Curt Franz Wenzel Christoph Erdmann Graf Zedtwitz von Moraván und Duppau (Asch

Aš

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, October 3, 1822 – Pressburg

Bratislava

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, November 19, 1909), Lord

Lord

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 of Duppau in the Duppau Mountains with Sachsengrün in the Kingdom of Bohemia

Kingdom of Bohemia

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, and of Moraván with Duzó, Hubina

Hubina

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, Nagy

Nagy

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 and Kis-Modó in the Kingdom of Hungary

Kingdom of Hungary

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, was an Austrian-Hungarian

Kingdom of Hungary

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-Bohemian

Kingdom of Bohemia

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 military

Military

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 and nobleman

Nobility

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 from the house of Zedtwitz

Zedtwitz

Zedtwitz is a noble house from Bohemia and Germany. Between c. 1400]and c. 1945 controlled region around town of Aš.* Curt Franz Wenzel Christoph Erdmann Zedtwitz, Graf von Moraván und Duppau...

, son of Sigmund Erdmann Wilhelm Friedrich Graf von Zedtwitz (Asch, August 15, 1778 – Asch, July 7, 1847) and second wife (m. Schwarzbach, Thuringia

Schwarzbach, Thuringia

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, July 26, 1820) Emilie Friederike von Einsiedel (Wolftitz, July 2, 1798 – Duppau, Duppau Mountains, July 12, 1865).

Career

He was a Gentleman of the Bedchamber

Gentleman of the Bedchamber

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 and a Privy Councillor

Privy council

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 of the Emperor of Austria

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 and a Lieutenant-Colonel

Oberstleutnant

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 of the Austro-Hungarian Army

Austro-Hungarian Army

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.

Marriage and children

He married firstly in Weningen-Auma on March 6, 1849 Caroline Adelheid Ernestine von Schönberg (Hain

Hain, Thuringia

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, near Gera

Gera

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, July 31, 1826 – Schloss Moraván, February 16, 1894), daughter of Friedrich August von Schönberg

Friedrich August von Schönberg

Friedrich August von Schönberg , Lord of Weningen-Auma, Zodelsdorf and Silberfeld, was a German Nobleman.-Career:He was a Gentleman of the Bedchamber of the Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach....

 and wife Caroline Christiane Freiin von Brandenstein, and had issue, among whom a daughter Alexandra Emilie Caroline Eugenie Henriette Adele Gräfin Zedtwitz von Moraván und Duppau (Schloss Duppau, September 15, 1861 – Schloss Arnsdorf, July 26, 1945), married in Dresden

Dresden

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 on January 27, 1885 with Heinrich Moritz Max Freiherr von Beschwitz

Heinrich Moritz Max Freiherr von Beschwitz

Heinrich Moritz Max Freiherr von Beschwitz , Lord of Arnsdorf with Gersdorf and Ottendorf in the Kingdom of Saxony, was a German Military and Nobleman, son of Moritz Wilhelm Wolf Freiherr von Beschwitz and wife Alexandra von Hesse.-Career:He was a Gentleman of the Bedchamber of the King of Saxony,...

 (Otzdorf, December 23, 1859 – Schloss Arnsdorf, July 22, 1944), Lord

Lord

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 of Arnsdorf

Arnsdorf

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 with Gersdorf

Gersdorf, Saxony

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 and Ottendorf

Bahretal

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 in the Kingdom of Saxony

Kingdom of Saxony

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, and had issue.