Anton Wilhelm Karl from L'Estocq

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Anton Wilhelm Karl von L'Estocq (born November 2, 1823 in Neustrelitz ; † August 18, 1913 , Gut Matzdorf ) was a Prussian officer , most recently lieutenant general and knight of the order Pour le Mérite .

Life

origin

Anton Wilhelm Karl von L'Estocq came from a Huguenot family L'Estocq , who had fled France and achieved a high reputation, especially in the Prussian military service. He was the son of the Prussian Colonel a. D. and Mecklenburg-Strel. Court Marshal Karl von L'Estocq (1788–1864) and his wife Charlotte von Wülcknitz (1796–1834).

Military career

L'Estocq attended the military academy in Berlin and was then on 12 August 1841, the second lieutenant in the 1st Guards Regiment walk the Prussian Army transferred. It advanced only slowly, since after the Napoleonic Wars the advancement in the long period of peace that lasted until 1864, possible promotions outside the hierarchy through parole in the war were not common. When the Franco-Prussian War broke out in 1870/71 he was entrusted with the leadership of the Leib Grenadier Regiment (1st Brandenburg) No. 8 and took part in the battles at Spichern , Gravelotte , Beaune-la-Rolande , Orléans and with him Le Mans and took part in the siege of Metz . On January 18, 1871, he was promoted to colonel and awarded the Pour le Mérite for his achievements. In the report of the Colonel of Conta to the king of January 14th, 1871, it says: '.... in the battles at Chesy on December 4th, where he had the side detachment, at Ouzouer and Nevoy on the 7th of the month , at Gien and Briare on the 8th of the month, where he led the avant-garde, at Gue sur Loir on the 6th of the month .... with great care, calm and bravery and by personal example raised the courage of his subordinates ... and achieved brilliant successes and fought victoriously .... '. With the highest cabinet order of February 28, 1871, Wilhelm I of Prussia awarded L'Estocq the medal. '.... In response to the proposals submitted to me ... I want to award the following officers .... the following awards: .... the medal plm .... 2. the Colonel of L'Estocq ....'. In mid-March 1871, L'Estocq was confirmed as the commander of his regiment.

After the war, L'Estocq was from December 12, 1874 to October 28, 1875 commander of the 1st Guards Regiment on foot, in which he had started his military career at the time. He was then placed à la suite of the regiment, appointed commander of the 1st Guard Infantry Brigade, and at the same time entrusted with the management of business as the commander of Potsdam. Shortly thereafter, on November 4, 1875, he was promoted to major general . L'Estocq was then on 12 March 1878 board for disposition made. On August 16, 1885 he was given the character of Lieutenant General and on June 6, 1908, he was awarded the crown of the Order of the Red Eagle First Class for his long service.

family

L'Estocq was married to Fanny Marie Freiin von Magnus (1833–1902), daughter of the banker Martin von Magnus, since June 17, 1854. The marriage had five children:

  • Fanny (born May 5, 1855 in Potsdam) ∞ Count Friedrich von Pfeil, Prussian cavalry master and lord of Ober-Dirsdorf
  • Anton (born April 28, 1858 in Potsdam), stood on foot in the 1st Guard Regiment
  • Charlotte (born June 24, 1860 in Potsdam; † January 1, 1891) ∞ Hans Dietrich von Holleuffer , district president
  • Wilhelm (born February 27, 1863 in Potsdam; † May 15, 1863 ibid)
  • Marie (born June 17, 1865 in Koblenz)

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Gustav Lehmann: The Knights of the Order pour le merite , Volume II, Page 522, No. 228, Mittler, Berlin, 1913
personal data
SURNAME L'Estocq, Anton Wilhelm Karl von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian officer, most recently lieutenant general and knight of the order Pour le Mérite
DATE OF BIRTH November 2, 1823
PLACE OF BIRTH Neustrelitz
DATE OF DEATH August 18, 1913
Place of death Gut Matzdorf