Christoph Moritz Max Freiherr von Beschwitz
Christoph Moritz Max Freiherr von Beschwitz (Schloss Arnsdorf, 2 April 1898 – Wiesbaden, 26 September 1980), Lord of the Castle of Arnsdorf in the Kingdom of Saxony, was a German Nobleman, son of Heinrich Moritz Max Freiherr von Beschwitz and wife Alexandra Emilie Caroline Eugenie Henriette Adele Gräfin Zedtwitz von Moraván und Duppau.
Career
He was a Knight of Honour of the Order of St. John.[1]
Marriage and children
He married firstly in Schloss Suckow on 7 October 1924 Marie Agnes von Arnim (Schloss Suchow, 19 August 1903 – Dresder Weissen-Hirsch, 3 May 1938), daughter of Georg Gustav von Arnim and wife Hulda Elisabeth Anna von Versen, and had issue, among whom a daughter Verena Marie Agnes Hulda Alexandra Freiin von Beschwitz (Dresden, 13 October 1928 – Wiesbaden, 22 April 1980), married as his first wife at the Roça Canzela, in Quiculungo, Angola, on 9 October 1960 with Dom Miguel Nuno de Sousa Coutinho (Évora, São Pedro, 7 March 1930 –), of the Marquesses (formerly Counts) of Funchal and Marquesses (formerly Viscounts) of Maceió in Brasil, of the Counts of Linhares and of the Counts of Redondo (formerly Counts of Borba) and Lords of Gouveia (a great-great-grandson of Vitório Maria Francisco de Sousa Coutinho Teixeira de Andrade Barbosa, Count of Linhares, a great-great-grandson of the 1st Duke de Loulé and a great-great-great-grandson of King John VI of Portugal), and had issue, three sons.
References
- Costados, Gonçalo de Mesquita da Silveira de Vasconcelos e Sousa, Livraria Esquina, 1.ª Edição, Porto, 1997, N.º 108