Prince Franz Adolph of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym


Franz Adolph of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym, was a German prince of the House of Ascania from the Anhalt-Bernburg branch through the sub-branch of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym.
He was the fourth son of Victor I Amadeus Adolph, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym, by his first wife Charlotte Louise, daughter of William Maurice, Count of Isenburg-Büdingen-Birstein.

Life

The death of his elder surviving brother the Hereditary Prince Christian in 1758 made Franz Adolph the heir presumptive of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym, preceded only by his other older brother and new heir, Karl Louis. He retained his position as heir presumptive until the birth of Karl Louis's first son, Victor Karl Frederick, in 1767.

Marriage and issue

In Nieder-Kaufung on 19 October 1762 Franz Adolph married Maria Josepha, daughter of Count John Wolfgang of Hasslingen, from a Silesian noble family. She was raised to the rank of countess by the Emperor, which prompted Franz Adolph's brothers to ask the Reichshofrat for a declaration that this elevation would not be to their disadvantage in any way ; they were rebuffed. The union produced seven children, who were considered dynasts:
  1. Victor Frederick.
  2. Charlotte Louise.
  3. Frederick Franz Christoph ; married in Waldau, Kr. Lauban on 22 June 1790 to Johanna Amalia Karoline Westarp, a commoner, who was ennobled and created Countess of Westarp in 1798. The union was morganatic. The couple had four children who were created with their mother Counts and Countesses of Westarp:
  4. #Count Louis Frederick Victor of Westarp, married in Potsdam on 10 February 1822 to Franziska von Lavergne-Peguilhen. Their descendants in the male line continue to the present day.
  5. # Frederick Albert .
  6. #Countess Marie Karoline Adelheid of Westarp.
  7. #Count Karl Victor Adolph of Westarp ; married in Berlin on 23 June 1822 to Baroness Pauline of Müffling. Their descendants in the male line continue to the present day.
  8. Victoria Amalie Ernestine, married firstly on 24 June 1791 to Karl of Hesse-Philippsthal and secondly on 16 October 1796 to Count Franz of Wimpffen.
  9. Adolf Karl Albrecht.
  10. Leopold Ludwig.
  11. Marie Henriette.