Joseph Linden

Baron Joseph Franz Peter von Linden (7 June 1804 – 31 May 1895), was a German lawyer and politician in the Württemberg civil service.

Early life Linden was born on 7 June 1804 in Wetzlar into the noble Catholic Linden family. He was one of seven sons of Baroness Maria von Benzel (1769–1805) and Franz Josef Ignaz von Linden (1760–1836), the assessor at the Imperial Chamber Court who moved to Württemberg after its abolition. Among his siblings were Count Franz von Linden (who married a daughter of Baron Ernst von Hügel), politician Carl von Linden, and the military Ludwig von Linden. His nephew, Karl von Linden, was the founder of the Linden Museum in Stuttgart.

Later career

Following the death of King William I on 25 June 1864, his son and successor, King Charles I, replaced Linden, and his ministers, with Baron Karl von Varnbüler und zu Hemmingen on 21 September 1864, ending the Linden Government. After Linden's dismissal as Minister by Charles I, he became Württemberg's Ambassador to the Courts of Hesse and to the Federal Convention in Frankfurt. In 1868, he was Envoy to the Berlin Customs Parliament, and in 1870, he was prefect of the occupied Marne department. Together with the time as a member of the Knighthood from 1838 to 1849, and as an elected member of the Constitutional Advisory State Assembly in 1850, he was a member of the Estates for 55 years and thus the longest active member of Parliament in Württemberg's Parliamentary history. On 10 January 1893, at the age of 89, he resigned from his post due to health concerns and retired to his Neunthausen Manor in the Black Forest.

Personal life Linden married Baroness Emma von König-Warthausen (1810–1893). The couple had a son and three daughters, including:

Baron Franz Joseph Friedrich von Linden (1831–1887) Baroness Emma von Linden (1833–1919), who married Franz Borgias Fridolin Schinzinger. Baroness Henrietta Franziska von Linden (1836–1914) Baroness Henrietta Josephine von Linden (1838–1881)