Ernst von Keyserlingk

Friedrich Ernst Ewald von Keyserlingk (born January 15, 1743 , † January 21, 1821 in Funkenhof ) was a Prussian colonel and chief of the fusilier battalion of the same name.

Life

Origin and family

Ernst was a member of the Courland Barons von Keyserlingk . His parents were the pledgee of Laschuppen, Hermann Christoph von Keyserlingk († 1755) and Margaretha Elisabeth, née von Heyking (1711-1806).

Career

Keyserlingk entered the Prussian Army in order to pursue an officer career . In 1792 he was already serving as a captain in the “von Schencke” fusilier battalion with garrison in Halle . Under the orders of the Duke of Braunschweig , he took part in the First Coalition War and was promoted to major after the siege of Mainz , and was awarded the Order of Pour le Mérite on July 26, 1793 . From 1795 to 1803 he stood with his battalion on the Rhine and in Westphalia . In autumn 1803 he took garrison in Burg and was able to take the family on a trip to Courland . Keyserlingk was promoted to colonel in 1805 at the latest. On January 6, 1806, he finally became head of his battalion, which was now garrisoned in Hildesheim .

In the Fourth Coalition War Keyserlingk was assigned to the Army Department of Lieutenant General von Winning and marched to Fulda . During the surrender near Lübeck , he was injured and taken prisoner by the French , but was released on a word of honor and went to Hildesheim to his family. With the establishment of the Kingdom of Westphalia , Keyserlingk went to Brandenburg an der Havel . In 1811 he finally his farewell removed from Prussian service, and retired to his genetic Funkenhof in Kurland back.

family

Keyserlingk married Franziska von Keyserlingk (1765-1838) in the parish of Durben in 1784 . The marriage produced a daughter and a son:

Wilhelmine (1791–1859) ⚭ 1813 Baron Ferdinand von Rahden (1783–1857), heir to Klein Dfelden
Hermann (born October 6, 1793 - † February 27, 1858), Dr. phil. and PD at the University of Berlin , writer, ⚭ 1820 Dorothee von Zülow (1797–1874)

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the baronial houses . 20th year, Justus Perthes , Gotha 1870, p. 424.
↑ ^a ^b Oskar Stavenhagen (Ed.): Genealogical manual of the Courland knighthood. Volume 1, Görlitz [1939], p. 129.
^ ^A ^b Carl Hopf : Historisch-genealogischer Atlas. Perthes, Gotha 1858, p. 131.
^ ^A ^b ^c ^d Hermann Wilhelm Ernst von Keyserlingk: Memories of a Philosopher. Altona 1839, pp. 1-8.
↑ Gustaf Lehmann: The knights of the order pour le mérite. Volume 1, ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1913, p. 266, no. 426.
^ Günther Gieraths : The combat operations of the Brandenburg-Prussian Army 1626-1807. Walter de Gruyter , Berlin 1964, p. 174.
^ ^A ^b Karl Eduard von Napiersky : General writers and scholars lexicon of the provinces of Livonia, Esthland and Courland . Volume 2, Mitau 1829, pp. 433-434.

personal data
SURNAME	Keyserlingk, Ernst von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Keyserlingk, Friedrich Ernst Ewald von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Prussian colonel
DATE OF BIRTH	January 15, 1743
DATE OF DEATH	January 21, 1821
Place of death	Spark court

[GGT-1] Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the baronial houses . 20th year, Justus Perthes , Gotha 1870, p. 424.

[GHK-2] Oskar Stavenhagen (Ed.): Genealogical manual of the Courland knighthood. Volume 1, Görlitz [1939], p. 129.

[HGA-3] A ^b Carl Hopf : Historisch-genealogischer Atlas. Perthes, Gotha 1858, p. 131.

[DeP-4] A ^b ^c ^d Hermann Wilhelm Ernst von Keyserlingk: Memories of a Philosopher. Altona 1839, pp. 1-8.

[5] Gustaf Lehmann: The knights of the order pour le mérite. Volume 1, ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1913, p. 266, no. 426.

[6] Günther Gieraths : The combat operations of the Brandenburg-Prussian Army 1626-1807. Walter de Gruyter , Berlin 1964, p. 174.

[ASG-7] A ^b Karl Eduard von Napiersky : General writers and scholars lexicon of the provinces of Livonia, Esthland and Courland . Volume 2, Mitau 1829, pp. 433-434.