Dietrich von Miltitz (General)

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Dietrich Freiherr von Miltitz; Painting by Anton Graff , 1793
Dietrich von Miltitz around 1833

Dietrich von Miltitz (born January 30, 1769 in Oberau , † October 29, 1853 in Siebeneichen ) was a Saxon officer , later a Prussian lieutenant general and co-founder of the Scharfenberger Kreis .

Life

Dietrich was the son of Saxon lieutenant colonel Ernst Haubold (1739-1774) from the sex of the von Miltitz and his wife Henriette Louise, born of Schoenberg (1741-1809). His father, who discovered and promoted the philosopher Johann Gottlieb Fichte , died when Dietrich was five years old. His guardian then became Erasmus von Hardenberg , the father of the later poet Novalis . He was educated by the Herrnhutern in Niesky and Barby and later studied law in Wittenberg and Leipzig . Then in 1790 he joined the Chevauleger Regiment "von Gersdorff" of the Electoral Saxon Army as a Sousleutnant , from which he was dismissed in 1792. This was followed by trips to Switzerland (1790–1792) and France, where he was enthusiastic about the ideas of the French Revolution and he considered entering French service. However, the increasing riots made him withdraw from this plan. In 1795 he traveled to England, where he met his future wife Sarah Anna Constable (1774-1819). He moved to his estate in Siebeneichen and implemented the Stein-Hardenberg reforms there . In 1800 he was elected inspector of the Princely School St. Afra in Meissen.

His Siebeneichen estate and later the Scharfenberg Castle of his cousin Karl Borromäus von Miltitz became the center of romanticism in Saxony, which was named Scharfenberger Kreis , through their efforts around 1812 . The loose association of romantic poets and intellectuals included Heinrich von Kleist , Johann Gottlieb Fichte , Hans Georg von Carlowitz , Carl Adolf von Carlowitz , Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué , Johann August Apel , ETA Hoffmann and Christian Gottfried Körner , who was friends with Miltitz was. After the Battle of Leipzig in 1813 was Dietrich von Miltitz on stone operate out of one of the heads of the provisional government in Saxony. He joined the banner of the voluntary Saxons and was envoy to the Congress of Vienna . On February 18, 1815 he was employed as a colonel in the Prussian army. After being appointed lieutenant general, he retired in 1830 and went back to his Schloss Siebeneichen , where he died in 1853. As the elected manor owner of the Meißner Kreis, he was a member of the first chamber of the Saxon state parliament from 1833 to 1848 and 1850/51 .

family

Miltitz married on August 15, 1796 in Kotitz the London landlord 's daughter Sara Anna Constable (1774-1819). The couple had several children:

  • Ernst (* / † 1797)
  • Ernst (* / † 1798)
  • Henriette Frederike Wilhelmine (1802–1817)
  • Georg (1802–1874) ⚭ 1853 Luise Ernestine von Hügel (1813–1875), daughter of Ernst von Hügel
  • Alexander (* 1803-187?)
  • Auguste Ernestine (1805-1837)
⚭ 1832 (divorce) Ludwig Franz Poppo von Hartmann, Saxon secret finance advisor
⚭ 1836 Heinrich Karl Franz Adolf von Maltzan (1793–1851), Baron von Wartenberg and Penzlin
  • Cölestine Anna (1809-1891)
⚭ (divorced) Heinrich Sunstenau von Schützenthal († 1865), Lieutenant Field Marshal
⚭ Karl Friedrich Philipp Ludwig von Stechow († 1884). Prussian major a. D.

After the death of his first wife, he married Charlotte Auguste von Lehsten-Dinglestädt (1791-1860) on September 18, 1820 in Freistadt. The couple had the following children:

  • Dietrich Friedrich August Karl (1821–1876) ⚭ Valentine Edle von Mazaraki (1827–1919)
  • Charlotte Auguste Wilhelmine Clementine Julie Franziska Helene (born June 28, 1823)
  • Centurius August Wilhelm Bernhard (1824–1880) royal Saxon lieutenant general, commandant of Dresden ⚭ 1870 Auguste Isidore von Wuthenau (1831–1886) from the Glesien family, divorced Countess von Hohenthal
  • Helene Clara (1827-1888)
  • Friedrich Ferdinand Maximilian (1828-1853)
  • Elisabeth (* 1830) ⚭ Heinrich Rudolf von Kyaw (1809–1885)

literature

Web links

Commons : Dietrich von Miltitz (1769–1853)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Josef Matzerath : Aspects of Saxon State Parliament History. Presidents and members of parliament from 1833 to 1952.Sächsischer Landtag 2001, p. 46.
  2. ↑ Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the baronial houses for the year 1870. P. 547.
  3. ↑ Valentine Mazaraki ( Memento from January 28, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Miltitz, Dietrich von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Saxon officer, Prussian lieutenant general and founder of the Scharfenberger Kreis
DATE OF BIRTH January 30, 1769
PLACE OF BIRTH Oberau
DATE OF DEATH October 29, 1853
Place of death Seven oaks