Lazarus IV Henckel von Donnersmarck explained

Lazarus IV Henckel von Donnersmarck
Office:	Member of the Reichstag
Term Start:	1884
Term End:	1887
Office1:	Member of the Prussian House of Representatives
Term Start1:	1870
Term End1:	1876
Party:	Centre Party
Birth Date:	23 May 1835
Birth Place:	Siemianowitz-Laurahütte, Silesia, Kingdom of Prussia
Death Date:	18 December 1914
Death Place:	Breslau, Prussia, German Empire
Occupation:	politician, industrialist, landowner
Spouse:	Countess Maria von Schweinitz und Krain
Children:	3 (including Edwin)
Parents:	Count Hugo Henckel von Donnersmarck Countess Laura von Hardenberg

Count Lazarus IV Henckel von Donnersmarck (23 May 1835 – 18 December 1914), also spelled Łazarz IV, was a German-Polish politician and landowner. He was a founding member of the Centre Party and sat in the Prussian House of Representatives from 1870 to 1876 and in the Reichstag from 1884 to 1887.

Biography

Count Lazarus IV Henckel von Donnersmarck was born on 23 May 1835 in Siemianowitz-Laurahütte to Count Hugo Henckel von Donnersmarck and Countess Laurą von Hardenberg.^[1] He was a member of the House of Henckel von Donnersmarck, a Silesian noble family.

On 4 August 1858, he married Countess Maria von Schweinitz und Krain, Baroness zu Kauder. They had several children:

• Countess Alice Marie Laura Flora
• Countess Maria Theresa Josefina Wanda
• Count Edwin Hugo Lazarus

Henckel von Donnersmarck managed his 677-acre estate in Romolkwitz and owned shares in the Fideikommiss Beuthen as well as several coal mines.^[2] He lived in a palace in Nakło and, in 1892, he funded the construction of the parish church there.^[1] He also funded the construction of a church in Alt Tarnowitz and the Camillian monastery.^[1] He was Catholic,^[3] and was made a Knight of Honour and Devotion of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.

He was one of the founders of the Centre Party. From 1870 to 1876, he was a member of the Prussian House of Representatives as a member of the Beuthen constituency and, from 1884 to 1887, he was a member of the German Reichstag for the constituency of Beuthen and Tarnowitz.^{[4] [5] [6]}

He died on 18 December 1914 in Breslau.

Notes and References

1. Web site: History of the Donnersmarck family .
2. Gothaisches Genealogical Pocket Book of the Counts' Houses 1894 . In: “The Gotha” . 67th edition. Hencker von Donnersmarck, I. Line Beuthen. 1st branch (Catholic). 1. Lazarus, born May 23, 1835. Justus Perthes, Gotha November 16, 1893, p. 431–433 (google.de [accessed December 9, 2023]).
3. Web site: BIORAB Kaiserreich – ParlamentarierPortal. 9 December 2023.
4. Web site: Verhandlungen des Deutschen Reichstags. www.reichstag-abgeordnetendatenbank.de. 9 December 2023.
5. [Bernhard Mann|Mann, Bernhard]
6. Fritz Specht, Paul Schwabe: The Reichstag elections from 1867 to 1907. Statistics of the Reichstag elections along with the parties' programs and a list of elected representatives. 2nd edition supplemented by an appendix. Addendum. The Reichstag election of 1907 (12th legislative period). Carl Heymanns Verlag, Berlin 1908, p. 87.