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royal affairs in
Silesia had a mathematician calculate that, as the number of initial beneficiaries was so small, the interest would accrue to the extent that in a few decades the assets would exceed those of the State of Prussia. A long process of negotiation with the King concluded with half the assets being kept for beneficiaries and the remainder was used to build the first state 'Werksschulen' in Silesia, thus paving the way for state education. This event was referred to as the Embarras de richesses (embarrassment of riches).
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Despite the loss of the majority of its assets, the foundation still exists today and is administered by the descendants of the founder. It regularly publishes the so-called 'Silberne Buch der
Familie Sack' (Silver Book) which records the history of the foundation and the family genealogy with the
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The Family magazine 'Die Taube' (The Dove) which has been almost continually published twice per annum since 1886 is still published today in both German and
English. The latest edition of the 'Silver Book' was published in 2010 and included the data on over 17,500 descendants and was of some 566
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The foundation is particularly important because, due to the vast amount of wealth involved, it attracted the interest of the King of
Prussia who wanted to appropriate its funds for the war effort against Napoleon. The initial assets were some 247,747 Thaler and the Count of Hoym who administered
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was not married and therefore had no children of his own. He did apparently have an illegitimate child with his housekeeper Anna Maria
Biesler (1735–1799) (although the identity of the actual mother is still a matter of dispute and no exact records have been found). Her name was Louise Ernestine
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established the foundation in 1781 for the benefit of the descendants of his father, Friedrich Ernst Sack (1676–1783) (Ernestinian Line), August
Friedrich Wilhelm Sack (Wilhelm Line) as well as of his adopted daughter Louise Ernestine Cramer (1757–1831) (Cramer Line).
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Biesler (1757–1831) and Simon
Heinrich raised her as a foster daughter adopting her legally in 1774. She later married the Privy Councillor Carl Cramer from Glogau and thus took the name of her husband, "Cramer“.
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Lower Saxony. (Registered with the
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Kornmilch, Ernst-Ekkehard. Die Ahnen Ernst
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In the year 1789 the foundation was recognized by "landesherrlichen Konsenz" (state agreement). Since 1945 its official seat is in
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Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein (attr. to), Portrait of Queen Louise of Prussia, painted after 1796
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in North Rhine Westphalia in Germany. The most famous artifact is the painting by
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at the age of 27, he became Court and Justice Councillor in
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