Hanover. Following Hanover's annexation by Prussia, Ludwig Wilhelm served as a member of Westphalian Provincial Council.

Beginning in 1875, Ludwig Wilhelm became a member of the Württembergian Chamber of Lords. He inherited the seat from his childless uncle Prince Ferdinand of Solms-Braunfels who died in 1873. After 1884, Ludwig Wilhelm was represented at the Württembergian Chamber of Lords in Stuttgart by his son, Alexis.

Marriage and issue

Ludwig Wilhelm married Landgravine Bertha of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld, eldest child and daughter of Charles, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld and his first wife Princess Augusta of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen, on 27 June 1839 at Schloss Barchfeld, Barchfeld.^{[citation needed]} Ludwig Wilhelm and Bertha had six children:^{[citation needed]}

Princess Adelheid of Bentheim and Steinfurt (17 May 1840 – 31 January 1880)^{[citation needed]}

∞ 1879 Prince William of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld (1831–1890)

Princess Juliane of Bentheim and Steinfurt (5 January 1842 – 29 April 1878)^{[citation needed]}

∞ 1873 Prince William of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld (1831–1890)

Princess Marie of Bentheim and Steinfurt (26 October 1843 – 22 January 1931)^{[citation needed]}

∞ 1867 Ludwig, Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein (1831–1912)

Alexis, Prince of Bentheim and Steinfurt (17 November 1845 – 21 January 1919)^{[citation needed]}

∞ 1881 Princess Pauline of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1855–1925)

Prince Karl of Bentheim and Steinfurt (21 February 1848 – 15 March 1900)^{[citation needed]}
Prince Georg of Bentheim and Steinfurt (28 June 1851 – 28 April 1939)^{[citation needed]}

∞ 1889 Gertrud Porth (1866–1942), created Freifrau von Althaus by Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha^{[citation needed]}

Honours and awards

He received the following orders and decorations:^[1]

Kingdom of Hanover:
- Grand Cross of the Royal Guelphic Order, 1841^[2]
- Grand Cross of the Order of Ernst August
Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach: Grand Cross of the White Falcon, 12 February 1847^[3]
Electorate of Hesse: Grand Cross of the Golden Lion, 23 December 1848^[4]
Denmark: Grand Cross of the Dannebrog, 6 June 1867^[5]
Kingdom of Prussia:^[6]
- Knight of Honour of the Johanniter Order, 28 May 1836
- Grand Cross of the Red Eagle, 6 September 1877
Luxembourg: Grand Cross of the Oak Crown

Ancestry

Ancestors of Ludwig Wilhelm, Prince of Bentheim and Steinfurt

8. Charles Paul Ernest, Count of Bentheim-Steinfurt

4. Ludwig, Prince of Bentheim and Steinfurt

9. Princess Charlotte of Nassau-Siegen

2. Alexius, Prince of Bentheim and Steinfurt

10. Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

5. Princess Juliane Wilhelmine of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

11. Princess Henriette Auguste of Lippe-Detmold

1. Ludwig Wilhelm, Prince of Bentheim and Steinfurt

12. Ferdinand, Prince of Solms-Braunfels

6. William, Prince of Solms-Braunfels

13. Countess Sophie of Solms-Laubach

3. Princess Wilhelmine of Solms-Braunfels

14. Karl, Count of Salm-Grumbach

7. Countess Auguste Franziska of Salm-Grumbach

15. Princess Elisabeth Christiane of Leiningen

References

^ Handbuch über den Königlich Preussischen Hof und Staat. 1888. p. 177.
^ Staat Hannover (1865). Hof- und Staatshandbuch für das Königreich Hannover: 1865. Berenberg. p. 39.
^ Staatshandbuch für das Großherzogtum Sachsen / Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach (1864), "Großherzogliche Hausorden" p. 14
^ Hof und Staatshandbuch des Großherzogtum Hessen (1879) p. 45
^ Bille-Hansen, A. C.; Holck, Harald, eds. (1889) [1st pub.:1801]. Statshaandbog for Kongeriget Danmark for Aaret 1889 [State Manual of the Kingdom of Denmark for the Year 1889] (PDF). Kongelig Dansk Hof- og Statskalender (in Danish). Copenhagen: J.H. Schultz A.-S. Universitetsbogtrykkeri. pp. 7–8. Retrieved 7 February 2021 – via da:DIS Danmark.
^ "Königlich Preussische Ordensliste", Preussische Ordens-Liste (in German), 1, Berlin: 25, 1011, 1886 – via hathitrust.org

Literature

Frank Raberg: Biographisches Handbuch der württembergischen Landtagsabgeordneten 1815–1933. Kohlhammer Verlag, Stuttgart 2001

External links

Kurzbiographie der Staatsbibliothek Berlin

German royalty
Ludwig Wilhelm, Prince of Bentheim and Steinfurt House of Bentheim and Steinfurt Cadet branch of the House of Bentheim Born: 1 August 1812 Died: 28 September 1890
Preceded by Alexius	Prince of Bentheim and Steinfurt 3 November 1866 – 28 September 1890	Succeeded by Alexis