Clemens von Fürstenberg-Borbeck

Wenzeslaus Hubert Maria Clemens Freiherr von Fürstenberg-Borbeck (born December 2, 1835 in Borbeck , † May 6, 1891 in Berlin ) was a Prussian major general and commander of the 1st Guard Cavalry Brigade .

Life

origin

Clemens was a son of the grand ducal Hessian chamberlain of the same name , Clemens von Fürstenberg-Borbeck (1791–1844) and his wife Antonie, nee Freiin von Weichs zur Wenne (1808–1871). His father was Herr auf Borbeck, Horst im Bruch , Grafschaft and Hugenpoet , cathedral capitular of the former Archbishopric of Trier , Prussian major à la suite and Knight of Honor of the Sovereign Order of Malta .

Military career

Fürstenberg attended the Knight's Academy in Bedburg , then joined the 4th Cuirassier Regiment of the Prussian Army as a cuirassier on December 1, 1855 , and was promoted to second lieutenant by mid-April 1857 . After his participation in the war against Denmark in 1864, he rose to prime lieutenant in mid-October 1865 and was deployed in the German War in the Main Army in the battles near Dermbach , Aschaffenburg , Tauberbischofsheim and Gerchsheim in 1866 . After the war, Fürstenberg advanced to Rittmeister and Chief of the 5th Squadron in mid-April 1867 , which he led in the 1870/71 war against France in the battles near Vionville and Gravelotte as well as in the battles near Puiseux and Droué . For his work he received the Iron Cross II. Class and his regiment chief Grand Duke Peter II awarded him the Knight's Cross II. Class of the Oldenburg House and Merit Order of Duke Peter Friedrich Ludwig with Swords.

On November 26, 1874, Fürstenberg was appointed President of the 6th Remonte Buying Commission under the position of his regiment à la suite . As a major, he was appointed as a regular staff officer in the regiment of the Gardes du Corps at the beginning of August 1879 . On July 24, 1883, he was ordered to represent the sick commander of the East Prussian Cuirassier Regiment No. 3 "Count Wrangel" in Königsberg . Insinuation à la suite commissioned on August 23, with the leadership of this regiment, he was this on October 20, the commander Association appointed and early December 1883, for the lieutenant colonel promoted. This was followed by a position as commander of the Guard Cuirassier Regiment from March 13, 1884 . He was promoted to colonel and was awarded the Order of the Crown, Second Class , in mid-September 1888 . In position à la suite of his regiment, Fürstenberg was entrusted with the command of the 1st Guard Cavalry Brigade on September 19 of the following year, and one month later he was appointed commander of this large formation . During the autumn exercise he developed a severe heart condition, so that he had to submit his departure after his promotion to major general at the end of March . With the award of the Red Eagle Order II. Class with Oak Leaves, he was therefore put up for disposal on May 14, 1890 with a pension .

Fürstenberg died unmarried and he was buried in the family crypt in Borbeck.

literature

• Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Freiherrliche Häuser. 1890. 40th year, Justus Perthes, Gotha 1889, pp. 237–238.
• Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1939], DNB 367632829 , Volume 10, pp. 437-439.