Alexander von Treskow

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Karl Alexander Wilhelm von Treskow , later spelling of Tresckow , (born June 5, 1764 in Eiserwagen , † November 23, 1823 in Berlin ) was a Prussian major general and knight of the order Pour le Mérite .

Life

origin

Karl Alexander Wilhelm came from the old, originally Brandenburg noble family von Tresckow from the Ruppin district . The family was able to expand considerably later and also gain possession and prestige in Pomerania and East Prussia . He was the son of Alexander Friedrich von Treskow (* March 8, 1719 in Niegripp ; † May 3, 1775 in Königsberg ) and his wife Ida Henriette, born von der Goltz (* February 14, 1725 in Plauen ; † April 8, 1782 in ice wagon ). His father came from the East Prussian line with the Eiserwagen parent company and was most recently a Prussian lieutenant colonel and commander of the “von Meier” dragoon regiment .

Military career

Treskow joined the Prussian Army's "von Platen" dragoon regiment as a Junker in 1778 and took part in the War of the Bavarian Succession until 1779 . As a second lieutenant in 1790 he was appointed adjutant general to the regiment chief Karl Wilhelm von Brausen . From 1794 to 1795 Treskow and his regiment belonged to the Prussian occupation forces during the third division of Poland . In 1805 he was promoted to major . After the Fourth Coalition War , he left the Prussian army in November 1807, temporarily and on half his salary .

Reactivated in September 1808, Treskow was given major command of the 2nd West Prussian Dragoons Regiment in September 1811 and thus took part in the Russian campaign in 1812 . Among other things, he fought in the battles near Eckau and Graefenthal. For his services he was promoted to lieutenant colonel and received on October 18, 1812 the order Pour le Mérite, the highest Prussian honor for bravery.

With the start of the Wars of Liberation in spring 1813, Treskow fought with his regiment in the battle near Luckau (June 4, 1813) with distinction. He was promoted to colonel and received the Iron Cross II class. In the following battles near Großbeeren (August 23, 1813) and Dennewitz (September 6, 1813) he had another opportunity to distinguish himself and received the Iron Cross First Class. In June 1814 he was appointed real brigade commander and in March of the following year Treskow received a brigade command with the I. Prussian Army Corps. On June 15, 1815, he was promoted to major general. Already on October 3, 1815, Treskow received his farewell with an annual pension of 1000 thalers.

Treskow died on November 23, 1823, at the age of 59, in Berlin and was buried three days later in the garrison cemetery there.

He was a knight of the Order of St. John .

family

Treskow married Amalie Wilhelmine Helene, divorced von Massenbach , née Countess Henckel von Donnersmarck (born December 26, 1765 in Potsdam, † January 25, 1838 in Berlin) in 1790 . She was the daughter of Lieutenant General Viktor Amadeus Henckel von Donnersmarck . The marriage had three children:

  • Alexander (born September 18, 1797 in Insterburg ; † October 6, 1849) ⚭ 1838 Leontide Chlotilde Ulrike von Manteufel (born August 17, 1814; † May 14, 1910). The widow married Rudolf von Kleist in 1852 (* May 2, 1813, † July 14, 1876)
  • August (* August 14, 1800 in Insterburg)
  • Viktoria ⚭ Gustav von Massenbach († September 29, 1812 near Mesothen ) son of Eberhard Friedrich Fabian von Massenbach

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The rankings of the Prussian army distinguished since the mid-1860s between the spellings and Tresckow Tresckow to distinguish the uradeligen noble family von Tresckow with the 1797 ennobled letter noble family from Tresckow. In 1871 the different spellings had prevailed. www.treskowpage.com
  2. ↑ Gustaf Lehmann: The knights of the order pour le mérite. Medium publisher. Berlin 1913. Volume 2. p. 26.
  3. ^ Leopold Freiherr von Zedlitz-Neukirch: New Prussian Adels Lexicon. Volume 2, p. 368. Digitized
personal data
SURNAME Treskow, Alexander von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tresckow, Karl Alexander Wilhelm von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian major general
DATE OF BIRTH June 5, 1764
PLACE OF BIRTH Ice wagon
DATE OF DEATH November 23, 1823
Place of death Berlin