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Wolfgang Heribert von Dalberg

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Wolfgang Heribert von Dalberg

Wolfgang Heribert Kämmerer von Worms Freiherr von Dalberg (born 18 November 1750 in Worms-Herrnsheim, died 27 September 1806 in Mannheim) was a courtier and statesman of Baden, who served as Minister of State and Grand Master of the Household.[1][2] He was also the first general administrator of the Mannheim National Theatre.

Early life and nacestry[edit]

He was a member of the prominent House of Dalberg and brother of Karl Theodor von Dalberg, the Arch-Chancellor of the Holy Roman Empire and Marianne von der Leyen, regent of the County of Hohengeroldseck.

Personal life[edit]

He was married to Elisabeth Augusta Ulner von Dieburg (1751-1816). They were parents of Emmerich Joseph von Dalberg, who became a French diplomat and was granted the French title of Duke of Dalberg in 1810.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Hans Knudsen (1957), "Dalberg, Wolfgang Heribert Tobias Otto Maria Johann Nepomuk von", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 3, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 490–491; (full text online)
  2. ^ Jacob Achilles Mähly (1876), "Dalberg, Wolfgang Heribert von", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 4, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 708–709