Ludwig Ernst von Voss

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Ludwig Ernst von Voss (born July 31, 1734 near Philippsburg ; † December 11, 1811 in Sagan ) was a Prussian lieutenant general and chief of the 11th Dragoon Regiment .

Life

origin

Friedrich Karl was the son of Christian Karl von Voss (* 1693; † October 15, 1763), colonel in the princely bodyguard on horseback in Saxe-Gotha , and his wife Magdalene Friederike, née Janus von Eberstedt. The later Prussian lieutenant general Karl Friedrich von Voss was his brother. He himself was born during the siege of the Philippsburg Fortress .

Military career

Voss went into Saxony-Gotha service in 1749 and came into the body regiment there on foot. There he was on 14 August 1752 Ensign and on March 8, 1756 Lieutenant . During the Seven Years' War he took his leave on February 25, 1757, changed to Prussian services and was and was employed in the Green Dragoon Regiment , which was part of a Freikorps under Kleist . On February 21, 1761 he was then staff assistant in the cuirassier regiment "von Bredow" . There Voss rose to Rittmeister and company commander on June 29, 1763 .

After the war he became major on December 4, 1777 and as such took part in the War of the Bavarian Succession in 1778/79 . On June 24, 1787 he became a lieutenant colonel and on May 29, 1789 also commander of the cuirassier regiment "von Manstein". In addition, he received the order Pour le Mérite on August 27, 1789 at the Revue . With the First Coalition War he became chief of the "von Tschirschky" dragoon regiment , which was immediately relocated to the Rhine. On January 4, 1794, he was also appointed major general. On May 21, 1800 he was also promoted to lieutenant general. With his regiment and three fusilier battalions Voss occupied on the orders of King Friedrich Wilhelm III. in June 1802 the city of Erfurt . After handing over command there to Lieutenant General Leopold Alexander von Wartensleben , Voss returned with his regiment to the garrison in Silesia at the end of August 1802 . In September 1803 he suffered an accident on a trip to the maneuvers in Potsdam , which finally forced him to say goodbye due to illness. After he had been awarded the Order of the Red Eagle in August 1804 , Voss received his resignation on November 30, 1805 with a pension of 1,500 thalers .

family

He married Wilhelmine Sophie von Hackeborn on November 9, 1767 (April 17, 1744 - April 23, 1814 in Sagan). The couple had several children:

  • Karl Ludwig (* 1774 - May 17, 1822), Major a. D.
  • August Friedrich (* 1780; † August 26, 1813), died at Katzbach as a prime lieutenant
  • Luise Wilhelmine Ernestine (February 9, 1769 - February 28, 1828) ∞ Karl Julius Wilhelm von Prittwitz (March 8, 1758 - May 4, 1835), District Administrator (parents of General Karl von Prittwitz )

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ After: Franz Ludwig von Haller: Military Character and Strange War Thats Friederich the Only King of Prussia. P. 289. The corps was not set up in digital form until 1760. There may be a confusion with the Green Hussar (Hussar Regiment No. 1).
  2. ^ Luise Wilhelmine Ernestine von Voss at geneagraphie.com
personal data
SURNAME Voss, Ludwig Ernst from
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian Lieutenant General, Chief of Dragoon Regiment No. 11
DATE OF BIRTH July 31, 1734
PLACE OF BIRTH at Philippsburg
DATE OF DEATH December 11, 1811
Place of death Sagan