Johann von Türckheim (diplomat)

Johann von Türckheim (French: Jean de Turckheim) (10 November 1749 – 28 January 1824) was a French politician and a German diplomat.

Johann von Türckheim
National Constituent Assembly
In office
8 April 1789 – 24 November 1789
Parliamentary groupThird Estate
ConstituencyStrasbourg
Personal details
Born10 November 1749
Strasbourg
Died28 January 1824
Altorf (Ettenheim)
Spouse(s)Dorothea von Seufferheld (1759–1829)
RelationsBernard-Frédéric de Turckheim (brother)
Children8 children, including:
Johann von Türckheim (1778–1847)
Ferdinand August Josef Freiherr von Türckheim (1789–1848)
MotherMaria Magdalene, née Henneberg (1720–1793)
FatherJean de Turckheim (1707–1793)
OccupationPolitician, diplomat

Family

Jean de Turckheim was the oldest son of Baron Jean de Turckheim (1707–1793) and a brother of Bernard-Frédéric de Turckheim. His nephew, Jean-Frédéric de Turckheim, was the eighth mayor of Strasbourg.

Life

He was elected as a deputy of Strasbourg to the Estates-General in 1789.[1] Initially supportive of the revolution, he became disenchanted with its goals after the violence of July and August 1790 and became convinced that the unrest was part of a broader plan to overthrow the king and establish a radical republic.[2] After a short term as mayor of Strasbourg, he left France, and offered his services to the Duke of Hesse, whom he served for several years, in particular as envoy to Rome. He died in Altorf (Ettenheim), in the Grand Duchy of Baden in 1824.[3]

Works
  • De Jure legislatorio Merovaeorum et Carolingorum Galliae regum circa sacra. 1771, 1772
  • History of the House of Hesse.
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See also

References
  1. Margaret R. O'leary, Forging Freedom. iUniverse, 2012.
  2. Timothy Tackett, Becoming a Revolutionary: The Deputies of the French National Assembly and the Emergence of a Revolutionary Culture (1789–1790), Penn State Press, 2006.
  3. Jean Turckheim.
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