Alexander Leopold von Erichsen
Alexander Leopold von Erichsen (also: Erichson , born May 10, 1787 in Nikolai ; † February 2, 1876 in Braunschweig ) was a Brunswick lieutenant general and the last city commandant of the garrison city of Brunswick .
Life
Alexander Leopold was the son of the later Prussian Lieutenant General Karl Gustav von Erichsen (1743-1827) and his wife Eleonore Karoline Konstanze, born von Muhr (1752-1822).
Erichsen visited the cadet institute in Kulm and in 1803 employed as a cornet in the hussar regiment "Schimmelpfennig von der Oye" of the Prussian army . Here he advanced to secondary lieutenant in 1805 and was a participant in the battle of Saalfeld on October 10, 1806 and the Battle of Jena on October 14, 1806 during the Napoleonic Wars . His regiment was destroyed at Umpferstedt that afternoon .
With the "black crowd"
Due to the reduction in the Prussian army, Erichsen changed to Brunswick in 1809, where he fought in the Black Squad under Duke Friedrich Wilhelm as a cavalry captain and squadron chief in the hussar regiment. He was involved in the march of the Freikorps from Bohemia to the North Sea and took part in the fighting in Spain in 1813/14 in English service. After the end of the wars of freedom , Erichsen and his hussar regiment arrived in Braunschweig on May 17, 1816, where it was disbanded the following month. After being appointed major in 1818, he became squadron chief of the hussar regiment newly founded by Duke Charles II in 1825 . Erichsen was appointed commander in 1830 and promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1837 and to colonel of the cavalry in 1841 .
Braunschweig city commander
Erichsen was appointed major general and commander of the field corps on May 24, 1849 . On February 15, 1855, he was appointed commander of the city of Braunschweig and on April 25, he was promoted to lieutenant general. The position of city commander had existed since the city was conquered by the Guelph dukes in 1671. On October 1, 1867, the position was canceled due to the military institutions of the North German Confederation , which the Duchy of Braunschweig had joined on August 18, 1866. On April 29, 1867 Erichsen received the honorary citizenship of the city of Braunschweig.
Erichsen was also active as a military writer and landscape painter. He died in Braunschweig in 1876.
family
He married Freiin Elise von Bernewitz on April 16, 1817 (March 6, 1801 † March 13, 1873). Their daughter Alma (born December 18, 1835) married the Prussian major Freiherr Johann Heinrich August Adolf von Bernewitz (born November 2, 1833) in 1876.
literature
- Norman-Mathias Pingel: Erichsen, Alexander (Leopold) von. in: Manfred Garzmann , Wolf-Dieter Schuegraf (Hrsg.): Braunschweiger Stadtlexikon . Supplementary volume. Joh. Heinr. Meyer Verlag, Braunschweig 1996, ISBN 3-926701-30-7 , p. 42 .
- Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Günter Scheel (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon - 19th and 20th centuries . Hahnsche Buchhandlung, Hannover 1996, ISBN 3-7752-5838-8 , p. 166 .
- Ferdinand Spehr : Erichsen, Alexander Leopold von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 6, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 212 f.
- Leopold von Zedlitz-Neukirch : New Prussian Nobility Lexicon. P. 139 Erichson (sen.), The gentlemen of.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of baronial houses, 1871, p.35
- ↑ Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the baronial houses 1880. Thirtieth year., P. 40.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Erichsen, Alexander Leopold von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Erichsen, Alexander von; Erichson, Alexander von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Lieutenant General and last in command of the city of Braunschweig |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 10, 1787 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nikolai |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 2, 1876 |
| Place of death | Braunschweig |