Lazarus IV Henckel von Donnersmarck

Count Lazarus IV Henckel von Donnersmarck (23 May 1835 – 18 December 1914), also spelled Łazarz IV, was a German 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.

Lazarus IV Henckel von Donnersmarck
Henckel von Donnersmarck in 1908
Member of the Reichstag
In office 1884–1887
Member of the Prussian House of Representatives
In office 1870–1876
Personal details
Born	23 May 1835 Siemianowitz-Laurahütte, Silesia, Kingdom of Prussia
Died	18 December 1914 Breslau, Prussia, German Empire
Political party	Centre Party
Spouse	Countess Maria von Schweinitz und Krain
Children	3 (including Edwin)
Parent(s)	Count Hugo Henckel von Donnersmarck Countess Laura von Hardenberg
Occupation	politician, industrialist, landowner

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.

References

1. "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. "BIORAB Kaiserreich – ParlamentarierPortal". Retrieved 9 December 2023.
4. "Verhandlungen des Deutschen Reichstags". www.reichstag-abgeordnetendatenbank.de. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
5. Mann, Bernhard (arr.): Biographical handbook for the Prussian House of Representatives. 1867–1918. Collaboration by Martin Doerry, Cornelia Rauh and Thomas Kühne. Droste-Verlag, Düsseldorf 1988, p. 174. In: Handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties, vol. 3; for the election results see Thomas Kühne: Handbook of elections to the Prussian House of Representatives 1867–1918. Election results, electoral alliances and election candidates (= handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 6). Droste, Düsseldorf 1994, ISBN 978-3-7700-5181-6 , pp. 354–358.
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.