August von Eisenhart

August von Eisenhart
Born
Johann August Eisenhart

3 November 1826
Munich, Bavaria
Died21 December 1905
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Alma materMunich
Heidelberg
Occupation(s)Justice service official
Judge
Cabinet Secretary to The King
Biographer
Spouse(s)Luise von Kobell (1827-1901)
author & commentator
Children1. Helene
2. Heinrich
Parents
  • Ignaz Eisenhart (1790–1864) (father)
  • Elise Weininger (1800–1882) (mother)

August von Eisenhart (3 November 1826 - 21 December 1905) was a Bavarian lawyer who became a politician. Between 1870 and 1876 he served as the king's cabinet secretary. The appointment was almost certainly made at the instigation of the powerful Interior Minister Johann von Lutz. The king himself became (at best) increasingly reclusive during the 1870s: commentators indicate that von Eisenhart became, in effect, the sole intermediary between King Ludwig II and the outside world - which included the other members of the Bavarian government.[1]

  1. ^ Jürgen Gebhardt [in German] (1959). "Eisenhart, Johann August Ritter von: bayerischer Kabinettssekretär, * 3.11.1826 München, † 21.12.1905 München". Neue Deutsche Biographie. Historische Kommission bei der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften (HiKo), München. p. 413. Retrieved 2 May 2021.