Wolfgang Heribert von Dalberg

Wolfgang Heribert Kämmerer von Worms Freiherr von Dalberg (born 18 November 1750 in Worms-Herrnsheim, died 27 September 1806 in Mannheim) was a courtier and statesman of Baden, who served as Minister of State and Grand Master of the Household. He was also the first general administrator of the Mannheim National Theatre.

Early life and nacestry

He was a member of the prominent House of Dalberg and brother of Karl Theodor von Dalberg, the Arch-Chancellor of the Holy Roman Empire and Marianne von der Leyen, regent of the County of Hohengeroldseck.

Personal life

He was married to Baroness Elisabeth Augusta Ulner von Dieburg (1751-1816), daughter of Johann Wilhelm Franz Freiherr Ulner von Dieburg (1715-1771) and his second wife, Baroness Marie Louise Antoinette von Loë (1730-1756). They had one surviving son:

• Emmerich Joseph von Dalberg, who became a French diplomat and was granted the French title of Duke of Dalberg in 1810. He was married to Marquise Marie Pellegrine Thérèse de Brignole-Sale (d. 1860); had issue

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