Karl Friedrich von Savigny (19 September 1814 – 11 February 1875) was a Prussian diplomat, politician, and a leading member of the Centre Party.
Early life
Savigny was born in Berlin on 19 September 1814. His father was the jurist Friedrich Carl von Savigny, who was then privy councillor of the court of appeals, member of the Prussian council of State, and professor at the University of Berlin, and his mother was Kunigunde Brentano, sister of the poet Clemens Brentano. His father was a Protestant, but his mother was a Catholic, and their children were raised Catholic.
Personal life
In Boitzenburg in 1853 Savigny was married to Countess Freda Sophie Karoline Marie von Arnim-Boitzenburg, a daughter of Count Adolf Heinrich von Arnim-Boitzenburg, the 1st Minister President of Prussia (under King Frederick William IV) and Countess Anna Caroline von der Schulenburg. Among her siblings were Count Adolf von Arnim-Boitzenburg, governor of Silesia who was president of the Reichstag in 1880. Together, they were the parents of four sons and five daughters, including:
- Leo von Savigny (1863–1910), professor of law in Marburg and Münster; he married Baroness Maria von Amelunxen.
- Karl von Savigny (1855–1928), member of the Prussian House of Representatives and the Reichstag; he married his brother's widow, Baroness Maria von Amelunxen in 1912.
- Adolf von Savigny (1857–1920), Prussian court trainee.
- Elisabeth von Savigny (1856–1902), who married Baron Rudolf von Buol-Berenberg, President of the Reichstag.
- Maria Freda von Savigny (1859–1890), Sister of Mercy of St. Borromeo in Osnabrück.