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Karl von Heygendorff

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German general

Karl von Heygendorff (25 December 1806, in Weimar – 17 February 1895, in Dresden) was a German officer in the army of the Kingdom of Saxony, rising to major general.

Life

He was the illegitimate son of Karl August, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach and his lover, the actor Karoline Jagemann. His godfather was Goethe.

Marriage and issue

He married three times:

  1. on 1 June 1831, to Meta Abegg; this marriage produced three sons (the first of whom died in infancy) before Meta died in childbirth (1835) after delivery of the last.
  2. on 10 October 1836 to Therese von Watzdorf; they had one son and three daughters before the death of Therese in 1841.
  3. on 24 December 1848, to Rosa, Freiherrin von Koenneritz. They had one son.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Karl von Heygendorff
16. John Ernest III, Duke of Saxe-Weimar
8. Ernest Augustus I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
17. Princess Sophie Auguste of Anhalt-Zerbst
4. Ernest Augustus II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
18. George Frederick Charles, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
9. Margravine Sophie Charlotte of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
19. Princess Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
2. Karl August, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
20. Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg
10. Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
21. Duchess Antoinette Amalie of Brunswick-Luneburg
5. Duchess Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
22. Frederick William I of Prussia
11. Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia
23. Sophia Dorothea of Hanover
1. Karl von Heygendorff
6. Christian Joseph Jagemann
3. Karoline Jagemann


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