Clemens von Radowitz

Clemens Maria Ludwig Georg Hermann Leopold Alexis von Radowitz (born September 25, 1832 in Berlin ; † January 26, 1890 there ) was a Prussian lieutenant general .

Life

origin

Clemens was a son of the Prussian Lieutenant General Joseph von Radowitz (1797-1853) and his wife Maria, née Countess von Voss (1807-1889) from the house of Groß Gievitz .

Military career

Radowitz attended the Selektenschule in Frankfurt am Main , the Lyceum in Karlsruhe and the Knight Academy in Bedburg . On September 3, 1851 he was employed as a musketeer in the 31st Infantry Regiment of the Prussian Army and was promoted to Second Lieutenant by March 1853 . From October 1, 1856, Radowitz was assigned to the General War School for further training , was transferred to the 1st Guards Regiment on foot in March 1857 and, after his command ended, was used as an adjutant of the 1st Battalion. In mid-September 1859, he was transferred to the General Command of the VIII Army Corps as adjutant . In this capacity Radowitz rose to Prime Lieutenant on July 1, 1860 and came on March 22, 1861 as an adjutant to the 2nd Guard Division . End of June 1861 it commanded him to service in the Navy Department until Radowitz for on August 20, 1861 Marine transgressed and position à la suite of the Sea Battalion as captain for department heads was appointed in the Ministry of Marine. He was released from this position on June 18, 1863.

Radowitz then rejoined the army and was employed as a company commander in the 4th Brandenburg Infantry Regiment No. 24 . During the war against Denmark he led his company in the battles at Wielhoi, at Stenderuper Holz and at Rackebüll in 1864 . In the transition to Alsen Radowitz was wounded, commended for his behavior and awarded the Order of the Red Eagle, IV class with swords. After a long convalescence he took part in the war against Austria in the battle of Königgrätz in 1866 .

After the peace treaty , Radowitz was transferred to the 7th Thuringian Infantry Regiment No. 96 on September 25, 1867 , and a year later he was appointed personal adjutant to Duke Ernst I of Saxony-Altenburg . Promoted to major in this capacity in mid-December 1868 , he was released from his command after the beginning of the war against France in September 1870 and temporarily led a battalion in the 2nd Brandenburg Grenadier Regiment No. 12 (Prince Carl of Prussia) during the siege from Metz . Awarded the Iron Cross II. Class, Radowitz was aggregated to the Leib Grenadier Regiment (1st Brandenburg) No. 8 on May 6, 1871, assigned to August 15, and finally appointed commander of the 1st Battalion on November 8, 1871 . Duke Ernst I paid tribute to him in mid-November 1871 for his services with the Commander II class of the Saxon-Ernestine House Order .

As a result of overexertion, Radowitz was no longer fit for duty for a long time and went on vacation to relax. In position à la suite of his regiment, he was appointed first director of the War Academy on October 10, 1872 and advanced to colonel by September 1876 . In mid-June 1878 Radowitz received the rank and fees of regimental commander. After he was released from his position on January 20, 1881, on April 15, 1882, leaving the Leib-Grenadier-Regiment (1st Brandenburgisches) No. 8, he was in command of Altona and the troops in Hamburg appointed. As major general , Kaiser Wilhelm I awarded him the Order of the Red Eagle, 2nd class with oak leaves and swords, on the occasion of the Order's festival in 1885, and on November 15, 1887, the character of Lieutenant General. In approval of his resignation request , Radowitz was put up for disposition on February 14, 1888, with the award of the Order of the Crown, 2nd class with a star .

He died in Berlin on January 26, 1890 and was buried three days later in the Invalidenfriedhof .

family

Radowitz married Paula Spangenberg († 1876) in Erfurt on February 26, 1862 . After her untimely death, he married Bertha Gerson on November 15, 1877, daughter of the Saxon Consul General in Frankfurt am Main. The following children emerged from the marriages:

• Josepha (* 1863)
• Marita (* 1864)
• Dolores (1867–1877)
• Ernst Joseph Maria (1869–1944), Prussian major general, SS group leader
• Hans (* 1872)
• Else (* 1878)
• Antonius (* / † 1881)
• Clemens (* 1882)

literature

• Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 10, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1942], DNB 986919810 , pp. 462-463, no. 3330.
• Kroll: List of officers of the Leib Grenadier Regiment King Friedrich Wilhelm III. (1. Brandenburgisches) No. 8. ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1899, pp. 630-631.