Wilhelm de Perponcher Sedlnitzky

Count Wilhelm Heinrich Ludwig Arend von Perponcher-Sedlnitzky (17 July 1819 – 24 June 1893) was a Dutch-German diplomat.

Early life

Perponcher was born in Berlin on 17 July 1819. Among his siblings were Friedrich von Perponcher-Sedlnitzky (Oberhofmarschall of Kaiser Wilhelm I), who married Countess Wanda Friederike Ottilie Hedwig von Moltke, and Ludwig von Perponcher-Sedlnitzky, who married Countess Adelheid von Bülow.

His paternal grandparents were Baron Cornelis de Perponcher Sedlnitsky, (scion of an old Huguenot Dutch family and of old Czech noble family that had fled Bohemia after the 1621 Battle of White Mountain), a justice in the Hof van Holland (the high court of the province of Holland), and Jonkvrouwe Johanna Maria van Tuyll van Serooskerke. His maternal grandparents were Arend Willem van Reede van Amerongen and Wilhelmina Carolina Elisabeth Albertina Charlotte von Krusemarck. In 1853, he was recognized as belonging to the Prussian nobility with the title of Count.

Personal life In 1853, Perponcher was married to Countess Antoinette Louise Emilie Julie von Maltzan, Baroness of Wartenburg and Penzlin (1825–1899), a daughter of Count Mortimer von Maltzan and Countess Augusta von der Goltz. Antoinette served as Chief Court Mistress of Empress Augusta. Together, they were the parents of:

Descendants Through his daughter Elisabeth, he was a grandfather of Prince Gebhard Blücher von Wahlstatt (1865–1931), who married diarist Evelyn Stapleton-Bretherton in 1907.