Johann von Türckheim explained

Johann von Türckheim
Birth Date:10 November 1749
Birth Place:Strasbourg
Death Date:28 January 1824
Death Place:Altorf (Ettenheim)
Office:National Constituent Assembly
Parliamentarygroup:Third Estate
Constituency:Strasbourg
Term Start:8 April 1789
Term End:24 November 1789
Spouse:Dorothea von Seufferheld (1759–1829)
Occupation:Politician, diplomat
Mother:Maria Magdalene, née Henneberg (1720–1793)
Father:Jean de Turckheim (1707–1793)
Children:8 children, including:
Johann von Türckheim (1778–1847)
Ferdinand August Josef Freiherr von Türckheim (1789–1848)
Relations:Bernard-Frédéric de Turckheim (brother)

Johann von Türckheim (10 November 1749 – 28 January 1824) was a French politician and a German diplomat.

Family

Jean de Turckheim was the oldest son of Baron Jean de Turckheim (1707–1793) and a brother of Bernard-Frédéric de Turckheim. His nephew, Jean-Frédéric de Turckheim, was the eighth mayor of Strasbourg.

Life

He was elected as a deputy of Strasbourg to the Estates-General in 1789.[1] Initially supportive of the revolution, he became disenchanted with its goals after the violence of July and August 1790 and became convinced that the unrest was part of a broader plan to overthrow the king and establish a radical republic.[2] After a short term as mayor of Strasbourg, he left France, and offered his services to the Duke of Hesse, whom he served for several years, in particular as envoy to Rome. He died in Altorf (Ettenheim), in the Grand Duchy of Baden in 1824.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Margaret R. O'leary, Forging Freedom. iUniverse, 2012.
  2. Timothy Tackett, Becoming a Revolutionary: The Deputies of the French National Assembly and the Emergence of a Revolutionary Culture (1789 - 1790), Penn State Press, 2006.
  3. https://books.google.com/books?id=g-BIAAAAcAAJ&dq=Jean+de+Turckheim&pg=PA576 Jean Turckheim