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Pückler
The House of Pückler, with branches named Pückler-Muskau, Pückler-Burghauss (Pückler-Burghauß), Pückler-Limpurg and Pückler-Groditz, was an old and influential German noble family which originated from Silesia. The Count of the Holy Roman Empire, Imperial County of Pückler-Limpurg was German mediatization, mediatized by Württemberg when the Holy Roman Empire came to an end in 1806. As Imperial immediacy, immediate, that branch belonged to the high nobility, but it became extinct in the male line in 1963. Notable members * Count Carl Friedrich von Pückler-Burghauss, Carl Friedrich of Pückler-Burghauss, Baron of Groditz (born 1886, Friedland, Silesia, died 1945, Čimelice, Tschimelitz) * Erdmann Graf von Pückler-Limpurg (1792–1869) * Erdmann von Pückler (1832–1888) * Heinrich von Pückler (1835–1897) * Hermann, Fürst von Pückler-Muskau, Hermann, Prince von Pückler-Muskau (1785, Muskau Castle, Bad Muskau - 1871), German nobleman, artist, famous for the Muska ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hermann, Fürst Von Pückler-Muskau
Prince Hermann Ludwig Heinrich von Pückler-Muskau (; born as Count Pückler, from 1822 Prince; 30 October 1785 – 4 February 1871) was a German nobleman, renowned as an accomplished artist in landscape gardening, as well as the author of a number of books mainly centering around his travels in Europe and Northern Africa, published under the pen name of "Semilasso". Life Pückler-Muskau was the first of five children of Count Carl Ludwig Hans Erdmann Pückler, and the Countess Clementine of Callenberg, who gave birth to him at age 15. He was born at Muskau Castle (now Bad Muskau) in Upper Lusatia, then ruled by the Electorate of Saxony. He served for some time in the Saxon "Garde du Corps" cavalry regiment at Dresden, and afterwards traveled through France and Italy, often by foot. In 1811, after the death of his father, he inherited the ''Standesherrschaft'' (barony) of Muskau. Joining the war of liberation against Napoleon I of France, he left Muskau under the General ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
