By his age Friedrich Joseph (the father of Edmund) could be the oldest brother of all other Freiherren and Freiinnen, and got the title 3 months earlier in 1790, but seems to be a cousin.
Bytheway, this book has the complte genealogy of Johann Christoph v. Schmitz who married the Scherer v. H. wife (compare the second picture):
https://www.google.de/books/edition/Das_...dDAQAAIAAJ
Bytheway, this book has the complte genealogy of Johann Christoph v. Schmitz who married the Scherer v. H. wife (compare the second picture):
https://www.google.de/books/edition/Das_...dDAQAAIAAJ

