Eduard d'Artois of Bequignolles

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Eduard Friedrich Leopold d'Artois von Bequignolles (born December 12, 1793 in Morlack, Prussian Eylau district ; † June 30, 1865 in Liegnitz ) was a Prussian lieutenant general and commander of the 12th division .

Life

Family coat of arms

origin

Eduard was a son of Ludwig Friedrich Ferdinand d'Artois von Bequignolles and his wife Juliane Konstantine Luise, née von Sperling , widowed von Hoym . Johann Leonhard d'Artois von Bequignolle was his grandfather. The blue shield of the family coat of arms shows a golden rafter, accompanied by three golden maces (morning stars; 2: 1).

Life

After attending school in Marienwerder , Bequignolles joined the 2nd West Prussian Infantry Regiment of the Prussian Army on March 14, 1808 as a Junker . As a Portepeefähnrich he completed the General War School until 1812 and was promoted to Second Lieutenant on November 17, 1812 . During the Wars of Liberation , Bequignolles took part in the fighting at Großgörschen , Laon , Paris , Ligny , Waterloo , Jeanvillers, Issy, Etoges, Avesnes, Fleurus, Compiegne and Sevres as well as the siege of Erfurt . He was wounded in the Battle of Bautzen and awarded the Iron Cross, 2nd class.

After the war, Bequignolles was promoted to captain in the 20th Infantry Regiment on May 17, 1827 with a patent from May 17, 1823 . On April 20, 1833 he came as a major in the 4th Landwehr Regiment and was given command of the III. Battalion in Thorn . From there he came on March 26, 1840 as commander of the 1st Battalion in the 1st Landwehr Guard Regiment in Königsberg and on March 26, 1841 as a commander of the 1st Battalion in the 3rd Landwehr Guard Regiment in Görlitz . On July 11, 1844, he was appointed battalion commander in the Kaiser Franz Grenadier Regiment . There he was appointed lieutenant colonel on March 22, 1845 and on March 27, 1847 with the command of the regiment. On September 23, 1847 was appointed regimental commander. During the March Revolution he was involved in the street fighting in Berlin on March 18, 1848. On May 10, 1848 he was promoted to colonel . In the war against Denmark he took part in the battle near Schleswig. At the decisive moment he took the lead of the 1st Battalion and took Bosdorf and the city of Schleswig to Schloss Gottorf at a rapid pace . For this, Bequignolles received the order Pour le Mérite on September 19, 1849 . On August 4, 1849, he was sent to Austria to congratulate the Kaiser on the suppression of the uprising in Vienna . On his return, he was appointed commander of the 5th Infantry Brigade on October 3, 1850 , and in this capacity was promoted to major general on March 23, 1852 . From May 4, 1852 to August 13, 1856 he was in command of the 9th Infantry Brigade . Subsequently, he was appointed commander of the 12th Division and on October 15, 1856 he was promoted to lieutenant general. Bequignolles took on 18 December 1856 his farewell with pension , received in January 1857 the star of Red Eagle II. Class with oak leaves and was on August 6, 1857 Pension zur Disposition asked. He died on June 30, 1865 in Liegnitz.

family

Bequignolles married on July 2, 1824 in Liegnitz Hulda von Boyen (1805-1840), a daughter of the chief forester Hermann von Boyen. The couple had several children:

  • Hermann Ferdinand Eduard Johannes (1824–1866), director of the Schauspielhaus in Wiesbaden ⚭ 1857 Sophie Heindl
  • Hulda Julia Mathilde (* / † 1828)
  • Anna Marie Wilhelmine Raphaela (1831–1896) ⚭ 1858 Otto Karl Friedrich Julius Schönermark (1819–1899), professor
  • Olga Charlotte Ferdinande (* 1833) ⚭ 1871 Rudolf Hasert (1826–1877), pianist, pastor in Gristow near Greifswald
  • Hedwig Ernestine Leopoldine (1835–1901) ⚭ 1860 Gustav Deutschmann († 1885), pastor in Bienowitz near Liegnitz
  • Hulda (* 1840) ⚭ Johannes Adolf Karl Paul Deegener († 1898), pastor in Saal in Pomerania, parents of Paul Deegener

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Collectors of coats of arms. 1905, p. 6.
  2. ^ Leopold von Zedlitz-Neukirch : New Prussian Adels Lexicon . Volume 1, Leipzig 1836, p. 210.
  3. ^ Hugo Riemann: Music Lexicon. First volume, p. 461f.
personal data
SURNAME d'Artois of Bequignolles, Eduard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES d'Artois von Bequignolles, Eduard Friedrich Leopold (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian lieutenant general and commander of the 12th division
DATE OF BIRTH December 12, 1793
PLACE OF BIRTH Morlack, Prussian Eylau district
DATE OF DEATH June 30, 1865
Place of death Liegnitz