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Albrecht Besserer von Thalfingen
Born (1787-10-08)8 October 1787
Died 1 January 1839(1839-01-01) (aged 51)
Allegiance Flag of Bavaria (lozengy) Bavaria
Service/branch Flag of Bavaria (lozengy) Bavaria Army
Rank General
Battles/wars Napoleonic Wars

Albrecht Theodorich Freiherr[1] Besserer von Thalfingen (8 October 1787 – 1 February 1839) was a Bavarian General,[2] Hofmarschall of Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria, and Acting[3] War Minister under Ludwig I of Bavaria from 1 November 1838 to 28 January 1839.[4][5]

Besserer, a member of the Besserer von Thalfingen line, was born in Langenau and died in Munich. On 26 September 1819 he married Caroline Adelheid Walburga Josepha Wilhelmina Freiin von Verger (1789–1870).[6] The couple had two children, Maximilian Joseph Aloys (born 1820) and Therese Sophia (born 1824).[7]

References and notes[]

  1. Regarding personal names: Freiherr is a former title (translated as Baron), which is now legally a part of the last name. The female forms are Freifrau and Freiin.
  2. "BLO Personen". http://www.bayerische-landesbibliothek-online.de/personen/person.html?PND=123050898. 
  3. called "Verweser"
  4. Besserer Auf Thalfingen, Albrecht Freiherr von Archived 2020-10-04 at the Wayback Machine., House of the Bavarian history (HdBG).
  5. Archiv der Herren und Freiherren Besserer von Thalfingen[dead link] (German), p. 3.
  6. "Individual Page". http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=rauck&id=I33919. 
  7. Albrecht Theodorich Freiherr Besserer v. Thalfingen, RootsWeb.
Government offices
Preceded by
Franz Xaver von Freiherr Hertling
Ministers of War (Bavaria)
1838–1839 (acting)
Succeeded by
Friedrich Freiherr von Hertling
(acting)

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