Karl von Heygendorff


Karl von Heygendorff was a German officer in the army of the Kingdom of Saxony, rising to major general.

Life

He was the illegitimate son of Karl August, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach and his lover, the actor Karoline Jagemann. His godfather was Goethe.

Marriage and issue

He married three times:
  1. on 1 June 1831, to Meta Abegg; this marriage produced three sons before Meta died in childbirth after delivery of the last.
  2. on 10 October 1836 to Therese von Watzdorf; they had one son and three daughters before the death of Therese in 1841.
  3. on 24 December 1848, to Rosa, Freiherrin von Koenneritz. They had one son.

    Ancestry