Emil of Albedyll

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General Emil von Albedyll
Grave in the Bornstedter Friedhof in Potsdam

Emil Heinrich Ludwig von Albedyll (born April 1, 1824 in Liebenow ; † June 13, 1897 in Potsdam ) was a Prussian general of the cavalry and head of the military cabinet of Kaiser Wilhelm I and Kaiser Friedrich III.

Life

origin

His parents were the Prussian lieutenant August Friedrich Ludwig von Albedyll (1793–1865) and his wife Ernestine Ulrike, born von Wedel (1801–1863) from the Blankensee house. The later Prussian general of the cavalry Georg von Albedyll (1835–1907) was his younger brother.

Military career

Albedyll joined the 2nd cuirassier regiment of the Prussian Army on April 10, 1841 and became second lieutenant on May 5, 1843 . In 1848 he took part in the campaign against Denmark as an orderly officer and took part in the battles near Schleswig , Düppel and before Fredericia . He became Prime Lieutenant on November 11, 1854 and was promoted to Rittmeister on May 25, 1858 . In 1862 he was transferred to the Department of Personal Affairs of the War Department (later the Military Cabinet ) and was promoted to major on March 17, 1863 . In the wake of Adjutant General von Manteuffel , he took part in the Battle of Missunde in 1864 during the German-Danish War .

On October 29, 1866, Albedyll was promoted to lieutenant colonel and appointed wing adjutant . He took part in the German war at the headquarters . After he was promoted to colonel on July 3, 1868 , he again took part in the war against France in the Great Headquarters in 1870/71 and was appointed head of the military cabinet after the peace . As such, he managed the personal and official affairs of the officers of the Prussian Army with great influence for 17 years. Albedyll became major general and general à la suite of Kaiser Wilhelm I on March 22, 1873. On April 1, 1876, he became adjutant general of the emperor and on June 11, 1876 he was promoted to lieutenant general . On September 18, 1886, he was finally promoted to general of the cavalry . Even under Emperor Friedrich III. Albedyll remained head of the military cabinet. However , he did not harmonize with Wilhelm II . The young emperor released him from his long-term task and on August 7, 1888 appointed him commanding general of the VII Army Corps in Münster .

On April 10, 1891, Albedyll received the Order of the Black Eagle on the occasion of the celebration of his 50th anniversary in service . On June 2, 1893, he handed over his corps to Lieutenant General Robert von Goetze and was put up for disposal in approval of his resignation request with a pension . However, he remained in his relationship as adjutant general of Wilhelm II and in the position à la suite of the cuirassier regiment "Queen" (Pommersches) No. 2 and was still listed in the seniority list of the generals.

After his retirement, Albedyll lived in the Villa Maurer in Potsdam's Nauener Vorstadt (Puschkinallee 6). He died there on June 13, 1897 and was buried in the Bornstedter cemetery .

family

Albedyll married on November 8, 1847 in Pasewalk Hedwig von Barby (1827-1854), the daughter of the later Prussian Lieutenant General Wilhelm von Barby and his wife Ulrike, née von Wulffen . With her, Albedyll had two daughters:

After the death of his first wife, he married in Dresden on April 20, 1869 Julie von Alten (1835–1915) from the Wilkenburg family , daughter of Carl Franz Victor von Alten and his wife Hermine, née von Schmincke. Two more daughters were born from this marriage:

  • Luise ("Lily") (1872–1934)
  • Augusta ("Gutta") (1872–1931)

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Handbook of the German Nobility. Second volume, 1893, p. 9.
  2. ^ Military weekly paper . No. 51, June 10, 1893, pp. 1357-1358.
personal data
SURNAME Albedyll, Emil von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Albedyll, Emil Heinrich Ludwig von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian general of the cavalry
DATE OF BIRTH April 1, 1824
PLACE OF BIRTH Liebenow
DATE OF DEATH June 13, 1897
Place of death Potsdam