August Ludwig von Schierstaedt
August Wilhelm Ludwig von Schierstedt (born September 25, 1746 in Magdeburg , † November 8, 1831 in Dahlen) was a Prussian major general , chief of infantry regiment No. 33 and heir of Dahlen near Ziesar.
Life
origin
He was the son of the Prussian captain a. D. Ludolf Gustav von Schierstedt (* 1719) and his wife Johanna Sophie, born von Meyern (1713–1780).
Military career
Schierstedt joined the cadet corps in Berlin in 1756 . In 1760 he was accepted into the "Margrave Karl" regiment and took part in the last campaigns of the Seven Years' War . He became adjutant to the Duke of Braunschweig and came to the courts of Braunschweig and Weimar , where he met the local princes. He cherished the memory of this well into old age.
In the War of the Bavarian Succession he was wounded in the foot, after which he fought in Poland in 1794/95 . When Friedrich Wilhelm II took office in 1786, he had already received the order Pour le Mérite . On September 23, 1804, Schierstedt became chief of the 33rd Infantry Regiment. Due to illness, he took off on December 15, 1804 and went to his estates. On December 28, 1819, he was granted a pension of 1000 thalers.
family
Schierstedt was married to Friederike Wilhelmine Henriette Fink von Finckenstein (born November 14, 1752 † December 23, 1830) since 1780. She was the daughter of Minister Karl Wilhelm von Finckenstein . The couple had several children including:
- August Wilhelm (October 4, 1781 - April 13, 1827), Prussian second lieutenant
- ⚭ 1806 Friederike Amalie Ernestine Finck von Finckenstein (* July 24, 1784; † January 5, 1814), daughter of Friedrich Ludwig Karl Finck von Finckenstein
- ⚭ 1814 Albertine Ulrike Luise Finck von Finckenstein (* July 22, 1796; † July 24, 1862), the sister of his first wife
- Friedrich Karl Ludwig (born February 21, 1783 in Berlin)
- Friederike Luise Wilhelmine (born July 15, 1784 in Berlin)
- August Karl Heinrich (born January 26, 1787 in Berlin)
literature
- Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 3, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1937], DNB 367632780 , p. 156, no. 1065.
- New necrology of the Germans. P. 951. Digitized
- Leopold von Zedlitz-Neukirch: New Prussian Adelslexicon. Volume 4, p. 166. Digitized by the Schierstedt family
- Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of noble houses, 1906, seventh year, p.689
Individual evidence
- ↑ After her husband's death in 1830, she married District Administrator Otto Karl Philipp von Voss (born August 31, 1794; † November 10, 1836); Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of noble houses, 1903. Fourth year, p.876
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schierstaedt, August Ludwig von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schierstedt, August Ludwig von; Schierstedt, August Wilhelm Ludwig von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian major general, chief of infantry regiment No. 33, heir of Dahlen near Ziesar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 25, 1746 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Magdeburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 8, 1831 |
| Place of death | Dahlen |