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Carl Lazarus Henckel von Donnersmarck
HonoursOrder of Pour le Mérite
Order of the Black Eagle

Count Carl Lazarus Henckel von Donnersmarck[1] (March 5, 1772 – July 12, 1864) was a German businessman who, among other things, founded the mines founding amongst others the mines of Katowice, which now house the Silesian Museum.

Life

Karl Henckel von Donnersmarck was a member of the Henckel von Donnersmarck Austro-German noble family. Donnersmarck was the youngest son of Baron Erdmann Gustaw von Donnersmarck and Barroness Rudolphina von Dyherrn.

Karl was married to Countess Julia von Bohlen. Among his children was Guido Henckel von Donnersmarck (1830-1916), who would become a prince and industrial magnate.

Early career

During the Napoleonic Wars, Henckel founded and led a regiment of Silesian hussars.

Carl Karl Lazarus Henckel Von Donnersmarck Estate
Henckel Estate Swierklaniec

Following the death of his brother Gustav Adolf in 1813, Henckel inherited the family estate in Świerklaniec.[2]

Honors and awards

He was awarded the Order of Pour le Mérite and the highest Prussian Order of the Black Eagle with Diamonds. He was the Commander and Senior of the Order of St. John (Protestant equivalent of the Order of Malta). In 1840 he became a hereditary national senior grandfather in the Duchy of Silesia with the title of "Excellency". As a free statesman, he was a member of the Prussian House of Lords.

References

  1. ^ https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/pnd131737198.html
  2. ^ Stenographische Berichte über die Verhandlungen des Preußischen Herrenhauses (in German). Prussian state parliament. 1867. pp. 232–233.
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