{{short description|Extinct baronetcy in the Baronetage of England}}

{{Infobox baronetage | title = Curtius Baronetcy of Sweden | creation_date = 2 April 1652 | monarch = Charles II | baronetage = Baronetage of England | first_holder = Sir William Curtius FRS | last_holder = Wilhelm Adam von Curti | extinction_date = 15 January 1823 | status = Extinct }}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2014}} {{Use British English|date=July 2014}} thumb |Wilhelmus Curtius, Baronet "Ambassador in Germany for His British Majesty for 19 Years" National Portrait Gallery mw140525

The '''Curtius Baronetcy''' of Sweden was a title in the Baronetage of England,<ref name ="Help to English History">{{Citation | first = Peter | last = Heyleyn | authorlink =Peter Heylin | title = Help to English History: Containing a Succession of All the Kings of England ... the Kings and Princes of Wales; the Kings and Lords of Man: and the Isle of Wight. As Also of All the Dukes, Marquises, Earls and Bishops Thereof ... Together with the Names and Ranks of the Viscounts, Barons, and Baronets, of England | year = 1773 | page =475}}</ref> created on 2 April 1652 for William Curtius, "Resident to the King of Sweden".<ref name="Complete Baronetage">{{Citation | first =George E. | last= Cokayne | authorlink = George Edward Cokayne | title = Complete Baronetage|publisher = W. Pollard & co., ltd. | location =Exeter | year=1900}}</ref>

Curtius was a diplomat representing the House of Stuart during the Thirty Years' War and the exile of Charles II, and head magistrate for two of the Electoral Palatinate districts for many years. <ref name="Widder"> {{cite book |last1=Widder |first1=Johann Goswin |title=Versuch einer vollständigen geographisch-historischen Beschreibung der kurfürstl. Pfalz am Rheine. Band 2. (A geographic history of the Palatine Electorate, volume 2) |date=1 January 1787 |publisher=Dritter Zheil |location=Frankfurt und Leipzig |page=4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OpAAAAAAcAAJ&q=Oberamtmann+curtius&pg=PA4 |accessdate=25 August 2015 |ref=Widder 1787}} </ref> <ref name="HesseBio">''[http://www.lagis-hessen.de/de/subjects/idrec/sn/bio/id/8610 Wilhelm von Curti]'', Biography of Hesse, at: ''Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS) in Germany''</ref> Curtius was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1667,<ref name=RoyalSociety> {{cite web |title = Fellowship of the Royal Society | url = http://royalsociety.org/about-us/fellowship/ }} </ref> and was England's Resident Ambassador to the Holy Roman Empire from 1664 until 1677.

The second baronet was Karl Wilhelm (Charles William); his son Carl August Adolf von Curti was the third.

The baronetcy became extinct in 1823 with the death of the fourth baronet, Wilhelm Adam. The Curti-Schloss was inherited by Julianne von Curti, and then by her children of her marriage into the Von Gall family.

==Curtius Baronets, of Sweden==

[[File:Pfälzer-Schloss Curti-Wappen.jpg|thumb|The coat of arms of the Curtius Baronets from the old cemetery of Umstadt, now located beside the ''Pfälzer Schloss'' at the centre of the city]] *William Curtius FRS, 1st Baronet (Born Johann Wilhelm di Curti on 12 August 1599 in Bensheim, died 23 January 1678 in Frankfurt am Main).<ref name="HesseBio" /><ref name=curtischloss>Curti Castle (de)</ref> *Charles (William) Curtius, 2nd Baronet (26 December 1654 – 13 April or September 1733)<ref name=curtischloss /> *Herman Carl (Charles) August Adolf Curtius, 3rd Baronet (22 April 1699, married 15 March 1740, 18. August 1753)<ref name=breuberg>{{cite web | title = Stadtarchiv Breuberg: Curti-Waldkauf-Originalurkunde von 1785 entdeckt | url = http://www.breuberg.de/aktuelles/news-details/article/stadtarchiv-breuberg-curti-waldkauf-originalurkunde-von-1785-entdeckt/ | access-date = 17 January 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151126040145/http://www.breuberg.de/aktuelles/news-details/article/stadtarchiv-breuberg-curti-waldkauf-originalurkunde-von-1785-entdeckt/ | archive-date = 26 November 2015 | url-status = dead }}</ref> *Wilhelm Adam von Curti, 4th Baronet (21 July 1742 - 15 January 1823).<ref name=curtischloss />

On his death in 1678, Sir William was succeeded as Baronet by his son, Sir Charles William Curtius (Carl von Curti), who lived until 1733. Sir Carl was also appointed as Oberamtmann of Umstadt, from 1681 to 1691.

[[File:Curti-Siegel 1699 Anna Helena v. Curti geb. Schenck zu Schweinsberg-Carl Wilhelm v. Curti.JPG|thumb|left|Seal of the Curtius Baronets from 1699; the small hand is from the Arms of Ulster, included as an inescutcheon on the armorial bearings of all English Baronets.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.baronetage.org/a-short-history/ |title=A short history |publisher=The Standing Council of the Baronetage |access-date=21 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150920084242/http://www.baronetage.org/a-short-history/ |archive-date=20 September 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ]]

Sir Charles petitioned the English Parliament to pay the substantial fees promised Sir William by "Kings Charles the First, and Second". The petition sought "for a Debt incurred upon the Account of Publick Service by his Father Sir ''Wm. Curtius'', that to the Amount of Fourteen thousand Two hundred Fifty-five Pounds, as appears by the Accompt signed by his late Majesty King ''Charles'' the Second; who was pleased to grant him a Privy Seal for Two thousand Pounds; but only Five hundred Pounds, Part thereof, was paid."<ref> {{cite journal |journal=Journal of the House of Commons |date=1802|volume=10|issue=1688–1693|pages=251–252 |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=28895#s3|title=House of Commons Journal Volume 10: 3 August 1689 }}</ref> The petition was unsuccessful.

Since 1785, the church in the village of Wald-Amorbach, Breuberg has rung its bells at 10am daily in the "Curti-Peal" for the salvation of the von Curti family. The peal was established by Carl August Adolf von Curti's widow, Erhardine Catharina Louise von Wahl (* around 1700, † 17. Februar 1786), when she gave the Curti forest to Gross-Umstadt.<ref name=breuberg />

Wilhelm Adam von Curti was declared bankrupt in 1790. His estate at that time included feudal leases ("lehen") in six towns: Groß-Karben, Klein-Karben, Kaichen, Kloppenheim, Burggräfenrode and Dortelweil, Kurpfalz.<ref name=leonhardi>{{cite web | url = http://www.lagis-hessen.de/de/subjects/idrec/sn/bio/id/9154 |title =Leonhardi, Johann Peter Freiherr von, in: Hessische Biografie | date =10 Sep 2013 }} </ref>

The baronetcy became extinct in 1823 with the death of Wilhelm Adam, the last male descendant.

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person.php?LinkID=mp91799 Sir William Curtius in the National Portrait Gallery] * [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=176-brayg52&cid=3-6#3-6 Despatches, letters and papers of Sir William Curtius 1643–1662 ], Surrey History Centre

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