Adolf von Bonin

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General von Bonin
General von Bonin

Adolf Albert Ferdinand Karl Friedrich von Bonin (born November 11, 1803 in Heeren , † April 16, 1872 in Berlin ) was a Prussian infantry general .

Life

origin

Adolf von Bonin came from an old aristocratic family from the East Pomerania with the parent company of the same name south of Köslin , which was first mentioned in a document in 1294. His father was Gustav Ferdinand von Bonin (born March 26, 1773 in Elvershagen , † January 17, 1837 in Berlin), retired Prussian major. D., last 8th Hussar Regiment as well as knight of the order Pour le Mérite and his wife Anna Elisabeth Adolfine Karoline, born Freiin von Plettenberg (born June 24, 1776 in Heeren , † February 19, 1843 in Berlin) from the house of Heeren.

His brother Gustav (1797–1878) was a Prussian administrative lawyer and politician.

Military career

Bonin was a cadet in Berlin from 1817 and was then transferred on foot to the 2nd Guards Regiment on July 28, 1821 as a second lieutenant . From October 1, 1824 to June 30, 1826 he was sent to the General War School for further training . In 1828 Bonin rose to regimental adjutant and from December 2, 1830 he was adjutant at the General Command of the Guard Corps . On January 24, 1833 he was appointed adjutant to Prince Adalbert of Prussia . After his promotion to prime lieutenant in 1838 he became a wing adjutant of King Friedrich Wilhelm III. Later he served in this capacity Friedrich Wilhelm IV. And Wilhelm I.

He completed his military career, becoming a colonel in 1851 , major general in 1854 , lieutenant general and adjutant general to the king in 1858 , commanding general of the 1st Army Corps in 1863 and general of the infantry in 1864.

In the war of 1866 his 1st Army Corps was in the Crown Prince's 2nd Army . During his march through the Giant Mountains, he suffered a defeat in the attack by General Gablenz in the battle of Trautenau on June 27 and had to retreat. This retreat put the Prussian advance in jeopardy, as his corps was supposed to close the gap to the 1st Army of Prince Friedrich Karl Nikolaus of Prussia . Because he did not set out for the battle of Königgrätz at half past ten in the morning, only the heads of his corps reached the battlefield just in time at around 3 p.m. to relieve the hard-pressed guard. When marching off, his troops also got in the way of the cavalry, which had to stay behind the train and thus no longer reached the battlefield at all. Only one brigade from the entire I. Army Corps was deployed here. Moltke described Bonin as incompetent with regard to his services at Königgrätz.

After peace was signed, Bonin was sent to the Kingdom of Saxony in 1867 as commander in chief of the Prussian troops . On May 28, 1867, he was released from this position. After a vacation of several months, Bonin was appointed head of the Reitenden Feldjägerkorps and President of the General Order Commission. He had no active command during the Franco-Prussian War . During this time, Bonin was initially used as governor general for the districts of the provinces of Brandenburg and Saxony and then appointed governor general of Lorraine in mid-August 1870 . After the end of the war, Bonin resigned from his previous position as the King's Adjutant General and President of the General Order Commission, as well as his position as head of the Reitende Feldjägerkorps. In addition, he was chief of the infantry regiment "von Boyen" (5th East Prussian) No. 41 until his death .

family

Bonin married on October 23, 1838 in Bariskow Marie Sophie von Zieten (born June 29, 1820 in Potsdam, † October 17, 1846 in Berlin), the daughter of the Prussian Lieutenant General Otto von Zieten . The following children were born from the marriage:

  • Otto Ferdinand Fürchtegott Bogislaw (born September 12, 1839 in Bariskow; † October 15, 1870 in Goussainville), Prussian Premier Lieutenant ⚭ 1865 Baron Marie Luise Albertine von Paleske (born February 8, 1845)
  • Friederike Wilhelmine Luise Emilie Alexandrine Elisabeth (born August 3, 1841 in Bariskow) ⚭ October 20, 1859 Theodor von Kriegsheim
  • Ottilie Emilie Elisabeth (born August 28, 1843 in Bariskow) ⚭ October 18, 1865 Urban von Hirschfeld, Prussian major

After her death, he married on September 26, 1850 with Elisabeth Klara Natalie Emilie Charlotte von Oppen (born August 25, 1827 in Siede, † November 17, 1890 in Berlin), the daughter of the Prussian lieutenant general Adolf Friedrich von Oppen . The following children were born from the marriage:

  • Oskar Adolf Fürchtegott Bogislaw (born July 18, 1851 in Berlin), Prussian Prime Lieutenant, Chamberlain, Knight of the Order of St. John and Lord of Herzogwalde
  • Adolfine Johanna Alexandra Sophie (born June 8, 1853) ⚭ August 1, 1877 Erich Graf zu Dohna-Schlodien, Prussian lieutenant colonel
  • Johann Georg Fürchtegott (born May 23, 1855 in Berlin), Prussian major
  • Alexandra Editha Bertha Karoline Anna Marie (born August 20, 1857 in Potsdam) ⚭ October 19, 1881 Ulrich von Trotha, Oberhofmarschall
  • Therese Johanna Luise Meta (born May 9, 1862) ⚭ October 29, 1893 Karl von Könemann
  • Viktoria Wilhelmine (born June 29, 1866 in Königsberg ) ⚭ October 23, 1893 Rudolf von Oppen (born November 14, 1860), son of General Karl von Oppen (1824–1895)

corps

Bonin was a member of the Corps Pomerania Greifswald and the Corps Pomerania Halle (II).

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hans Branig :  Bonin, Gustav von. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1955, ISBN 3-428-00183-4 , p. 447 ( digitized version ).
  2. ↑ Geoffrey Wawro: The Austro-Prussian War. 1996, ISBN 0-521-56059-4 , pp. 145 ff.
  3. ↑ Geoffrey Wawro: The Austro-Prussian War. 1996, pp. 259 and 272.
  4. ^ The campaign of 1866 in Germany. War History Department of the Great General Staff online at Google Books p. 310.
  5. ↑ Geoffrey Wawro: The Austro-Prussian War. 1996, p. 272.
  6. ^ The widow married Julius von Mirbach-Sorquitten on November 1, 1873
  7. ↑ Kösener Corps Lists 1910, 104 , 11.
personal data
SURNAME Bonin, Adolf von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bonin, Adolf Albert Ferdinand Karl Friedrich von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian general of the infantry
DATE OF BIRTH November 11, 1803
PLACE OF BIRTH Armies
DATE OF DEATH April 16, 1872
Place of death Berlin