Frederick Augustus, Count of Erbach-Fürstenau
Frederick Augustus, Count of Erbach-Fürstenau (5 May 1754 – 12 March 1784), was a member of the German who held the fiefs of Fürstenau, Michelstadt and Breuberg.
Born in Schloss Fürstenau, Michelstadt, he was the eldest child of George Albert III, Count of Erbach-Fürstenau and Josepha Eberhardine, a daughter of Christian, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen-Neustadt.
Life[]
Like others members of his family, Frederick Augustus pursued a military career, becoming Colonel of cavalry in the Netherlands.[1][better source needed]
In 1778 he succeeded his father as Count of Erbach–Fürstenau and Lord of Breuberg. Following the institution of primogeniture, he was able to become sole ruler.
In Dürkheim on 6 August 1782 Frederick Augustus married with Charlotte Louise Polyxene (*27 November 1755 – 20 May 1844), a daughter of Frederick Charles Kolb, Count of Wartenberg-Roth and Caroline Polyxena of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Hardenburg. They had no children.[1][2][3]
Frederick Augustus died in Schloss Fürstenau aged 29 and was buried in Michelstadt. Because he died childless, he was succeeded by his younger brother .
Notes[]
- ^ a b Marek, Miroslav. "Genealogy of the House of Erbach". genealogy.euweb.cz. Retrieved 28 May 2015.[self-published source]
- ^ Charlotte Luise Polyxene Kolb von Wartenberg in: geneall.net [retrieved 28 May 2015].
- ^ Bernhard Peter: Die Entwicklung der Erbacher Wappen (in German) Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine [retrieved 28 May 2015].
- Counts of Germany
- House of Erbach
- 1754 births
- 1784 deaths
- 18th-century German people