Albrecht Besserer von Thalfingen

Albrecht Theodorich Freiherr[1] Besserer von Thalfingen (October 8, 1787 – February 1, 1839) was a Bavarian General,[2] Hofmarschall of Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria, and Acting[3] War Minister under Ludwig I of Bavaria from November 1, 1838, to January 28, 1839.[4][5]

Besserer, a member of the Besserer von Thalfingen line, was born in Langenau and died in Munich. On September 26, 1819, he married Caroline Adelheid Walburga Josepha Wilhelmina Freiin von Verger (1789–1870).[6] The couple had two children, Maximilian Joseph Aloys (born 1820) and Therese Sophia (born 1824).[7]

References and notes
  1. Regarding personal names: Freiherr is a former title (translated as Baron). In Germany since 1919, it forms part of family names. The feminine forms are Freifrau and Freiin.
  2. http://www.bayerische-landesbibliothek-online.de/personen/person.html?PND=123050898
  3. called "Verweser"
  4. Besserer Auf Thalfingen, Albrecht Freiherr von, House of the Bavarian history (HdBG).
  5. Archiv der Herren und Freiherren Besserer von Thalfingen (German), p. 3.
  6. http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=rauck&id=I33919
  7. Albrecht Theodorich Freiherr Besserer v. Thalfingen, RootsWeb.
Government offices
Preceded by
Franz Xaver von Freiherr Hertling		 Ministers of War (Bavaria)
1838–1839 (acting)		 Succeeded by
Friedrich Freiherr von Hertling
(acting)


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