Alexander von Schoeler

Alexander von Schoeler

Theodor Alexander Viktor Ernst von Schoeler (born March 22, 1807 in Potsdam , † August 23, 1894 in Coburg ) was a Prussian infantry general .

Life

origin

Alexander was a son of the later Prussian general of the infantry and director of the General War Department Moritz von Schoeler (1771–1855) and his wife Eleonore, née Burggräfin and Countess von Dohna-Lauck (1777–1855). His paternal grandfather was Major General Johann Friedrich Wilhelm von Schoeler , and his maternal grandfather was Major General August Burggraf and Count zu Dohna-Lauck . His uncle, Friedrich von Schoeler , was a Prussian general and knight of the Black Eagle Order .

Military career

Following the family tradition, Schoeler became a career officer in the Prussian Army on April 28, 1824 . First he served in the Emperor Franz Grenadier Regiment and in mid-November 1825 advanced to secondary lieutenant . From mid-February 1830 to early April 1833 he was a battalion adjutant and then regimental adjutant until the end of June 1836. In 1838 he was assigned to the General Command of the Guard Corps . Schoeler rose to prime lieutenant in April 1841 and was promoted to captain on April 13, 1847 company commander . In this capacity he participated in the suppression of the revolution in Berlin in March 1848 and in the further course of the year during the war against Denmark in the battle near Schleswig . During his command as adjutant at the high command in the Marche , Schoeler was aggregated to his regiment at the end of November 1849 and two years later under position à la suite as adjutant at the general command of III. Army Corps appointed. As a major , he was transferred to the General Staff of the Guard Infantry Command in mid-June 1853. At the end of December 1856 briefly assigned to the general command of the straight corps, Schoeler was commissioned on April 4, 1857 with the management of the business as chief of the general staff of the VI. Army Corps . After his promotion to lieutenant colonel , he was appointed chief of staff on May 30, 1857 . He was promoted to colonel at the end of May 1859 and on May 5, 1860 was entrusted with the command of the 12th Combined Infantry Regiment, from which the 6th Brandenburg Infantry Regiment No. 52 was formed in early July 1860 . Schoeler was regimental commander until December 19, 1863, after which he was appointed commander of the 31st Infantry Brigade with a position à la suite and promoted to major general at the end of June 1864 . In the Prussian-German War , Schoeler entered Bohemia in 1866 with the Elbarmee , under the command of the Infantry General Eberhard Herwarth von Bittenfeld , and distinguished himself in the battles at Hühnerwasser and in the Battle of Königgrätz . At the suggestion Please field he was king I. Wilhelm with religious le Mérite Pour encumbered. During the final phase of the campaign in Bohemia, Schoeler took over the leadership of the 8th Infantry Division from General August Wilhelm von Horn on July 21, 1866 and was promoted to Lieutenant General at the end of September 1866.

In Herwarth von Bittenfeld's report of August 4, 1866 to the king, in which he proposed him to be awarded the medal, it says: “Through the energetic and energetic leadership of the avant-garde of the Elbar army during the entire campaign and through his victorious successes in both In the battles near Hünerwasser on June 26th, in the battles near Münchengrätz on June 28th and in the battle near Königgrätz on July 3rd, it comes out worthy of a special award. "

After the beginning of the Franco-Prussian War , Schoeler's division was assembled in the Mannheim area as part of the IV Army Corps until July 29, 1870 and marched into France via Toul . After the pursuit, the 8th Division met the enemy again on August 30th in the Battle of Beaumont , on September 1st, Schoeler's troops also intervened in the Battle of Sedan and were able to recapture the lost suburb of Balan. On September 16, the 8th Division reached Nanteuil as the right wing of the 3rd Army and a few days later took part in the siege of Paris . In addition to both classes of the Iron Cross , he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Military Max Joseph Order .

With the award of the Order of the Red Eagle First Class with Oak Leaves, Schoeler was put to the disposition even before the peace treaty on April 22, 1871, in approval of his resignation request with a pension . After his departure he was given the character of General of the Infantry.

family

On April 5, 1848, he married Ottilie Börger (1828–1895), who also worked as a writer. Several children emerged from the marriage:

• Charlotte (* 1849)
• Mauritia (* 1851)
• Viktor (1852–1932), businessman ⚭ February 24, 1892 Janie Cecilia Torras (* 1865)
• Valerie (1853-1933)
• Rüdiger (1855–1909), major, holder of the Fidicin Medal
• Waldemar (1868–1945), Chamberlain and Cabinet Councilor of the ruling Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont ⚭ September 23, 1897 Else (Less) Hepner (1870–1948) (whose granddaughter was the actress Sasha von Scherler)

literature

• Gustav von Glasenapp : Military Biographies of the Officer Corps of the Prussian Army. Berlin 1868, pp. 116-117.
• Handbook of the Prussian Nobility. Volume 2, Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1893, p. 533.
• Hermann Berkun, Friedrich Wilhelm Krüger: master list of officers, medical officers and officials of the infantry regiment v. Alvensleben (6th Brandenburgisches) No. 52. Verlag Gerhard Stalling, Oldenburg 1912, p. 12.
• Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 7, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt, Hamburg [1939], pp. 237-238 (with picture).
• Max Schöler: The Scholer / Schöler / Schöller families, including further writing differences. Flamm Druck Wagener, Waldbröl 1992.
• Genealogical manual of the nobility . Volume B XX, CA Starke-Verlag, Limburg 1993, p. 395.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Gustaf Lehmann: The knights of the order pour le mérite. Second volume: 1812–1913. Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1913, p. 483 ( digitized version ).
2. ↑ Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of noble houses. Part 2, 1922, p. 792.
3. ↑ ^{a b c} Genealogical manual of the nobility. 1993.
4. ↑ Recipient of the Fidicin Medal