Albrecht Besserer von Thalfingen

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Albrecht Besserer von Thalfingen
Born(1787-10-08)October 8, 1787
DiedJanuary 1, 1839(1839-01-01) (aged 51)
Allegiance Prussia
Service/branch Prussian Army
RankGerneral
Battles/warsNapoleonic 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[]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "BLO Personen".
  3. ^ called "Verweser"
  4. ^ Besserer Auf Thalfingen, Albrecht Freiherr von, House of the Bavarian history (HdBG).
  5. ^ Archiv der Herren und Freiherren Besserer von Thalfingen[permanent dead link] (German), p. 3.
  6. ^ "Individual Page".
  7. ^ Albrecht Theodorich Freiherr Besserer v. Thalfingen, RootsWeb.
Government offices
Preceded by
Franz Xaver von Freiherr Hertling
Ministers of War (Bavaria)
1838–1839 (acting)
Succeeded by
Friedrich Freiherr von Hertling
(acting)


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