Adolf von Kettler

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Wilhelm Adolf Heinrich von Kettler (born December 9, 1818 in Oldendorf , † October 2, 1874 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a Prussian major general .

Life

origin

He was the son of Christian Adolf Karl Friedrich Wilhelm von Kettler (1761–1828) and his wife Gerhardine Luise, née Baare (1780–1861). His father was a Prussian captain a. D. as well as Mr. auf Brüggen and Gerkendael. The later Prussian Lieutenant General Karl von Kettler (1812–1893) was his older brother.

Military career

Kettler visited the school in Bielefeld and entered on June 22, 1835 as Fusilier in the 13th Infantry Regiment of the Prussian army one. There he was promoted to Second Lieutenant on October 12, 1838 . From September 1848 to the end of August 1852, Kettler acted as adjutant and accounting officer with the 1st Battalion in the 13th Landwehr Regiment in Münster . On December 16, 1855 he was promoted to captain and was appointed company commander on July 7, 1858 . First he commanded the 4th, later the 11th Company. On February 10, 1863, when he was promoted to major, he was transferred to the staff of the 7th Brandenburg Infantry Regiment No. 60 in Wriezen . In 1864, during the war against Denmark , Kettler and his association took part in the fighting near Missunde , Wielhou, the storming of the Düppeler Schanzen as well as the transition to Alsen . For his achievements he received the Order of the Red Eagle IV. Class with Swords and the Order of the Iron Crown III. Class with the war decoration.

On April 16, 1864, Kettler was appointed commander of the 1st battalion and was deployed two years later during the war against Austria in the battle of Königgrätz . After the peace agreement , he was promoted to lieutenant colonel on December 31, 1866 with a patent from October 30, 1866 . Insinuation à la suite of his regiment and presentation of the character as a colonel appointed to Kettler on 18 June 1869 Commander of Küstrin . On the occasion of the war against France he was commander of the 2nd combined Brandenburg Landwehr Regiment in the 3rd Landwehr Brigade for the duration of the mobile relationship. During the war he received the patent for his rank and was also awarded the Iron Cross, 2nd class.

After the preliminary peace at Versailles , Kettler returned to his peacetime position in Küstrin in mid-March 1871. From April 15, 1873, he was employed as the commandant of Thorn . In this capacity, Kettler received the character of Major General on May 2, 1874 and was put on the disposition with the statutory pension on August 15, 1874 .

He died a little later unmarried in Frankfurt am Main.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Kurt von Priesdorff: Soldatisches Führertum. Volume 7, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1939], DNB 367632829 , p. 473, no. 2418.
personal data
SURNAME Kettler, Adolf von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kettler, Wilhelm Adolf Heinrich von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian major general
DATE OF BIRTH December 9, 1818
PLACE OF BIRTH Oldendorf (Borgholzhausen)
DATE OF DEATH October 2, 1874
Place of death Frankfurt am Main