Karl Friedrich Ludwig von Watzdorf

Karl Friedrich Ludwig von Watzdorf (1 September 1759 – 16 May 1840) was a Saxon general and diplomat.

Early life He was born on 1 September 1759 in Plauen, Electorate of Saxony into a Thuringian noble family. Raised on his parents' property in Kauschwitz (near Plauen), he was a son of the senior court judge Adam Friedrich von Watzdorf (1718–1781) and Henriette Philippine Charlotte von Pöllnitz (1733–1784).

After the death of his parents, he was awarded the manors of Kauschwitz and Syrau (today part of Rosenbach) through an inheritance contract with his brothers.

Personal life

Watzdorf married Baroness Antonie Maria von Stöcken (1765–1800). Before her death in 1800, they were the parents of:

Marie Frederike Auguste (1787–1842), who married Karl Borromäus von Miltitz, in 1810. Anton Jakob Carl (1788–1815), Prussian Lt.-Col. who fell at the Battle of Waterloo; he married Countess Wolfradine Auguste Luise von der Schulenburg. Max Gustav (1789–1814), a chamberlain; he married Sophie Auguste Mederacke. Josephine Margarethe (1790–1790), who died young. Luise Auguste Sophie (1792–1792), who died young. Marie Viktoria (1793–1794), who died young.

After the death of his first wife, he married Charlotte Henriette von Hopfgarten-Mülverstedt (1774–1864) on 7 May 1804. They were the parents of:

Marie Klementine (1805–1826), who died unmarried. Karl Hermann (1807–1846), made baron in 1837; he married Wilhelmine ( von Reichenbach) Luckner, in 1840. Therese Adelaide (1808–1841), who married Karl Wolfgang von Heygendorff, the illegitimate son of Karl August, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach and the actor Karoline Jagemann, in 1836.

Watzdorf died in Dresden on 16 May 1840.