Moritz Wilhelm Wolf Freiherr von Beschwitz (Krebs, 10 July 1823 –

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, 31 August 1889),

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of the Fideicomis of Arnsdorf in the

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, was a

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and Nobleman, son of Ferdinand Freiherr von Beschwitz and wife Augusta Amalie von Oppel.

Career

He was a

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of the

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of the

and a

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of Honour of the

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.''Costados'', Gonçalo de Mesquita da Silveira de Vasconcelos e Sousa, Livraria Esquina, 1.ª Edição, Porto, 1997, N.º 108

Marriage and children

On 26 November 1856 he married, in

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, Alexandra von Hesse (

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, 24 October 1834 – Bad Schandau, 8 September 1914), daughter of Johann von Hesse and wife Anna Maria Wöhrmann, and had issue, among whom a son

Heinrich Moritz Max Freiherr von Beschwitz Heinrich Moritz Max Freiherr von Beschwitz ( Otzdorf, 23 December 1859 – Schloss Arnsdorf, 22 July 1944), Lord of Arnsdorf with Gersdorf (now part of Ottendorf-Okrilla) and Ottendorf in the Kingdom of Saxony, was a German Military and Noblem ...

References

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