Charles-Gustave de Meuron
Charles-Gustave de Meuron (born November 6, 1779 in Saint-Sulpice ( Canton Neuchâtel ), † January 8, 1830 in Copenhagen ) was a Prussian officer and diplomat .
Life
He was the son of Pierre-Frédéric de Meuron (1746-1813) and Anne-Françoise Roux. His father was a British lieutenant general and in 1797 became military governor of Ceylon . The British lieutenant general and Prussian chamberlain Charles-Daniel de Meuron (1738-1806) was his uncle.
Due to the connections of his uncle and because he also took over his pension, Charles-Gustave was able to graduate from the Berlin Military Academy. He went into Prussian service and initially served as an ensign in the “von Schöning” infantry regiment , and later as a second lieutenant in the “von Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen” infantry regiment . With his marriage in 1804 he quit the service.
During the Wars of Liberation he set up a battalion from Neuchâtel. From 1814 to 1817 he was major in command of the Guard Rifle Battalion .
In 1817 he switched to the diplomatic service and in 1820 was appointed Minister Plenipotentiary to the Confederation . In 1824 he was sent to the Bavarian court as ambassador extraordinary and in 1826 to Denmark .
On August 10, 1804 he married Henriette von Willich (Villich, Wylich), a daughter of Jean-Louis von Willich. The marriage remained childless. After his death she became court master of Princess Marianne , wife of Albrecht of Prussia .
On March 11, 1828, the Count of Meuron was recognized. He was the owner of the Order of the Red Eagle III. Class and the Order of St. John .
De Meuron passed away through suicide , heavily in debt . Bankruptcy had to be opened for his estate .
literature
- Allgemeine Literatur-Zeitung , volumes 4-5, p. 760 .
- Guy de Meuron: Le Régiment Meuron, 1781-1816. Le Forum historique, Lausanne 1982, ISBN 2829000285 .
- Les Familles bourgeoises de Neuchatel. ›Chapitre Quatrième, p. 153 , Famille Meuron.
- Cyrille Gigandet / GL: Meuron, Charles-Gustave de. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . Nov 5, 2009 .
- New German necrology for the year 1830, part 2, p. 916 1831, part 1, p. 19 .
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Aarauer Zeitung. of October 14, 1820.
- ↑ KA Varnhagen : leaves from the Prussian history. P. 107.
- ↑ Genealogical-historical-statistical almanac. Volume 24, 1848, p. 117.
- ↑ Maximilian Gritzner : Chronological register of the Brandenburg-Prussian class elevations and acts of grace from 1600–1873. Berlin 1874, p. 93.
- ^ Announcement of August 1, 1831, published in: Staats- und schelte Zeitung des Hamburgischen unpartheyischen Correspondenten. dated August 31, 1831.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Wilhelm Heinrich Maximilian zu Dohna-Schlobitten |
royal Prussian envoy in Copenhagen 1826–1830 |
Atanazy Raczyński |
| Justus von Gruner |
royal Prussian envoy in Bern 1820–1824 |
Friedrich von Otterstedt |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Meuron, Charles-Gustave de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian officer and diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 6, 1779 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Saint-Sulpice NE |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 8, 1830 |
| Place of death | Copenhagen |