Carl Ludwig August von Benning
Carl Ludwig August von Benning (born January 17, 1776 in Kassel ; † April 28, 1829 there ) was a German officer.
Life
Carl Ludwig August von Benning was born as the son of Lieutenant General Ferdinand Ludwig von Benning (* 1737; † 1800 in Kassel). His brother Friedrich (* unknown; † 1809 in Korbach ) was a Westphalian captain.
In April 1784 he came to the court of Landgrave Friedrich II as a page . In 1792 he was promoted to ensign in the "Life Guard" regiment. He took part in the campaign against France and was involved in the reconquest of Frankfurt am Main on December 2, 1792, on the occasion of which the Hessendenkmal was erected.
In 1806 he was staff captain in the "Guard" regiment and in March 1808 he joined the 3rd Westphalian Line Regiment as a grenadier captain . In the same year he was transferred to the hunters of the guard in October and took part in the campaign against Austria during the Fifth Coalition War in 1809 . In 1810 he became battalion commander in the 8th Line Regiment and in 1811 he was promoted to major . In August 1812, he was given command of a mobile column and in December 1812, he became the fusiliers of the guard added. In May 1813 he was promoted to colonel . As such, he led the fusilier guard in the campaign and was involved in the battles of Hochkirch during the Battle of Bautzen .
In October 1813 he was recalled to the Kingdom of Westphalia after the corps had been disbanded and partially incorporated into the French Guard. After the dissolution of the Kingdom of Westphalia in the winter of 1813, he offered his services to Prince Wilhelm I again and was reinstated in the rank of Lieutenant Colonel as the commander of the 1st Infantry Regiment "Elector" . He led the regiment he had formed with the army corps under the command of the future Elector Wilhelm II to France and took part in the blockade of Thionville and Metz in March 1814 and in the sieges of Sedan , Mezieres and Givet in the summer of 1815 .
In 1816 he was appointed colonel.
Awards
- On January 1, 1813, he was awarded the Order of the Westphalian Crown .
- In September 1814 he was awarded the title of Knight of the Order of the Iron Helmet .
- Based on the suggestion of the corps chief of the 2nd Kur-Hessian Brigade, he received the order Pour le Mérite in October 1815 .
- In November 1817 he was made a knight of the order Pour la vertu militaire .
- In July 1821 he received the Knight's Cross of the House Order of the Golden Lion .
- In 1826 he was awarded the Command Cross by the House Order of the Golden Lion.
Individual evidence
- ^ New Nekrolog der Deutschen, 7th year, 1829, 1st part, pp. 395–397 . Voigt, 1831 ( google.de [accessed December 29, 2017]).
- ↑ Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff: New most elegant conversation lexicon: for educated people from all classes, p. 189 . Ch. E. Kollmann, 1843 ( google.de [accessed April 7, 2018]).
- ^ Woringer card index, Ferdinand Ludwig von Benning
- ^ Adam Ludwig von Ochs , Leopold Hohenhausen (Freiherr von): Biography of General von Ochs: A political-military contribution to the history of the North American and French Revolutionary War, as well as the campaigns in Spain, Russia and Germany . Luckhardt, 1827, p. 324 ( google.de [accessed April 7, 2018]).
- ↑ [PDF] The Westphalian War Army 1813 - Free Download PDF . ( nanopdf.com [PDF; accessed April 8, 2018]).
- ^ Kaspar Friedrich Gottschalck: Almanach der Ritter-Orden, p. 294 . Georg Joachim Goeschen, 1819 ( google.de [accessed April 8, 2018]).
- ^ Pour le Mérite. Retrieved April 7, 2018 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Benning, Carl Ludwig August von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German officer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 17, 1776 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | kassel |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 28, 1829 |
| Place of death | kassel |