Ferdinand III Friedrich Joseph Gemmingen von Massenbach , (but for his abdication in 1898 of his Rights of Family Succession 16th Baron Massenbach in the H.R. Empire, etc., with his brothers having co-succ. 1912 his uncle Baron Karl IX.), of Dorf Kreuth, Bavaria, formerly of Berlin, Bavarian Court Gentleman-in-Waiting, Col. Roy. Bavarian Gendarmarie, prev. Army Capt. Roy. Bavarian 20th Inf. Regt., subs. Artist (Acadamician -- "Munich School"), etc. He was succ. acc. to primogeniture (failing knowledge of his eldest son) by his 2nd son "Antonius ("Toni"), 1899-1970", & is Founding Ancestor of the FAMILY "GEMMINGEN von MASSENBACH, of Bavaria".His eldest son - legitimised by his parents' subsequent marriage -- was adopted by a "French peasant couple". "a giant of a man"
|