August von dem Knesebeck

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Friedrich August Wilhelm von dem Knesebeck (born January 18, 1775 in Böhme near Walsrode ; † December 10, 1842 in Lüneburg ) was a major general in Hanover .

Life

origin

His parents were Wilhelm Friedrich von dem Knesebeck (* 1737; † around 1779) and his wife Magarethe Juliane, born von Hattorf (* April 24, 1747; † February 17, 1809). His father was the heir to Corvin, Böhme Klein-Eilstorf and Hethorm as well as chief captain in Mecklenburg-Strelitz .

Career

After the death of his father, the mother devoted herself to bringing up the children in her parents' house. Knesebeck joined the 11th Infantry Regiment as an ensign on May 18, 1790 , but was immediately transferred to the knights' academy in Brandenburg an der Havel . On July 26, 1795, he was transferred to the life guards as prime lieutenant . During the First Coalition War he fought with the regiment in Flanders , fought in the battle of Famars and before Nijmegen .

On June 4, 1801 Knesebeck was Rittmeister . After the French invasion and the Artlenburg Convention , he went to the King's German Legion . He came on October 16, 1803 as a captain in the 1st Dragoons Regiment. But on September 7, 1810, like Albrecht von Estorff (1766–1840), he left the Legion. He was to take over the inheritance after the death of his mother, otherwise the French occupation threatened to confiscate everything. He refused the offer to enter Westphalian services, but in 1811 he became Mayor of the Walsrode Office .

During the Wars of Liberation in 1813 he was captured by a Cossack patrol and taken to General Wallmoden . He immediately took him on as a major and sent him to the newly formed Bremen-Verdi Hussar Regiment. However, he was only used directly in the battle of Sehestedt on December 10, 1813 with the unit he commanded.

On March 28, 1814 he became lieutenant colonel and commander of the Landwehr regiment in Celle. On August 21, 1820 he was elected administrator of the St. Michaelis monastery in Lüneburg , so left the army as a colonel. On May 26, 1840, he was promoted to major general in celebration of his 50th anniversary in service. He died on December 10, 1842 in Lüneburg.

family

Knesebeck married Friedrike Amalie von Bothmer on December 4, 1801 in Landesbergen (* July 19, 1781, † November 27, 1853). The following children were born from the marriage:

  • Friedrich Julius Georg (February 21, 1803 - November 2, 1879)
⚭ 1836 Jenny Franziska Sophie Charlotte Wilhelmine von dem Knesebeck (* October 11, 1810 - † January 10, 1838)
⚭ 1840 Julie Luise Sophie Philippine von dem Bussche-Streithorst (* October 5, 1817; † May 25, 1849)
⚭ 1850 Luise Friederike Wilhelmine Alexander Georgine Franziska Charlotte von der Horst (* September 9, 1813; † May 9, 1879)
  • Lionel Karl Bernhard Ernst (* July 27, 1807; † May 29, 1848), Hanoverian captain ⚭ 1842 Franziska Karoline Henriette Dorothea Friederike Elisabeth von Reden (* December 14, 1807)
  • Ernst Julius Georg (1809–1869) Lieutenant General, envoy to Munich, Stuttgart and Vienna ⚭ Agnes von Linsingen (born November 21, 1820, † December 31, 1893), lady of the Order of Theresa
  • Bernhard August Friedrich (1817–1887), Prussian major general ⚭ 1851 Anna Fanny Schön (born April 13, 1833; † March 6, 1907)
  • Julie Luise Charlotte (* March 8, 1811 - † November 9, 1889) ⚭ Baron Wilhelm Karl Konrad von Hammerstein-Loxten, on Steinhorst (1808–1872)
  • Auguste Friederike Wilhelmine (* December 18, 1813 - September 27, 1873) ⚭ 1835 Friedrich Ludolf Karl Leue († September 17, 1852), member of the government

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Magarethe Juliane von Hattorf at online-ofb.de
personal data
SURNAME Knesebeck, August of that
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Knesebeck, Friedrich August Wilhelm von dem (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hanover Major General, Commander of the Landwehr Regiment Celle
DATE OF BIRTH January 18, 1775
PLACE OF BIRTH Böhme near Walsrode
DATE OF DEATH December 10, 1842
Place of death Luneburg