Adalbert von Frankenberg and Ludwigsdorf

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Adalbert Oskar Hans Karl von Frankenberg and Ludwigsdorf (born May 10, 1833 in Berlin ; † March 18, 1900 there ) was a Prussian lieutenant general .

Life

origin

Adalbert was a son of the Prussian lieutenant colonel Karl von Frankenberg and Ludwigsdorf (1795–1873) and his wife Ida, née Halling (1809–1865). The Prussian infantry general Robert von Frankenberg and Ludwigsdorf was his uncle.

Military career

After visiting the cadet houses in Potsdam and Berlin , Frankenberg was transferred to the 11th Infantry Regiment of the Prussian Army on February 26, 1851 as a second lieutenant . From mid-November 1856 he was adjutant of the Fusilier Battalion for two years , then rose to regimental adjutant and in this capacity was promoted to prime lieutenant at the end of May 1859 . On May 11, 1860, he was assigned to the command as adjutant of the 23rd Infantry Brigade . With the promotion to captain on May 9, 1863 Frankenberg became chief of the 2nd company of his regular regiment. In the following year he was commanded to serve with Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm during the autumn maneuvers of the Guard Corps .

During the German War in 1866 Frankenberg was seriously wounded by a shot through the left hand and the left lower leg near Langensalza in the bathing forest and was awarded the Order of the Red Eagle, fourth class with swords, for his work . After the war he was appointed adjutant to the General Command of the I. Army Corps on September 15, 1867 , and on March 14, 1870, with a patent from May 9, 1860, to the East Prussian Infantry Regiment No. 44 .

During the mobilization on the occasion of the war against France , Frankenberg advanced to major on July 20, 1870 and took part with his regiment in the battles at Colombey , Noisseville and Amiens as well as the siege of Metz . Awarded both classes of the Iron Cross , he was transferred to the 4th Queen of the Guards Grenadier Regiment in Koblenz on March 29, 1871 after the preliminary peace of Versailles as commander of the Fusilier Battalion . In the same capacity, on March 4, 1873 he was transferred to the 4th Guards Regiment on foot , in which Frankenberg rose to lieutenant colonel on July 3, 1875 . Promoted to colonel , he became commander of the 3rd Upper Silesian Infantry Regiment No. 62 in Cosel on June 11, 1879 . On October 14, 1884 he was promoted to major general and was commander of the 21st Infantry Brigade in Wroclaw until July 2, 1888 . Then Frankenberg was inspector of the 1st Landwehr inspection and received the character of Lieutenant General on September 19, 1888 . With the award of the star for the Crown Order II. Class, he was put up for disposition with the statutory pension on March 22, 1889 in approval of his resignation request.

After his departure, Frankenberg worked as a military writer and published in the military weekly . On March 22, 1897, Kaiser Wilhelm II honored him by awarding him the star for the Order of the Red Eagle, 2nd class, with oak leaves and swords on the ring. He died on March 18, 1900 in Berlin and was buried three days later in the Matthai cemetery .

family

Frankenberg married Countess Luise Finck von Finckenstein (1840-1897) on May 5, 1863 in Frankfurt (Oder ). The marriage remained childless.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gothaisches Genealogical Pocket Book of the Count's Houses. 1872. Year five and fortieth, Justus Perthes, Gotha 1871, p. 253.
personal data
SURNAME Frankenberg and Ludwigsdorf, Adalbert von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Frankenberg and Ludwigsdorf, Adalbert Oskar Hans Karl von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian lieutenant general
DATE OF BIRTH May 10, 1833
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH March 18, 1900
Place of death Berlin