Casper Friedrich von Gähler

Casper Friedrich von Gähler (born February 1, 1736 in Copenhagen , † October 21, 1797 in Randers ), was a Danish major general .

Life

origin

Casper Friedrich was a member of a family of the Duchy of Schleswig , which already was several generations in Danish services and with his grandfather, the Danish War Commissioner of Casper Gähler (1680-1759), in 1749 ennobled was. His parents were the Danish privy councilor , knight of the Dannebrog Order and high president of Altona Sigismund Wilhelm von Gähler (1706–1788) and Jeanne Antoinette de la Mare († 1780).

career

Gähler became a cavalry captain in 1762 and was with a hussar regiment until 1767 and then switched to the dragoons . He was adjutant general and in 1769 was one of the officers selected by Catherine II of Russia to help reform the army . He then took part in the Turkish War, where he was honored with the Order of Saint George for bravery .

In 1773 he returned to Denmark and was promoted to colonel of the hussars and in 1780 to colonel of the cavalry . On February 22, 1788 he became chief of the Baudissin cavalry regiment . Finally he rose to major general in 1789 and was knight of the Dannebrogden .

family

In 1782, Gählen married Elisabeth Lucie Christiane von Oertzen from the Kaltenhof family (1758–1843). The marriage resulted in a son, the Danish major Friedrich Wilhelm Sigismund (* 1786).

literature

Danmarks Adels Aarbog, Volume 1, Copenhagen 1884
Casper Friedrich von Gähler . In: Carl Frederik Bricka (Ed.): Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Tillige omfattende Norge for Tidsrummet 1537-1814. 1st edition. tape 6 : Gerson-H. Hansen . Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag, Copenhagen 1892, p. 420 (Danish, runeberg.org ).

Individual evidence

↑ Jonathan Smith: On the history of the Oldenburg army during the Danish period 1667–1773. In: Oldenburger Jahrbuch , Volume 44./45, 1940/41 (1941), p. 57.

personal data
SURNAME	Gähler, Casper Friedrich von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Danish major general
DATE OF BIRTH	February 1, 1736
PLACE OF BIRTH	Copenhagen
DATE OF DEATH	October 21, 1797
Place of death	Randers

[1] Jonathan Smith: On the history of the Oldenburg army during the Danish period 1667–1773. In: Oldenburger Jahrbuch , Volume 44./45, 1940/41 (1941), p. 57.