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Ludvig (Wilhelm August greve) Douglas, 1849 - 1916Ludvig Vilhelm August Douglas, Count of Mühlhausen, Gondelsheim, Skenninge and Stjernorp, Lord of Langenstein and Stjernorp castles (24 November 1849 at Zürich, Switzerland - 20 July 1916 Lysekil, Sweden), was a conservative Swedish politician and official. He was a direct patrilineal descendant of Field Marshal Robert Douglas. Ludvig Douglas' parents were
Count Carl Israel Douglas
(1824-1898), first count of the Douglas family in the nobility of Baden (since
1848) as Count of Mühlhausen, and his wife Countess Louise von Gondelsheim and
Langenstein (1825-1900), herself an illegitimate daughter of Louis I, Grand Duke
of Baden by Katharina Werner. Through his mother, he was a second cousin of
Victoria of Baden, wife of King Gustaf V of Sweden. He also held the position of Riksmarskalk (Marshal of the Realm) (1911-1916),
Landshövding (governor) of Uppsala County (1893-1895), and Landshövding
(governor) of Östergötland County (1901-1912). Douglas worked for the Norrlander
farmers' party against the forest products companies, they demanded protective
legislation in field of wood market. His wife was Countess Anna Louise Ehrensvärd, daughter of Count Albert Ehrensvärd the Elder, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden (1885-1889), and sister of Count Albert Ehrensvärd the Younger, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden (1911-1914). They had 7 children: 1 Countess Louise Douglas Born 22 November 1878 Gerstorp Died 2 April 1964 Slevringe Married 8 June 1901 Karna, Ostergotland Freiherr Theodor Adelsward Born 13 October 1860 Langdunker, Sodermanland Died 29 September 1929 Adelsnas 2 Count Robert Douglas Born 24 April 1880 Hinterhausen Died 26 August 1955 Langenstein Married (1) 11 August 1906 Ordrup Div.1938 Sophia de Fine Blaauw, daughter of Dick Blaauw and Marie de Fine von Krogh Beyer Born 9 January 1886 Christiana Married (2) 23 April 1939 Orsingen Princess Auguste Viktoria von Hohenzollern, daughter of Wilhelm, Fuerst von Hohenzollern and Princess Maria Teresa of The Two Sicilies Born 19 August 1890 Potsdam Died 29 August 1966 Munchhof He inherited Gerstorp in 1916 on the death of his father. 3 Count Archibald Douglas General Lieutenant Born 19 July 1883 Stjarnorp Died 5 July 1960 Stjarnorp Married 20 April 1907 Stockholm Astri Henschen, daughter of Prof. Dr. Salomon Henschen and Gerda Sandell Born 23 June 1883 Ronneby, Lan Blekinge Died 20 October 1976 Ronninge, Lan Stockholm 4 Countess Madeleine Douglas Born 2 September 1886 Gerstorp, Lan Ostergotland Died 21 July 1983 Drottningholm nr Stockholm Married (1) 8 June 1906 Linkoping Div.2-1-1931 Comte Charles Louis Fouche, 6.Duc d'Otrante, son of Comte Gustave Armand Fouche, 5.Duc d'Otrante and Freiin Therese von Stedingk Born 21 June 1877 Elghammar Died 31 May 1950 Elghammar Married (2) 18 May 1931 Goteborg Ivar Tengbom Born 7 April 1878 Vireda, Lan Jonkoping Died 6 August 1968 Lovo 5 Count Carl Douglas Born 22 November 1888 Gerstorp Died 2 June 1946 Linkoping Married 10 November 1919 Orsingen Maria von Schlichting, daughter of Joachim von Schlichting and Freiin Antonia von Froben Born 19 November 1895 Karlsruhe Died 4 December 1971 Lund 6 Countess Ellen Douglas Born 17 February 1892 Gerstorp Died 20 August 1987 Granna, Lan Jonkoping Married 27 February 1927 Stjarnorp Div.6-7-1937 Martin Mansson Born 8 January 1880 Ledberg, Ostergotland Died 13 February 1952 Stockholm 7 Count Oscar Douglas Born 25 December 1896 Stockholm Married 16 January 1926 Stockholm Dagmar Skarstedt, daughter of Sigfrid Skarstedt and Anna Rignell Born 7 November 1901 Stockholm
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