Carl Friedrich Ferdinand von Strantz

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Carl Friedrich Ferdinand von Strantz (born December 22, 1774 in Pyritz , † September 11, 1852 in Breslau ) was an Austrian and Prussian officer .

Life

origin

Carl Friedrich Ferdinand Heinrich von Strantz came from an original aristocratic family who originally immigrated from Thuringia . He belonged to the Barkow line (Barkow, Greifenberg district in Pomerania had been the ancestral estate of this line since 1726) and was the eldest son of the Prussian major Friedrich Ferdinand von Strantz (1741–1793) and Louise von der Lahr (1737 -1807).

His two brothers were also Prussian officers. Both Ludwig von Strantz (1780–1856) and Gustav Adolf von Strantz (1784–1865) became lieutenant general.

Military career

Carl Friedrich Ferdinand von Strantz became a professional soldier. Contrary to the family tradition, he entered Austrian service and made it to the position of captain in the Kottulinsky infantry regiment. When the war of liberation against Napoleon broke out, he was an Imperial Austrian captain in the general staff, but was attached to Lieutenant Field Marshal Graf von Radetzky . With a letter of August 27, 1813 to Field Marshal Prince von Schwarzenberg , King Friedrich Wilhelm III. from Prussia Strantz the order pour le mérite:

".... gets a VO for the Austrian captain in the general staff v. Strantz, who was attached to Field Marshal Lieutenant Count Radetzky in the last campaign ... " .

After the Wars of Liberation, von Strantz joined Prussian service and advanced to lieutenant colonel.

In addition to military service, Carl Friedrich Ferdinand was also interested in cultural issues. He was a Master of Fine Arts and Dr. phil. H. c.

family

He was married to Therese von dem Bussche since 1816 (* August 17, 1784; † January 22, 1833). The couple had several children:

  • Ferdinand Ludwig Hugo (born June 25, 1817 - † June 4, 1883), retired Prussian lieutenant. D., later in the Dutch service
  • Bertha (* 1818 - March 21, 1880), canon in Gäseke-Kappeln
  • Sophie (* 1820)
  • Marie Karoline (born November 22, 1822 - † October 24, 1886), canoness in Tschirnau
  • Karl Gustav Ferdinand (January 4, 1825 - December 20, 1827)

Works

  • History of the German nobility, documented from its origins to the most recent times. Issue 2, with the latest events verm. And verb. Ed., 3 volumes, Kühn, Breslau 1853. Digitized

literature

  • Genealogical handbook of the nobility , Volume AA X, CA Starke-Verlag, Limburg, 1969.
  • Gustav Lehmann: The Knights of the Order pour le merite , Volume 2, Mittler, Berlin, 1913.
  • CF von Stranz, History of the noble family Strantz , which belonged to the free lordship, the castle-sat and knights in the Middle Ages , p.29
  • Yearbook of the German Nobility , Volume 3, 1899, pp.84f

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Genealogisches Handbuch des Nels , Volume AA X, CA Starke-Verlag, Limburg, 1969, p. 299.
  2. ^ Genealogisches Handbuch des Nels , Volume AA X, CA Starke-Verlag, Limburg, 1969, p. 304.
  3. ^ Genealogisches Handbuch des Nels , Volume AA X, CA Starke-Verlag, Limburg, 1969, p. 305.
  4. ^ Genealogisches Handbuch des Nels , Volume AA X, CA Starke-Verlag, Limburg, 1969, p. 310.
  5. ^ Gustav Lehmann: The Knights of the Order pour le merite , Volume 2, Mittler, Berlin, 1913, there: Awards under Friedrich Wilhelm III. , No. 1686, page 267.
personal data
SURNAME Strantz, Carl Friedrich Ferdinand von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian and Prussian officer
DATE OF BIRTH December 22, 1774
PLACE OF BIRTH Pyritz
DATE OF DEATH September 11, 1852
Place of death Wroclaw