Ernst Eberhard Cuno Langwerth from Simmern
Baron Ernst Eberhard Cuno Langwerth von Simmern (born April 20, 1757 in Hanover , † July 28, 1809 at Talavera de la Reyna ) was Brigadier General of the King's German Legion .
origin
His parents were Georg Reinhard Langwerth von Simmern (born February 26, 1713; † May 3, 1778) and his wife Melusine Sophie von Kampen († 1792), a daughter of the Hanoverian general Christian Wilhelm von Campen (1667–1747). His father was an electoral British and Brunswick-Lüneburg Higher Appeal Judge and Landdrost.
Life
It was in 1769 ensign in the Life Guards and on September 16, 1777 lieutenant . On December 7, 1784 he came as a captain in the 8th Infantry Regiment, on May 26, 1795 he was major in the 13th Infantry Regiment before he returned to the footguard as a lieutenant colonel on September 19, 1799 . After the French invasion of Hanover, the army had to be disbanded according to the Artlenburg Convention . Like many officers, he went to the King's German Legion to fight the French.
On November 14, 1803 he was then appointed commanding colonel in the Legion's 1st Line Battalion and took part in the fighting in the Baltic States. In the autumn of 1808 he was transferred to Portugal to fight with Wellington in the Spanish campaign . In 1808 he was also appointed Brigadier General. He died on July 28, 1809 in the Battle of Talavera .
In memory of his death, a memorial was dedicated to him and to General Alexander Mackenzie, who also died at Talavera, in St Paul's Cathedral .
family
On June 28, 1796, he married Julie Georgine von Ahlefeld (February 2, 1764 - July 1, 1821), widow of Chamberlain Detlev von Ahlefeldt, a daughter of General Siegfried Ernst von Ahlefeldt . His brother Karl Christian Ludwig (* October 27, 1750; † July 6, 1803) was married to Wilhelmine von Ahlefeld, a sister of his wife. Langwerth and his wife had the following children:
- Adolf Friedrich Ulrich (born May 15, 1797 - † September 26, 1846), Hanoverian major a. D. ⚭ 1831 Isabelle Sophie von Bülow-Bothkamp (born September 19, 1810 - † July 6, 1892), parents of Heinrich Langwerth von Simmern
- Karl Heinrich Ernst Bernhard (born July 31, 1798 - † November 17, 1829), British captain in India, unmarried
- Adolf Friedrich (born November 16, 1802), gentleman on Wichtringshausen, appellate judge
literature
- Bernhard von Poten: Langwerth von Simmern, Ernst Freiherr . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 17, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1883, p. 694.
- Freiherr from Eltville dies in Spain , Wiesbadener-Kurier on March 17, 2015
- Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the baronial houses for the year 1855, p. 321
- North Ludlow Beamish: History of the Royal German Legion , Volume 2, p. 153
Individual evidence
- ↑ Denkmalprojekt.org
- ↑ North Ludlow Beamish, History of the Royal German Legion , Volume 2, p. 94
- ↑ North Ludlow Beamish, History of the Royal German Legion , Volume 2, p. 111.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Langwerth von Simmern, Ernst Eberhard Cuno |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Brigadier General of the King's German Legion |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 20, 1757 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hanover |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 28, 1809 |
| Place of death | Talavera de la Reyna |