Christoph Moritz Max Freiherr von Beschwitz (Schloss Arnsdorf, April 2, 1898 – Wiesbaden

Wiesbaden

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, September 26, 1980), Lord

Lord

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 of the Castle

Castle

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 of Arnsdorf

Arnsdorf

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 in the Kingdom of Saxony

Kingdom of Saxony

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, was a German

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 Nobleman, son of Heinrich Moritz Max Freiherr von Beschwitz

Heinrich Moritz Max Freiherr von Beschwitz

Heinrich Moritz Max Freiherr von Beschwitz , Lord of Arnsdorf with Gersdorf and Ottendorf in the Kingdom of Saxony, was a German Military and Nobleman, son of Moritz Wilhelm Wolf Freiherr von Beschwitz and wife Alexandra von Hesse.-Career:He was a Gentleman of the Bedchamber of the King of Saxony,...

 and wife Alexandra Emilie Caroline Eugenie Henriette Adele Gräfin Zedtwitz von Moraván und Duppau.

Career

He was a Knight

Knight

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 of Honour of the Order of St. John.

Marriage and children

He married firstly in Schloss Suckow on October 7, 1924 Marie Agnes von Arnim (Schloss Suchow, August 19, 1903 – Dresder Weissen-Hirsch, May 3, 1938), daughter of Georg Gustav von Arnim

Georg Gustav von Arnim

Georg Gustav von Arnim , 6th Lord of the Fideicomis of Suckow in the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, was a German Military and Nobleman, son of Georg Abraham Constantin von Arnim and wife Rosalie Augusta Carolina Johanna Ulrika von Schnehen.-Career:He was a Chamberlain of the King of Prussia,...

 and wife Hulda Elisabeth Anna von Versen, and had issue, among whom a daughter Verena Marie Agnes Hulda Alexandra Freiin von Beschwitz (Dresden

Dresden

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, October 13, 1928 – Wiesbaden

Wiesbaden

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, April 22, 1980), married as his first wife at the Roça Canzela, in Quiculungo

Quiculungo

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, Angola

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, on October 9, 1960 with Dom

Don (honorific)

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 Miguel Nuno de Sousa Coutinho (Évora

Évora

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, São Pedro, March 7, 1930 –), of the Marquess

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es (formerly Count

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s) of o Funchal

Funchal

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 and Marquess

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es (formerly Viscount

Viscount

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s) of Maceió

Maceió

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 in Brasil, of the Count

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s of Linhares and of the Count

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s of Redondo

Redondo

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 (formerly Count

Count

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s of Borba

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) and Lord

Lord

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s of Gouveia

Gouveia

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 (a great-great-grandson of Vitório Maria Francisco de Sousa Coutinho Teixeira de Andrade Barbosa, Count of Linhares

Vitório Maria de Sousa Coutinho

D. Vitório Maria Francisco de Sousa Coutinho Teixeira de Andrade Barbosa, second Count of Linhares was a Portuguese Prime Minister and a military man....

, a great-great-grandson of the 1st Duke de Loulé and a great-great-great-grandson of King

King

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 John VI of Portugal

John VI of Portugal

John VI John VI John VI (full name: João Maria José Francisco Xavier de Paula Luís António Domingos Rafael; (13 May 1767 – 10 March 1826) was King of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves (later changed to just King of Portugal and the Algarves, after Brazil was recognized...

), and had issue, three sons.