Count Ludwig Joseph von Boos-Waldeck, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German nobleman who promoted emigration to Texas
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Place of Birth: Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
About Count Ludwig Joseph von Boos-Waldeck
- Count Ludwig Joseph von Boos-Waldeck (26 November 1798 – 1 October 1880) was a German noble who promoted the settling of Texas by Germans. Boos-Waldeck was born in Koblenz as the son of Count Clemens von Boos zu Waldeck (1773-1842) und Freiin Johanna von Bibra (1774-1856).
- He descended from a line of Rhenish knights and nobles dating back to the 13th century.
- Boos-Waldeck married about 1827 Freiin Henriette von Wessenberg-Ampringen (1807-1856), the daughter of Johann Freiherr von Wessenberg-Ampringen (1773-1858).
- He was the uncle of the composer Victor von Boos zu Waldeck (1840-1916). In April 1842 Boos-Waldeck and a few other nobles met at Biebrich on the Rhine, near Mainz, to organize a society, which they called the Adelsverein, to promote German immigration to Texas.
- In 1843 Boos-Waldeck bought and developed the Nassau Plantation near Round Top, Texas on behalf of the Adelsverein.
- In addition to his native German, he spoke Spanish and English when Texas came under Mexican and U.S.
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- He died in Aschaffenburg, Kingdom of Bavaria.
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