Bernhard zu Solms-Braunfels (officer, 1800)
Prince Karl Wilhelm Bernhard zu Solms-Braunfels (born April 9, 1800 in Braunfels , † August 24, 1868 in Oberbiel ) was a Hanoverian and Prussian general of the cavalry .
Life
origin
Bernhard was a member of the German dynasty of Solms-Braunfels . He was the second-born son of Prince Wilhelm Christian Karl zu Solms-Braunfels (1759-1837) and the Wild and Rhine Countess Auguste zu Salm-Grumbach (1771-1810). Ferdinand zu Solms-Braunfels (1797–1873) was his older brother, Alexius zu Bentheim and Steinfurt (1781–1866) and Johann August Karl zu Wied (1779–1836) were his brothers-in-law. He himself remained unmarried and died without leaving any biological children.
Military career
Solms-Braunfels began his career in the Prussian army in 1821 as a second lieutenant , aggregated to the regiment of the Gardes du Corps . In 1827 he was promoted to Rittmeister , in 1832 he was promoted to major and leader of the 2nd contingent of the 1st Battalion (Neuwied) of the 29th Landwehr Regiment. In 1838 he received his farewell as a colonel .
As major general à la suite in the army , he then entered service in Hanover in 1839 . There he was also President of the Hanover State Council . In 1845 he rose to lieutenant general and in 1855 to general of the cavalry à la suite.
Again in Prussian service, he was employed in 1867 with the character of general of the cavalry with officers à la suite by the army.
Like his brother Ferdinand, he was a member of the Masonic Lodge Marc Aurel zum Flammenden Stern in Marburg ; even his father was a Freemason .
medal
- Holder of the Grand Cross of the Order of Henry the Lion , like his cousin Alexander zu Solms-Braunfels
- Bearer of the Grand Cross of the Red Eagle Order .
- 1827 Knight of the Order of St. John
- In 1837 he was also appointed commander first class of the Hessian house order of the Golden Lion .
literature
- Bernhard von Poten : The generals of the Royal Hanoverian Army and their regular troops , ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1903, p. 307, no. 368. ( digitized version )
- Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 7, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1939], DNB 367632829 , p. 252, no. 2277.
- JC Schaum: The family of counts and princes of Solms blossomed at the same time as the Nassau family from the Sali king line , Frankfurt a. M. 1828, p. 389.
Individual evidence
- ^ Leopold von Zedlitz-Neukirch : New Prussian Adels Lexicon , Volume 5, Leipzig 1839, p. 422.
- ^ Gothaischer genealogischer Hof-Kalender , 78th year, Justus Perthes , Gotha 1841, p. 306 .; Genealogical-historical-statistical almanac , 19th year, Weimar 1842, p. 230.
- ^ H. Keiler: Freemason Documentation Marburg. Giessen 1980 (Marburg University Library).
- ↑ Braunschweigisches Address Book , Volume 33, Braunschweig 1845, p. 7.
- ^ Order list of the Order of St. John 1845. Berlin, p. 305.
- ↑ Electoral Hessian Court and State Manual , Kassel 1841, p. 17.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Solms-Braunfels, Bernhard to |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Solms-Braunfels, Karl Wilhelm Bernhard zu (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hanoverian and Prussian general of the cavalry |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 9, 1800 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Braunfels |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 24, 1868 |
| Place of death | Oberbiel |