Ludmila Lambeinová
"House of Korff-Schimising Kerssenbrock: A family life of an aristocratic family at the turn of 19th and 20th century in Bohemia"
Ludmila Lambeinová, State Regional Archive, Litomerice
The noble family of Korff-Schimising Kerssenbrock is an old German aristocratic family from Westphalia (northwest Germany), where is situated the parent house and family residence Brincke. The residence has been in family possession since 14th century. In this presentation I will focus on Clemens Korff-Schmising Kerssenbrock (1839 – 1913) and his family. Clemens Korff-Schmising was the very first member of the House of Kerssenbrock who came to Bohemia (now part of the Czech Republic). Being a professional soldier he was forced after 1863 to leave the Prussian army. Afterwards he was enlisted in Austro-Hungarian Army and he settled in West Bohemia (castle Lichtenstein-Líšťany). He first married Theresia Lažanská of Bukové (1856 – 1884) from a Czech aristocratic family. Unfortunately, their marriage lasted only 2 years as Theresia was shot during a hunting accident. Nevertheless, in 1886 Clemens married Gabriele of Lobkowicz (1855 – 1917), a member of one of the most famous Czech Noble families. They had 5 children, two of whom died prematurely. Their daughter Therés (1888 – 1973) later became a governess in the family of last Austro-Hungarian Emperor Charles I (Karl I).
The oldest son of Clemens and Gabriele, Rembert Kerssenbrock (1887 – 1958), became a judge. He married another member of the House of Lobkowicz, Leopoldina Lobkowicz. Due to political and social circumstances the married couple decided to give their family collection to Czechoslovak state in the 1970’s. The family collection consists of very valuable documents such as private letters, diaries, family photos etc. The documents have been handed over to State Regional Archives Litoměřice (Leitmeritz) and have been catalogued recently. They are very valuable historical sources documenting family life of an aristocratic family (engagement, wedding, education of the children, mourning, social contacts etc.)
About Ludmila Lambeinová
I graduated from Palacký University Olomouc in the Czech Republic and earned my Master’s Degree in Polish Philology and History.
In 2019, I defended Ph.D. thesis in linguistics at the University of Warsaw entitled Characteristics of Polish-Czech Translation of Academic Papers Based on the Texts on the 20th Century History of Poland. In addition to my doctoral research, I prepared and taught several academic courses at the University of Warsaw– especially Czech for Foreigners and courses devoted to history of Czech and Slovak Culture.
During my master studies I received a number of scholarships at universities in Poland (Cracow, Poznan, Warsaw). As a PhD candidate, I was granted the Intra-Visegrad Scholarship twice. I was a Research Fellow at the Wirth Institute of Austrian and Central-European Studies at the University of Alberta from September 2017 to August 2018.
I worked as historian at Hluboká Castle from November 2019 to March 2020, where I started to be fascinated by the history of the House of Schwarzenberg, which used to own the Hluboká Castle. Now I work as an archivist at State Regional Archives in Litomerice, where I am responsible for arranging the different archival collections.
My research interests are translation, history of Bohemian nobility and the 20th century history of Poland and Czechoslovakia. In my non-academic life, I am avid biker and enjoy mountain hiking.