Christian August von Weddig

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Christian August von Weddig (born February 27, 1772 in Lüneburg , † June 14, 1826 in Bremen ) was a German officer and commander of the Bremen battalion .

origin

Weddig came from an old family of officers who were raised to the nobility in 1740. His parents were Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Ernst von Weddig (* 1743 - 19 September 1796) and his wife Klare Christine Luise von Krancke (* 30 October 1747 - before 1816).

Life

In 1790 he was in the service of the Electorate of Hanover . He took part in the campaigns against the French Republic. In 1801 he devoted himself to his estate in Morsum in County Hoya . He was persecuted during the French occupation in 1803. In 1813 he made himself available to the Russian Major General Friedrich Karl von Tettenborn in the Wars of Liberation . He was commissioned by him and the Bremen Senate to set up a Bremen field battalion. As a major , he was in command of these troops until his death .

family

He married Katharina Luise von Ompteda on March 7, 1800 in Lunsen (* August 30, 1768; † 1842). The couple had several children:

  • Ferdinand Alexander (born January 20, 1801, † July 16, 1827), died as the Imperial Brazilian senior physician in the Navy
  • Alexander Ernst (born January 26, 1802; † 1875), royal Hanoverian tax officer
  • Wolf Alexander (7 May 1804 - 8 February 1833) died in the Dutch service in Batavia
  • Moritz Alexander (born June 19, 1805; † in Brazil)
  • Luise Alexandra (September 17, 1807 - January 18, 1808)
  • Amaline Alexandrine (* November 24, 1808; † May 15, 1878) ⚭ 1848 Albert Philibert Schrenck von Notzing (1800–1877), Grand Ducal Oldenburg Privy Councilor
  • Adolf Alexander (* November 24, 1808; † February 20, 1876), Grand Duke Oldenburg Colonel ⚭ 1844 Emilie Katharina von Buschmann (* April 14, 1820 - September 4, 1876), parents of the Prussian Major General Max Robert Alexander von Weddig

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hans Friedl: Schrenck, Albert Philibert Freiherr von. In: Hans Friedl u. a. (Ed.): Biographical manual for the history of the state of Oldenburg . Edited on behalf of the Oldenburg landscape. Isensee, Oldenburg 1992, ISBN 3-89442-135-5 , p. 648 f. ( online ).
personal data
SURNAME Weddig, Christian August von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer and commander of the Bremen battalion
DATE OF BIRTH February 27, 1772
PLACE OF BIRTH Luneburg
DATE OF DEATH June 14, 1826
Place of death Bremen