You are bidding on onehandwritten, signed letter of the German prince and Bavarian general Konstantin zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (1786-1844).

About (unsuccessful) advances to a noble lady.

DatedMunich, the 7th August (according to Postmark probably 1810, but the year is difficult to recognize).

addressed to the Löwenstein secret council of justice Franz von Jagemann (1776-1844) in Wertheim.

On extremely strong paper (almost like thin cardboard) such as I have never seen in a letter (the letter weighs 13 g); with a nice watermark.

Transcription (an unsafe passage because of the cursory writing):

"Your letter of the 2nd I have just received it, and in replying to it I must openly admit to you that I share your opinion and even believe that it is not really serious. As for the conscious revenge(?), it's an extremely ticklish task, I've touched on this page a few times but it hasn't made a sound yet. if I speak to her, a court order comes, il faud voir ce quit y aura a faire. ce n'est pas encore le moment" and so on. in 5 to 6 days i will be leaving here to go to heubach and will continue to talk about it verbally. until then it's yours Constantin."

About the mentioned place Heubach: probably commonnt the family-owned castle Kleinheubach; he himself was buried in the family grave in Großheubach.

Scope: a text page, two blank pages, an address page (23.2 x 18.7 cm).

Format (folded): 3" x 4.75"

Condition:With a tear in the area of ​​the two-part seal caused by opening (without loss of text); overall very nice condition. Please notee also the pictures!

Internal note: Prephila FM Karlshorst, in a white folder Bockum

OverKonstantin zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (source: wikipedia):

Konstantin zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg, full first name Konstantin Ludwig Karl Franz (* 26. March 1786 in Wertheim; † 9 May 1844 in Munich) was a German prince and Bavarian general.

Origin: He came from the aristocratic family of Löwenstein-Wertheim, a branch of the House of Wittelsbach. His parents were Prince Dominik Konstantin zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort (1762-1814) and Princess Maria Leopoldine née. zu Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Bartenstein (1761-1807), daughter of Prince Ludwig Leopold zu Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Bartenstein. The older brother Karl Thomas zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (1783-1849) became head of the family and lord of the family after the death of his father.

Life: Konstantin zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg joined the Austrian army and took part in the Second Coalition War from 1800. In 1802 he transferred to the Bavarian Army, in which he remained until the end of his life, apart from a brief deployment on the Austrian side in the Third Coalition War (1805).

on the 21st April 1809 in battle near Landshut and on 24. On April 11 near Neumarkt, Prince Konstantin distinguished himself in the battle of Bavaria against Austria to such an extent that the French allies awarded him the Cross of the Legion of Honour. In the battle near Wörgl (12. May 1809) he routed the Austrians under General Johann Gabriel von Chasteler and captured the enemy guns.[1] In the battles near Schwaz he received on 14. May 1809 a severe head wound. The commanding General von Wrede, as an eyewitness to his bravery, nominated him for the Knight's Cross of the Bavarian Military Order of Max Joseph. During the wars of liberation, Konstantin zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg fought in the battles of Hanau, Brienne, La Rothière, Bar-sur-Aube and Arcis-sur-Aube. As the only Bavarian officer he took part on 30. March 1814 took part in the Battle of Paris and the entry of the allies into the city. Appointed commander of the new Bavarian cuirassier regiment Garde du Corps, he went with the troops into the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 and stayed with them until 1818 with the occupation contingent in France. In the same year he became adjutant general of the Bavarian king, in which position he remained until his death. He attained the military rank of Lieutenant General.

Politically, General zu Löwenstein represented a decidedly conservative Catholic line and was in close contact with his eponymous and like-minded nephew, Hereditary Prince Konstantin zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (1802-1838). He was also an avid hunter.

on the 21st On July 1, 1821, the officer married his niece (daughter of his brother Karl Thomas) Leopoldine zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (1804–1869). The marriage remained without issue.

General Konstantin zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg died in Munich in 1844 after a long and difficult illness. He was buried in the family grave of the Engelberg monastery in Großheubach. Since his military service he had an enemy bullet in his head, which could only be removed posthumously and which is now in the princely Löwenstein house archive. His widow became a Redemptorist in 1847 in Krems-Stein (today Stein Prison), later in Altötting, and finally in the Gars monastery.

Awards: In addition to the already mentioned Knight's Crosses of the Legion of Honor and the Bavarian Military Order of Max Joseph, the general also wore the following orders: the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Bavarian Crown, the Hanoverian Order of Guelphen and the Russian-Polish Order of the White Eagle, the Grand Officer Decoration of the French Legion of Honour, the Knight's Crosses of the Prussian Pour le Mérite and the Austrian Order of Leopold, as well as the Knight's Cross II. Class of the Russian Order of Saint Anne.