Carl Philipp von Venningen

The Lohr local historian Karlheinz Bartels proposed that one of her step-daughters, Maria Sophia Margarethe Catharina, was the inspiration for Snow White.

[2] In 1750, Carl Philipp married Maria Anna von Hutten [de] zu Stolzenberg (died 1781), a great-aunt of Franz Christoph von Hutten zum Stolzenberg [de], prince-bishop of Speyer and cardinal.

After studying jurisprudence, Carl Philipp became a chamber and court judge in Mannheim and in 1750 he was admitted to the noble governing council of Electoral Palatinate with a seat and a vote.

In 1791, Carl Philipp sold his palace in Mannheim and in the following years he retreated from his public roles even more.

[3] Over the course of his life, Carl Philipp expanded the family property which he had inherited through further acquisitions and he had rights of possession in the following villages: Grombach, Hilsbach, Mühlhausen, Rappenau [de] und Spechbach.

Carl Philipp von Venningen died on 27 August 1797 and was interred in the crypt of the Catholic schloss church in Eichtersheim, which he had had built between 1777 until 1782.