Egbert von Legat

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Erhard Wilhelm Egbert von Legat (born October 6, 1820 in Frankfurt (Oder) , † May 19, 1891 in Berlin ) was a Prussian major general and commander of the 44th Infantry Brigade .

Life

origin

Egbert von Legat was the son of the Prussian major a. D. and Oberforstmeister Ferdinand von Legat (1789–1867) and his wife Ferdinande, née Türk (1797–1872). His younger brother Helmuth (1835-1919) was a Prussian lieutenant general .

Military career

After attending grammar school in Danzig , Legat joined the 5th Infantry Regiment of the Prussian Army on March 18, 1838 and was promoted to second lieutenant by the end of August 1839 . For further training, he completed the General War School from October 1844 to June 1847 and was in the meantime assigned to the 12th Hussar Regiment and the 4th Artillery Regiment . After graduating, he was assigned to the 6th Pioneer Division for two months. On August 9, 1848, Legate became regimental adjutant. During the war against Denmark in 1849 he was adjutant of the 1st Mobile Infantry Brigade, with which he took part in the battles at Alminde , Viuf , Vejle and Aarhus . On October 1, 1849, he was transferred to the 18th Infantry Regiment and on May 7, 1850, he was commanded as an adjutant to the 10th Infantry Brigade . This was followed by commands to the 20th Infantry Brigade and the 10th Division . As a prime lieutenant , he was transferred back to the 18th Infantry Regiment in mid-June 1853. From June 1, 1854 Legat was commanded as a company commander in the 1st Battalion in the 5th Landwehr Regiment, rose to captain in mid-March 1855 and was a company commander in the 1st Combined Reserve Battalion from late March 1855 to late June 1859. He was then transferred to the 5th Infantry Regiment as a company commander . Legate was in the same capacity from July 1, 1860 to April 20, 1864 in the Rhenish Jäger Battalion No. 8 . On April 21, 1864, Legat was promoted to Major and transferred to the King Grenadier Regiment (2nd West Prussian) No. 7 in Liegnitz . During the German War , from May 7 to September 7, 1866, he led the 1st Battalion in the 7th Landwehr Regiment, which served as the Jauer occupation battalion .

After the war Legat was given command of the 2nd Battalion of his regiment, rose to lieutenant colonel at the end of March 1868 and took over the fusilier battalion on May 27, 1868. With the mobilization on the occasion of the war against France he was appointed commander of the 2nd East Prussian Grenadier Regiment No. 3 and shortly thereafter promoted to colonel . Legat led his regiment in the battles at Colomby and Noisseville , before Metz and Mézières and at Nassandres , Orival and Moulineaux . Awarded both classes of the Iron Cross for his work , after the Peace of Frankfurt on August 7, 1874 , Legat was initially charged with the command of the 44th Infantry Brigade under position à la suite of his regiment. On September 15, 1874 he was appointed commander of this brigade in Kassel and promoted to major general a day later. With the award of the Order of the Red Eagle, 2nd Class with Oak Leaves, he was put up for disposal on October 17, 1876 with a pension . On June 6, 1887, he received the Crown Order II. Class with a star.

He died on May 19, 1891 in Berlin and was buried on May 22, 1891 in the Invalidenfriedhof .

family

Legat married Helene Lutteroth (1829–1904) in Hamburg on May 18, 1850, but the marriage was divorced on February 22, 1858. She was a daughter of Ascan Wilhelm Lutteroth and married the merchant Wilhelm Daniel Hell (1825-1894) in 1861. The tomb of Wilhelm and Helene Hell, created by Ferdinand Hartzer , can still be found today in the Ohlsdorf cemetery . Legat married on January 26, 1861 in Königsberg Marie Kuster, widow of Captain Magnus von Hegener (1817-1859). Both marriages were childless.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Genealogical handbook of middle-class families . Eighth volume, Starke, Görlitz 1901, p. 338.
  2. ^ Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Briefadeligen houses. 1907 . First year, Justus Perthes, Gotha 1906, p. 278.
personal data
SURNAME Legate, Egbert von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Legacy, Erhard Wilhelm Egbert von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian major general and commander of the 44th Infantry Brigade
DATE OF BIRTH October 6, 1820
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt Oder
DATE OF DEATH May 19, 1891
Place of death Berlin