Eric von Witzleben

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Eric Hans Melchior Job von Witzleben (born September 4, 1847 in Potsdam , † February 18, 1919 in Berlin ) was a Prussian major general .

Life

origin

His grandfather was Lieutenant General Job von Witzleben . His parents were the Prussian Colonel Friedrich Wilhelm Job Erik von Witzleben (* August 15, 1819 - December 25, 1878) and his wife Marie Wilhelmine Franziska Sophie von Ribbeck (* August 7, 1824).

family

Witzleben married Gertrud Luise von Plotho on July 27, 1870 in Stechow (* October 21, 1850 - August 16, 1881) and after her death on February 28, 1895 in Potsdam, Marie von Elern (* July 16, 1844; † 26. June 1913), widow of Felix von Amsberg († March 6, 1879). The first marriage had four children:

  • Elisabeth Esther Luise Herta Marie (* August 30, 1871; † February 22, 1937) ⚭ Erich Wolfgang Eduard von Jachmann (* October 10, 1857; † March 20, 1935), son of Eduard von Jachmann
  • Friedrich Karl Edwin Egmont Job Detlef (born November 16, 1872 - December 28, 1950), captain a. D.
⚭ 1905 Marie Charlotte Schirmer (* October 24, 1874; † August 20, 1937)
⚭ 1941 Theresia Kleiner (* May 30, 1900 - November 19, 1991)
  • Gertrude Felicitas (born December 16, 1873)
  • Karl Erik Egbert (born August 17, 1875 - † August 29, 1914), died near Colonfay, Picardy

Military career

In the course of his military career in the Prussian Army , Witzleben took part in the campaign in Denmark in 1864 and against Austria in 1866 . During the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71 he was wounded in the battle of Vionville by a shot in the side and a shrapnel in the head. For his achievements during this war he had received the Iron Cross 2nd class.

On March 24, 1890, Witzleben was transferred to the Oldenburg Dragoon Regiment No. 19 as a major . Initially used as a regular staff officer, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel on June 18, 1892 , and appointed regimental commander on August 6, 1892. On May 13, 1895, he was promoted to colonel . As such, Witzleben was given command of the 6th Cavalry Brigade in Brandenburg an der Havel on June 17, 1897 . Promoted to major general on July 20, 1898, Witzleben was put up for disposition a month later on August 18 .

Witzleben was a legal knight of the Order of St. John .

literature

  • History of the Oldenburg. Dragoon Regiment No. 19. Verlag Gerhard Stalling. Oldenburg 1899. p. 277.
  • Gothaisches Adeliges Taschenbuch, Gotha 1923, p. 709.
  • Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of noble houses, 1903, p.918f

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Genealogical pocket book of the knights and Noble families, 1880, p.114
personal data
SURNAME Witzleben, Eric von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Witzleben, Eric Hans Melchior Job of
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian major general
DATE OF BIRTH September 4, 1847
PLACE OF BIRTH Potsdam
DATE OF DEATH February 18, 1919
Place of death Berlin