Ferdinand von Voss-Buch
Ferdinand August Hans Friedrich von Voss-Buch , from 1864 Count von Voss-Buch , (born October 17, 1788 in Vielbaum , † July 1, 1871 in Berlin ) was a Prussian infantry general .
Life
origin
Ferdinand comes from the Mecklenburg noble family von Voss . He was a son of Albrecht Leopold von Voss-Buch (February 22, 1763 - May 31, 1793) and his wife Auguste Albertine Ehrengard, née Countess von der Schulenburg (April 8, 1764 - October 10, 1810). The parents divorced in 1790 and his father then married one of Wolky. His father was a captain and inspection adjutant to General von Kalkreuth . He fell during the siege of Mainz . His stepbrother Ludwig (1793–1849) died as a Prussian colonel and commander of the 5th Hussar Regiment of cholera . His aunt Julie Amalie Elisabeth († March 25, 1789) was morganatically married to King Friedrich Wilhelm II and was appointed Countess of Ingenheim by him.
Military career
After the early death of his father, Voss was brought up first with his uncle, the Minister Otto von Voss , and then with the consistorial councilor and court preacher Johann David Arendt (1741-1815) in Küstrin . 1799 received his uncle from King Friedrich Wilhelm III. the promise to take the boy into the Guard Regiment.
Voss was employed as a private corporal in the regiment of the Guard on February 16, 1802 and sworn in on October 18, 1792 . As an ensign he took part in the Battle of Auerstedt during the Fourth Coalition War, was captured with the surrender of Prenzlau and was made inactive.
After his release, Voss lived in Havelberg . With the beginning of the Fifth Coalition War , he tried to enter Austrian service in 1809, but was not approved by King Friedrich Wilhelm III. In January 1810 Voss was aggregated as a second lieutenant in the regiment of the Guard and on May 13, 1811, with a patent dated August 19, 1806, was assigned. On March 24, 1812 he was aggregated again and ordered to serve with General von Kleist . On April 11, 1812 he was appointed adjutant . In this position Voss took part in the Prussian campaign in 1812 and fought outside Riga as well as Eckau, Wollgund and Graefenthal. After the campaign, he was promoted to Prime Lieutenant on June 15, 1813 .
During the Wars of Liberation Voss fought in the sieges of Wittenberg and Montmédy as well as in the battles near Halle and Waldau. He was also in the battles at Großgörschen , Bautzen , Dresden , Kulm , Leipzig , Laon and Paris . For Bautzen he was awarded the Iron Cross, 2nd class, and for Paris, Voss was awarded the Cross, 1st class. At that time he was promoted to staff captain on May 9, 1814 .
On April 8, 1815 Voss was transferred to the Adjutantur, but remained in the 1st Guard Regiment on foot . With a patent from February 17, 1815, he was promoted to captain on June 9, 1815 and to major on March 30, 1817 with a patent from April 3, 1817 . On January 10, 1820 he was transferred to the 13th Infantry Regiment as a battalion commander and on June 5, 1821 to the commander of the III. Battalion in the 31st Landwehr Regiment in Naumburg . This was followed from May 15, 1828 to July 21, 1829 as commander of the Fusilier Battalion in the 20th Infantry Regiment . In the same position, Voss then worked in the Kaiser Alexander Grenadier Regiment . On March 30, 1832, he was commissioned to lead the 38th Infantry Regiment . Shortly afterwards commissioned with the command of the 20th Landwehr Infantry Regiment, Voss was appointed commander of this regiment on September 24, 1832. On January 14, 1833, Voss became commander of the Kaiser Alexander Grenadier Regiment and on March 30, 1833, with a patent from April 8, 1833, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel. In this position, Voss received the Order of Saint Anne II. Class in diamond on September 26, 1834 and rose to colonel on March 30, 1835 . In addition, Voss was appointed on November 26, 1836 as a member of the commission for the revision of the military laws. On June 8, 1838, Voss received the Order of St. Vladimir III. Class. On September 7, 1840 he was transferred to Magdeburg and commander of the 7th Landwehr Brigade and on September 19, 1840, with a patent from September 16, 1840, he was promoted to major general. From February 24, 1846 to March 4, 1848 Voss acted as the commander of the 5th Infantry Brigade in Frankfurt / Oder and then as the commander of the 8th Division and commander of the Erfurt Fortress . In this position he became lieutenant general on May 10, 1848 . On the occasion of his 50th anniversary in service, King Friedrich Wilhelm IV awarded him the Order of the Red Eagle First Class with Oak Leaves on October 10, 1852 . In July 1853, Voss was commissioned by the German Confederation to inspect the troop contingents of Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach , the Anhaltinian states , Hesse-Homburg , Schaumburg-Lippe and Waldeck . Voss took his leave on March 28, 1854 with the statutory pension, conferring the character of General of the Infantry .
After his departure, he was raised to the Prussian count on February 3, 1864, as the third Count von Voss-Buch , and on April 6, 1865, with his previous pension, was put up for disposal . On June 24, 1871, King Wilhelm I gave him the uniform of the 1st Guards Regiment on foot.
Voss was master of Buch , Karow , Birkholz , Wartenberg , Stavenow, Neblin and knights of the Order of St. John . After his death, he was buried in Buch on July 4, 1871.
family
Voss married Julie Karoline Albertine Countess Finck von Finckenstein on January 28, 1822 in Madlitz (* April 7, 1793, † January 9, 1877). She was a daughter of the Prussian district president Friedrich Ludwig Karl Finck von Finckenstein . The marriage remained childless. Heir was his nephew Gustav Leopold Hermann Otto Siegfried von Voss (born April 11, 1822).
literature
- Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 5, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1938], DNB 367632802 , pp. 490-491, no. 1666.
- Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of noble houses 1903. Fourth year, p. 876
Individual evidence
- ^ Johann David Arendt
- ↑ Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the count's houses, anno 1876 Volume 49 p. 960
- ↑ Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the count's houses 1875. P. 960.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Voss book, Ferdinand von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Voss, Ferdinand August Hans Friedrich von; Voss-Buch, Ferdinand August Hans Friedrich Graf von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian general of the infantry |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 17, 1788 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vielbaum |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 1, 1871 |
| Place of death | Berlin |