Ernst Wilhelm von Baumbach
Ernst Wilhelm von Baumbach (born December 13, 1791 in Nentershausen , † August 7, 1860 in Stuttgart ) was a Württemberg lieutenant general and governor of Stuttgart.
Life
Ernst Wilhelm von Baumbach was the third son of the Hessian district administrator Ludwig Wilhelm von Baumbach (1755-1811) and his wife Sophie Christine von Wangenheim (1764-1841). His sister Sophie (1785–1869) was married to Wilhelm Ludwig von Eschwege .
Ernst von Baumbach joined the Württemberg Army and took part in Napoleon's Russian campaign in 1812 as Premier Lieutenant in Prince Paul’s Infantry Regiment No. 1 . In 1816, Hauptmann von Baumbach was appointed the Württemberg chargé d'affaires at the headquarters of the Duke of Wellington in place of Captain von Faustigny . In 1819 Wellington awarded him the Bath Order. From 1818 to 1835, Baumbach was Württemberg's military representative at the German Federal Assembly . He was later appointed governor of Stuttgart.
In 1838 Baumbach wrote a book of days from 1812 with 279 pages, using the notes of his war comrade Wildermuth , in which he reported on the Russian campaign. The military estate of Ernst von Baumbach is in the main state archive in Stuttgart under the signature M 660/053.
Ernst von Baumbach was married to Louise van der Hoop (* 1801), daughter of the Dutch major Adrian van der Hoop and his wife Anna Gertrud Kolff (1769-1838). Their son Ernst Ludwig (1823-1880) married Mathilde van der Hoop and had the sons Ernst Ludwig (* 1853), Walter (* 1863) and Friedrich Adolph (* 1873).
Awards
- 1849: Grand Cross of the Württemberg Order of Frederick
- 1851: Grand Cross of the Order of the Württemberg Crown
- 1852: Commentary Cross of the Württemberg Military Merit Order
- Württ. Golden military service mark of honor
- Württ. War memorial
- 1819: British Order of Bath
- Commander 2nd class of the Order of the Zähringer Lion
- Commander 2nd class of the Grand Ducal Hessian Order of Ludwig
- Knight 1st class of the Russian Order of Saint Stanislaus
- Grand Officer of the French Legion of Honor
- Knight of Honor of the Order of St. John
literature
- August von Baumbach: History of the von Baumbach family belonging to the old Hessen knighthood . Marburg 1886, p. 44 ( digitized version )
Web links
- Works by and about Ernst Wilhelm von Baumbach in the German Digital Library
- Handwriting Ernst von Baumbach
Individual evidence
- ↑ Court and State Handbook of the Kingdom of Württemberg 1858. P. 33.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Baumbach, Ernst Wilhelm von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Württemberg Lieutenant General and Governor of Stuttgart |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 13, 1791 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nentershausen |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 7, 1860 |
| Place of death | Stuttgart |