August to Eulenburg
August Ludwig Traugott Botho Graf zu Eulenburg (born October 22, 1838 in Königsberg , † June 16, 1921 in Berlin ) was a Prussian infantry general and minister of the royal house .
family
August came from the Upper Saxon nobility of Eulenburg . He was the son of Botho Heinrich zu Eulenburg and his wife Therese, née Countess Dönhoff . The later Prussian Prime Minister Botho zu Eulenburg was his older brother.
Life
After attending the Marienwerder high school , Eulenburg joined the 1st Guards Regiment on foot in the Prussian Army on November 1, 1856 as a grenadier and was promoted to second lieutenant on April 13, 1858 . Between 1860 and 1862 he took part as an attaché in the East Asia expedition under Friedrich Albrecht zu Eulenburg . After his return in 1865 he became the personal adjutant of the Crown Prince of the future Emperor Friedrich III. In 1868 Eulenburg was appointed court marshal . He was also a member of the General Order Commission from 1879 to 1890. Between 1883 and 1914 he was the chief master of ceremonies. In addition, Eulenburg was upper court and house marshal of Wilhelm II between 1890 and 1914. He retired from active military service as a colonel in 1889 , but was promoted to major general in 1891 , lieutenant general in 1895 and, à la suite, to infantry general on October 18, 1904 . Between 1907 and 1918 Eulenburg was minister of the royal house and a member of the Prussian manor house .
After the November Revolution , he was General Manager of the House of Hohenzollern until his death .
August zu Eulenburg died in Berlin in 1921 at the age of 82. His grave is in the Trinity Cemetery I in Berlin-Kreuzberg. He rests there next to his wife Hedda geb. von Witzleben (1843–1928). The double grave of their sons Botho (1866–1880) and Victor zu Eulenburg (1870–1908) and the grave of August's older brother Botho (1831–1912) are also nearby.
Honors
- Black order of eagle with chain in diamonds
- Grand Cross of the Red Eagle Order with swords on the ring
- Royal House Order of Hohenzollern
- House Order of Loyalty
- Grand Cross of the Grand Ducal Hessian Order of Merit of Philip the Magnanimous (Awarded: February 18, 1878)
- Crown to the Grand Cross of the Grand Ducal Hessian Order of Merit of Philip the Magnanimous (Awarded: May 24, 1888)
- Knight of the Order of Hubert
- Grand Cross of the Order of the Württemberg Crown (1892)
- Grand Cross of the Order of the Zähringer Lion
- House Order of the Wendish Crown
- Grand Cross of the Austrian Leopold Order
- Knight of the Elephant Order
- Dannebrogorden
- Member of the Legion of Honor
- Saint Olav Order
- ku St. Stephen's Order
- Grand Cross of the Star of Romania
- Mecidiye Order
- Honorary citizen of Potsdam
literature
- Karl Erich Born: Eulenburg, August Ludwig Traugott Graf too. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 4, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1959, ISBN 3-428-00185-0 , p. 679 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 10, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1942], DNB 986919810 , pp. 364-366, no. 3268.
Web links
- Works by and about August zu Eulenburg in the German Digital Library
- Acta borussica vol. 9, p. 350 (PDF file; 2.74 MB)
- August zu Eulenburg in the online version of the files of the Reich Chancellery. Weimar Republic
- Eulenburg, AUGUST Ludwig Traugott Botho Graf to . In: The language of the monarchy, ed. v. Academy project "Adaptation strategies of the late Central European monarchy using the Prussian example (1786-1918)", Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences, Berlin. Version 2 from July 30, 2020. URL: https://actaborussica.bbaw.de/v2/P0004077
Individual evidence
- ^ Hans-Jürgen Mende : Lexicon of Berlin burial places . Pharus-Plan, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-86514-206-1 , p. 224.
- ↑ Court and State Manual of the Grand Duchy of Hesse 1878 , p. 77.
- ↑ Grand Ducal Hessian Order List 1894 , p. 69.
- ↑ Court and State Handbook of the Kingdom of Württemberg 1907. P. 49.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Eulenburg, to August |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Eulenburg, August Ludwig Traugott Botho Graf zu (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian General of the Infantry, Minister of the Royal House |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 22, 1838 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Koenigsberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 16, 1921 |
| Place of death | Berlin |