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Friedrich August von Hülsen , from 1800 Count von Hülsen , (* August 24, 1779 in Arensdorf ( Gerdauen district ); † January 19, 1858 in Groß Arnsdorf near Saalfeld ( Mohrungen district )) was a Prussian major general and member of the manor house for life.

Life

origin

August was the son of Georg Friedrich von Hülsen (* October 27, 1744 - January 29, 1800) and his wife Katharina Karoline, born von Kanitz (* January 28, 1750 - August 2, 1830) from the Podangen family . His father was a captain . D. , councilor, heir to Arensdorf and knight of the Order of St. John and the Order of the Red Eagle . He was 1800 by King Friedrich Wilhelm III. raised to the hereditary Prussian count status.

Military career

Sleeves occurred on October 1, 1794 Corporal Corporal in the Dragoon Regiment "Brückner" the Prussian army and was promoted to mid-September 1798 second lieutenant . In 1803/04 he also attended lectures at the Ecole veterinaire in Berlin. During the Fourth Coalition War , Hülsen took part in the battle near Halle and in captivity near Lübeck .

After the Peace of Tilsit he was hired as the first lieutenant of the cavalry on December 15, 1807 , but made inactive in 1809 with half pay. On May 23, 1812 he was one of the first to receive the Order of St. John and on October 27, 1812 he was employed by the gendarmerie . On May 8, 1813 was followed by his transfer to the adjutant's office, where sleeves as adjutant of the lieutenant general of Massenbach acted. During the wars of liberation he was awarded the Iron Cross II class and the Order of Saint Anne II class during the siege of Danzig . He fought in the battle near Schönfeld and in the blockade of Küstrin. On August 20, 1814, Hülsen was promoted to Rittmeister and appointed adjutant to General von Hiller .

After the war, Hülsen joined the 2nd Division on March 26, 1816 as an adjutant . There he was promoted to major on September 20, 1816 with a patent from September 25, 1816 . On March 13, 1824 he became an adjutant to the Minister of War and in this capacity Hülsen was promoted to lieutenant colonel on March 30, 1832 . With his promotion to colonel , he was appointed commander of the Weichselmünde fortress on April 3, 1834 . On March 30, 1837, he came to Danzig as 2nd Commandant. In this position he was promoted to major general on April 7, 1842. On March 11, 1843, Hülsen was given the Order of the Red Eagle, 2nd class, with oak leaves and a pension of 1900 thalers. He died on January 19, 1858 on Groß Arnsdorf (Mohrungen district).

The Commanding General von Wrangel wrote in his 1840 assessment: “A service-loving, very reliable staff officer, of scientific education and moral conduct, who fulfills his present position perfectly well; However, he lacks the strength and energy required for a higher and more independent sphere of activity. "

family

Hülsen married Charlotte von Brandenstein on June 6, 1824 in Potsdam (* March 27, 1788; † March 24, 1854). The daughter Karoline Ernestine Friederike Charlotte Auguste Wilhelmine Elisabeth (born October 5, 1827) emerged from the marriage and married Baron Friedrich Printz von Buchau (born May 20, 1822) in 1851. The marriage was divorced again.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Genealogical pocket book of the German count's houses for the year 1835. P. 245f.
  2. ↑ Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the baronial houses 1877. P. 645.
personal data
SURNAME Pods, August of
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hülsen, Friedrich August Graf von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian major general, member of the Prussian manor house
DATE OF BIRTH August 24, 1779
PLACE OF BIRTH Arensdorf ( Gerdauen district )
DATE OF DEATH January 19, 1858
Place of death Gross Arnsdorf ( Mohrungen district )