Busso XVI. from Alvensleben

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Busso XVI. von Alvensleben (1792–1879)

Busso XVI. von Alvensleben (born June 7, 1792 in Zichtau , † October 28, 1879 in Coburg ) was general and court marshal of the Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha .

family

He came from the Low German noble family von Alvensleben and was the youngest son of Georg Dietrich II. Alvensleben (1727-1810) from the house of Zichtau (new mountain side) and Wilhelmine Bodenburg. In 1821 he married Juliane von Bissing-Kornatowski (1804–1889) in Coburg and had five children with her, but only two of them survived him. The daughter Clara Bertha (* 1836) married Gustav von Meyern-Hohenberg in 1855 .

Life

At the age of 13 he joined the Prussian infantry regiment of Tschammer in 1805 as a flagjunker, which, however, was dissolved after the lost war against Napoleon in 1806. In 1809 he joined Major Ferdinand von Schill's Freikorps together with his older brother Ludwig (1767-1809) . His brother fell in Stralsund, he himself was captured and sentenced to death. However, he escaped being shot in Wesel because a compassionate sergeant helped the 17-year-old militant to escape.

In 1810 Alvensleben entered the service of the Duke of Saxe-Coburg as a second lieutenant and in 1812 took part in the campaign against Russia as a first lieutenant. While retreating from Vilna, he was seriously injured by a sword blow and was initially considered dead, but was rescued and taken into Russian captivity, which he survived with great privation.

In 1814 he was able to return to Coburg and then took part in the sieges of Mainz and Neubreisach. In 1817 he was already a captain and interrupted his military service to study in Jena from 1818 to 1820. In 1824 he was appointed chamberlain, in 1826 he became a major, in 1833 a lieutenant colonel and at the same time head of the ducal stables, in 1836 chief stableman, in 1840 colonel, in 1844 excellence, in 1847 adjudant general and in 1854 major general.

Alvensleben enjoyed the trust of Duke Ernst I and was increasingly used by him on diplomatic missions: In 1830 he went to Petersburg to woo the Duke for the hand of Duchess Marie von Württemberg. In 1836 and 1837 he led the negotiations that led to the marriage of Princess Victoria of Great Britain with Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. In doing so, he was able to gain the special confidence of the queen, who gave him her miniature portrait framed with precious stones and sent a painter to Coburg who had to paint a picture of Alvensleben for her.

Gustav Freytag wanted to write the story of his life, but Alvensleben refused to make the material available for reasons of tact and confidentiality.

In 1818 he was the godfather of Thekla Dorette Caroline Auguste Elise von Könitz (1818–1887), daughter of Anton von Könitz .

literature

  • Thilo Krieg: v. Alvensleben, Busso, General and Hofmann (1792–1879). In: The honored and learned Coburg. A biographical reference book. Second part, Coburg 1929, pp. 2-4 (including a list of sources).
  • Hellmut Kretzschmar : Historical news of the Alvensleben family since 1800. Burg 1930, pp. 117–120 .
  • Udo von Alvensleben-Wittenmoor : The Alvensleben in Calbe 1324-1945 , edited by Reimar von Alvensleben , Falkenberg August 2010 (180 S).
  • Ulrich Herr: Busso von Alvensleben, adjutant wing of Duke Ernst I of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha around 1840. In: Order and Badge of Honor 16, No. 89 (February 2014), pp. 39–40.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of baronial houses , Justus Perthes, Gotha 1867, p. 607
  2. ^ Rudolf Friedrich Ludloff: History of the Ludolf-Ludloff family . Roßteutscher, 1910, p. 146 ( google.de [accessed on November 11, 2017]).
personal data
SURNAME Alvensleben, Busso XVI. from
BRIEF DESCRIPTION General and court marshal of the Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
DATE OF BIRTH June 7, 1792
PLACE OF BIRTH Zichtau
DATE OF DEATH October 28, 1879
Place of death Coburg