Alexander von Budberg
Alexander von Boenninghausen called von Budberg (born April 7, 1717 on Neusorgen in Kurland ; † June 2, 1802 in Hamm ) was a Prussian lieutenant general and chief of the "Budberg on foot regiment" named after him .
Life
origin
Alexander came from the Budberg family (actually Bönninghausen), originally from Westphalia , who settled in Livonia in the 13th century . His parents were the Hessian Lieutenant Gotthard Ernst von Boenninghausen and his wife Sophie Elisabeth, nee Baroness von Taube from the home hostels.
Military career
Budberg occurred in 1735 in the Russian army , but took 1740 as an ensign his farewell and went into Prussian service . In 1740 he found himself in the battle of Mollwitz . In 1741 he became an ensign in the "Rampusch on foot regiment" and in the following year he became a second lieutenant . On September 17, 1743 he was transferred to the grenadier battalion "Ingersleben" as a first lieutenant . There he became a staff captain in 1753 and on January 30, 1756 he received his own company . During the Seven Years' War Budberg fought in the siege of Prague in 1757 and in the battles of Breslau , Leuthen and Hochkirch and the siege of Olomouc in 1758 . In 1760 he was taken prisoner near Glatz , but was freed again in 1761 and came to the "Dürringshofen" grenadier regiment. The regiment was formed from two grenadier companies each from the regiments "Hülsen zu Fuß" and "Kleist zu Fuß" . Budberg managed, however, that he was allowed to keep his old company. On December 25, 1761 he was promoted to major . In 1763 he was transferred to the "Grant on Foot Regiment" . There he became a lieutenant colonel and on June 2, 1773, colonel and regimental commander . In 1782 he received the former "Wolffersdorf walking regiment" and on May 24, 1782, he was promoted to major general . In 1789 he was promoted to lieutenant general and retired three years later.
In 1793 he was awarded the Order of the Red Eagle .
family
In 1748 he married Johanna Eleonore von Thielen in Magdeburg. The couple had several children including:
- Sophie (1752–1796) ⚭ August von Dohna-Lauck (1728–1796), Prussian major general
- Louise (1770–1848) ⚭ Ludwig Anton Felix Count of Monts de Mazin (1765–1848), Prussian colonel
- Sophie († 1811) ⚭ Johann Wilhelm Ludwig von Holtzbrinck (1763–1834) from the house of Rhade (Westphalia), lieutenant, later landowner
- Daughter ⚭ NN of Löwenstern
- Amalie Charlotte Karoline (1776–1829), head of the educational institution in Karlsruhe ⚭ August 25, 1800 Ludwig von Graimberg (1776–1820), professor in Karlsruhe and Mannheim, Badischer Legationrat
literature
- Anton Balthasar König : Alexander von Budberg . In: Biographical lexicon of all heroes and military people . tape I . Arnold Wever, Berlin 178, p. 274–275 ( Alexander von Budberg in the Google book search).
- Kurd Wolfgang von Schöning : The generals of the Chur-Brandenburg and royal Prussian army. 1840, p. 125, digitized
- Genealogical manual of the Baltic knighthoods . P. 216, digitized family tree
Web links
- Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry on Alexander von Budberg. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
Individual evidence
- ↑ to: Baltic Biographical Lexicon he comes back to Grenadier Battalion II.
- ↑ Baltic Biographical Lexicon. Dorothea von Raab called Thülen
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Budberg, Alexander von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Boenninghausen called Budberg, Alexander von; Budberg-Bönninghausen, Alexander von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian Major General, Chief of Infantry Regiment No. 9 |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 7, 1717 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Neusorgen, Courland |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 2, 1802 |
| Place of death | Hamm |