Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher (1836 - 1916)

Born 18 Mar 1836 in Raduň, Opava, Silesia

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Died 12 Jul 1916 at age 80 in Krobielowice (Krieblowitz), Silesia

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Biography

Gebhard was born in 1836. He passed away in 1916.

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• Guernsey Evening Press and Star, Friday, 14 July 1916. findmypast

DEATH OF PRINCE BLUCHER.

Amsterdam, Thursday.

The German newspapers announce the death of Prince Gebhard Blucher Von Wahlstatt, at the age of 80.

The “Lokal Anzeiger” points out his liking for all that was British. – Reuter.

Prince Blucher Von Wahlstatt was a descendant of Ulrich de Blucher, of the principality of Lunebourg, who flourished in 1214. His descendant Gebhart Lebrecht de Blucher, who was born at Rostock in 1742, was the first to be created a Prussian Prince, but the title appears to have lapsed, as in 1814 the title of Prince was re-established with the addition of the title “Durchlaucht” in favour of Gebhard Graf Blucher Von Werkstatt, grandson of the famous Field Marshal, who became an hereditory member of the Prussian Chamber. This right, however, is at present suspended.

Prince Blucher, or to give him his full title, Gebhard Lebrecht 3rd Prince Blucher Von Wahlstatt, was born at Radun on March 18, 1836. He was the son of the second Prince Gebhard, and of Marie, Countess of Larisch Moenich. He was the Lord of Kriezlowitz and Wahlstatt (in Prussian Silesia), of Radun, Podwihof, Tiefengrund, Brosdorf, Stiebuick, Stauding and Polanka, in Austrian Silesia. He was a Knight of the Order of Malta, etc. He married three times. His first wife was Marie, Princess of Lobkowitz, whom he married at Prague on October 2, 1860, by whom he had five children, viz: “Grafin” Marie Ferdinande Leopoldine Felicie Anne, born at Radun October 20, 1862; “Grafin” Caroline Marie Anne Milanie, born at Radun December 29, 1863, married Louis Count of Strachwitz, at Radun December 29, 1863, married Louis Count of Strachwitz, at Radun August 22, 1882; “Graf” Gebhard Lebrecht born at Radun July 9, 1865, married in London August 20, 1907, to Miss Evelyn Mary Stapleton Bretherton; “Graf” Gustave Gebhard Fancois, born at Radun August 20, 1866, Lieut. of Brandenburg Cuirassiers; and “Graf” Ferdinand, born January 11, 1868, died February 18, 1892. He married, at Milwaukee, Alma Loeb, of New York.

By the second marriage, which took place at Neudorf on July 27, 1889, to Elizabeth, Countess of Perponoher-Sedintzky, the issue was “Graf” Lothair Guillaume Gebhard, born in the Island of Herm on October 20, 1890; and “Grafin” Gebhardine Antoinette Marie, born at Radun May 18, 1893. The second wife died on March 31, 1894. The third marriage took place at St. Petersburg on May 6, 1895, to Wanda, Princess Radziwill, by whom were the following: - “Grafin” Elizabeth Louise Gabrielle, born at Herm on March 11, 1897; “Grafin” Wanda Marie Anne, born at Radun on Feb. 24, 1898, and “Graf” Hubert Nicholas Ernest Gebhard, also born at Radun on September 10, 1902. His third Wife, Wanda, Princess Radziwill, was the great grand-daughter of H.R.H. Princess Louise of Prussia.

Prince Blucher joined the 1st Regiment of Dragoons of the Guard in 1855; became Military Attaché to the Prussian Legation, Vienna, 1857-59; and served as First Lieutenant in the Cuirassiers of the Guard during the Austro-German war, 1866 (battles of Skalitz and Koniggratz). He owned the estates of Knieblowitz and Wahlstatt, in Prussia, and of Radun, Stauding, Steibnik, Brosdorf, and Polanka, in Austrian Silesia.

The Prince took up residence in Herm in 1889.

• Globe, 14 July 1916 page 3. findmypast

PRO-BRITISH GERMAN PRINCE.

AMSTERDAM, Thursday.

According to the German newspapers, Prince Gerhard Blücher von Wahlstatt has died at the age of eighty on his estate at Kriblowitz, in Silesia, after a fall from a horse. ....

• https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gebhard_Leberecht_Bl%C3%BCcher_von_Wahlstatt

German wikipedia article about Gebhard.