Karl von Seinsheim

Karl Graf von Seinsheim

Karl August Joseph Maria, Count of Donat Seinsheim (born 17 February 1784 in Munich, died 26 November 1864 in Munich) was the Bavarian Finance Minister and President of the Bavarian Chamber of Deputies (German: Präsident der Bayerischen Abgeordnetenkammer).

Biography

Karl Graf von Seinsheim was the son of the statesman Maximilian Joseph Clemens Maria von Seinsheim (1751-1803) and his wife Maria Anna Freiin von Franckenstein (1754–1832). He was educated privately and then studied jurisprudence at the Universities of Landshut and Göttingen. He then accompanied Ludwig, Crown Prince of Bavaria on a trip to Italy. In 1806, he then held administrative posts in Bavaria's Directorate-General in Munich. He held similar posts in the government councils of Trento in 1808, Straubing in 1809, Salzburg in 1810, and Munich in 1817. Between 1824 and 1832, he was Director of the Government of the administrative regions of the Kingdom of Bavaria (German: Isarkreises) from 1832 to 1840 he was President of the Government of the Isarkreises. In 1837, he was State Councilor and from 1840 to 1847 he was Minister of Finance. Since 1827, he was a member of the Bavarian Chamber of Deputies (German: der Bayerischen Abgeordnetenkammer), from which he retired after he served as its president from 1840 to 1843. In 1845, he became a lifelong member of the Imperial Council (German: Reichsrat) from which he retired on 25 February 1848.

Marriage and family

On 27 December 1808, Karl Graf von Seinsheim married Isabella Gräfin von Lodron-Laterano (1787-1816), with whom he had two sons and two daughters.

Literature

Walter Schärl: Die Zusammensetzung der bayerischen Beamtenschaft von 1806 bis 1918 (=Münchner historische Studien. Abt. Bayerische Geschichte, Band 1). Lassleben, Kallmünz 1955.
Hö: Seinsheim, Karl August Joseph Maria Donatus Graf von. In: Karl Bosl (hrsg.): Bosls Bayerische Biographie. Pustet, Regensburg 1983-1988

External links

Karl von Seinsheim's profile at the Haus der Bayerischen Geschichte

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 37694471 GND: 117471623

Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies of the Kingdom of Bavaria

Sebastian von Schrenck Karl von Seinsheim Hermann von Rotenhan Carl Friedrich Heintz Karl Kirchgessner Gustav von Lerchenfeld Friedrich von Hegnenberg-Dux Joseph Pözl Ludwig von Weis Karl von Ow Franz August Schenk von Stauffenberg Karl von Ow Johann Baptist von Walter August von Clemm Georg von Orterer Theobald Ritter von Fuchs

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Friday, April 29, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.