Carl Ludwig von Pfuel

Carl Ludwig von Pfuel (born July 8, 1725 in Wilmersdorf , † December 27, 1803 in Schweidnitz ) was a Prussian officer , most recently major general and chief of infantry regiment No. 40 .

Life

origin

Carl Ludwig was the son of Hans Heinrich Friedrich von Pfuel (* 1680; † December 28, 1725 in Wilmersdorf), a Prussian major a. D. , Herr auf Wilmersdorf, and his wife Dorothea Henriette, née Nagel. She was the daughter of the court preacher in Berlin .

Military career

Pfuel was employed on March 1, 1742 as a private corporal in the Infantry Regiment "von Borcke" No. 29 of the Prussian Army . As an ensign he then took part in the 1744/45 campaign in the battles near Hohenfriedberg , Soor and Jägerndorf . After the end of the war, Pfuel became second lieutenant on March 27, 1749 . In the 1756/63 campaign , Pfuel was deployed near Prague , Kolin , Breslau and Kunersdorf . In the battle near Maxen he was captured and exchanged in 1761. In the meantime he had been promoted to Prime Lieutenant on June 3, 1757 and to staff captain on September 21, 1759 . After his return, Pfuel finally became captain and company commander on September 21, 1762 . Ten years later, he was promoted to major and appointed commander of Grenadier Battalion 33/42, with which he then took part in the War of the Bavarian Succession . Pfuel then became in September 1780 Infantry Regiment. 38 are added and there on June 4, 1783. Lieutenant Colonel and on May 25, 1785 Colonel promoted. As such, Pfuel became regimental commander on January 9, 1790. After he had become major general on August 23, 1790, Friedrich Wilhelm II appointed him chief of the 40th Infantry Regiment "von Erlach" on May 10, 1791 and awarded him the Order of Pour on August 16 for his long service le Mérite .

Pfuel dimittied on December 28, 1794 with a pension of 1000 thalers . His desire for award of the character as a lieutenant general was leaning Friedrich Wilhelm III. on February 16, 1799.

family

Pfuel was married to Rosine Eleonore Förster (* 1747) from 1789.

literature

• Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 2, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1937], DNB 367632772 , p. 327, no. 809.