Ernst Bernhard von Weyler

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Ernst Bernhard Weyler , from 1691 by Weyler , (* 1620 in Berlin ; † December 6, 1693 ibid) was major general in Brandenburg and chief of the artillery .

Life

origin

He comes from a respected patrician family . His parents were the Kurbrandenburg Chamber Council and Hofrentmeister Christian Weyler and his wife Katharina Haar . His father was the heir to Vehlefanz and Staffelde.

Military career

On July 20, 1660 he became master of the artillery and on August 1, 1664 major of the artillery under Colonel Brostrup Jacobsen von Schört . When Schört left the Brandenburg service in 1677, Weyler was made lieutenant colonel and chief of the artillery. In the Northern War from 1674 to 1679 he fought against the French and Swedes, taking part in the Battle of Fehrbellin . In 1677 he received command of the siege artillery of Szczecin, where he commanded 150 cannons, 24 mortars and 6 howitzers. On October 20, 1678, the bombardment of Stralsund began.

On July 15, 1683 he was appointed colonel by the elector. On December 28, 1685, he received the order to provide artillery for the Brandenburg troops, which were made available to the emperor for the Turkish war. The General Schoening received 3 Achtpfünder with ammunition and baggage. In the Palatinate War of Succession he commanded the siege of Bonn in 1689 and on November 1, 1689, he was still in the camp near Bonn by Elector Friedrich III. appointed major general, he was raised to the nobility by Emperor Leopold in 1691, which was confirmed by the elector on October 13, 1691. He died in Berlin on December 6, 1693.

family

He married Sophie Fritzen . The couple had several children, including;

  • Son (born January 8, 1683) in Küstrin
  • Christian Ernst , Imperial Major General

As a residential building in Berlin, Weyler had a palace on Unter den Linden built from 1688 to 1692 , which his son later sold to Margrave Philipp Wilhelm von Brandenburg-Schwedt , which is why it was called Palais Schwedt . In 1825 it was acquired by Prince Wilhelm, who later became Kaiser Wilhelm I , and between 1834 and 1837 it was replaced by a new building designed by Carl Ferdinand Langhans in the classicist style, the still-preserved Old Palace , in which the Kaiser lived and died.

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SURNAME Weyler, Ernst Bernhard von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hamlet, Ernst of; Weyler, Ernst Bernhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German major general and chief of the Kurbrandenburg artillery
DATE OF BIRTH 1620
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH December 6, 1693
Place of death Berlin