Benno von Witzleben

Wolf Dietrich Benno von Witzleben (born March 18, 1808 in Wurzen , † May 17, 1872 in Dresden ) was a Saxon lieutenant general and from 1849 to 1863 adjutant general of the King of Saxony.

origin

He comes from the Thuringian noble family von Witzleben and was the fourth child of Major Dietrich von Witzleben (* September 22, 1769; † August 12, 1833) and his wife Charlotte Elisabeth Henriette von Funck (* February 5, 1768; † January 23 1831).

Life

As a flagjunker he belonged from 1824 to the Saxon 1st Line Infantry Regiment Prince Anton; from 1832 as a first lieutenant in the body infantry regiment. In 1834 he became regimental adjutant , in 1843 captain and in 1844 company commander.

In 1849 Friedrich August II promoted him from captain to major. In the reign of King John beginning in 1854 he worked as his adjutant.

In 1863 he became major general of the infantry and in 1866 lieutenant general. He was a member of the High Court of Justice.

family

In 1845 he married Emma von Charpentier (* June 27, 1818; † June 12, 1846) in Dresden . The couple had a daughter:

Emma (1846-1900)

After the death of his first wife, he married Caroline von Zedlitz on May 28, 1851 (* October 10, 1819, † April 19, 1897). From this marriage there were three children:

Kurt Dietrich Gustav (* February 18, 1852; † June 29, 1901) ⚭ 1887 Katharine Green (* November 7, 1856)
Therese Auguste (1853–1901)
Benno (1857-1862)

literature

Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of noble houses . 1903. Fourth year, Justus Perthes , Gotha 1902, p. 932.
Statistical Bureau in the Ministry of the Interior (ed.): State manual for the Free State of Saxony: 1863 . Heinrich, 1863, p. 443 ( limited preview in Google Book search).

Individual evidence

↑ Wolf Dietrich Benno von Witzleben, in: Federal Archives / Person-related Archives / Genealogy: Ministerial Officials and Members of the Commissions ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , [1] @1@ 2
^ Karl Biedermann (Ed.): Dresdner Journal. Herald for Saxon and German interests. Edited by Karl Biedermann . tape 5 , no. 74 . Teubner, March 15, 1849, p. 585 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
^ Silke Marburg: European nobility: King Johann von Sachsen (1801–1873) and the internal communication of a social formation . Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-05-008671-2 , p. 44 ( limited preview in Google Book search).

personal data
SURNAME	Witzleben, Benno von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Witzleben, Wolf Dietrich von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Saxon Lieutenant General
DATE OF BIRTH	March 18, 1808
PLACE OF BIRTH	Spice up
DATE OF DEATH	May 17, 1872
Place of death	Dresden

[1] Wolf Dietrich Benno von Witzleben, in: Federal Archives / Person-related Archives / Genealogy: Ministerial Officials and Members of the Commissions ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , [1] @1@ 2

[2] Karl Biedermann (Ed.): Dresdner Journal. Herald for Saxon and German interests. Edited by Karl Biedermann . tape 5 , no. 74 . Teubner, March 15, 1849, p. 585 ( limited preview in Google Book search).

[3] Silke Marburg: European nobility: King Johann von Sachsen (1801–1873) and the internal communication of a social formation . Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-05-008671-2 , p. 44 ( limited preview in Google Book search).