Ernst von Krosigk (General, 1821)

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Ernst Friedrich von Krosigk (born August 21, 1821 in Merseburg , † July 14, 1890 in Lütetsburg ) was a Prussian lieutenant general .

Life

origin

Ernst was a son of the Real Secret Council and President of the District of Merseburg Friedrich von Krosigk (1784–1871) and his wife Karoline, born von Leipziger (1796–1840). The District Administrator Kurt von Krosigk (1819-1898) was his older brother.

Military career

Krosigk visited the Berlin cadet school and was on August 8, 1839 second lieutenant of the 2nd Guards Regiment walk the Prussian Army transferred. For further training, he completed the General War School from October 1842 to July 1845 and took part in the suppression of street fighting in Berlin in March 1848 . The following year, Krosigk came on the occasion of the suppression of the Baden Revolution at III. Battalion in the 4th Guards Landwehr Regiment used in the battles in Kirchheimbolanden , Kuppenheim , Förch and Niederbühl . After three time-limited assignments to the topographical department of the General Staff and employment as a regimental adjutant, he became an adjutant at the command of the Guard Infantry at the end of October 1855 . In this capacity he was promoted to captain in mid-April 1856 . For a short time, Krosigk served as adjutant of the 2nd Guard Division before he was transferred to the General Staff of the 3rd Division on March 7, 1857 . At the same time, from mid-May 1857 he was also the director of the United Divisional School of the II Army Corps . At the beginning of May 1858 he was transferred to the General Staff of the Guard Corps and at the end of June 1859 to the General Staff of the 2nd Guard Division. As a major , Krosigk was appointed commander of the 1st Battalion in the Emperor Franz Garde Grenadier Regiment No. 2 on February 7, 1863 , and in this position he rose to lieutenant colonel at the end of June 1864 . During the mobilization on the occasion of the German War , he was appointed commander of the Great Headquarters on June 15, 1866 . Krosigk took part in the battle of Königgrätz and after the peace treaty was commanded as court marshal to Crown Prince Friedrich under position à la suite of his regiment .

With a patent dated October 30, Krosigk was promoted to colonel on December 31, 1866 and appointed commander of the Legion of Honor at the end of June 1867 . Receiving the Knight's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern , he was transferred to the army officers on September 10, 1867 and appointed commander of the Anhalt Infantry Regiment No. 93 on September 25, 1867 . His association led Krosigk in 1870 in the war against France in the battle near Beaumont. Subsequently, he was commanded to lead the 13th Infantry Brigade , with which he participated in the battles at Sedan , Toul and Épinay-sur-Seine and the siege of Paris involved.

Awarded both classes of the Iron Cross , Krosigk was appointed commander of the 2nd Guard Infantry Brigade after the Peace of Frankfurt under position à la suite of his regiment and promoted to major general in mid-August 1871. In mid-September 1873 he received the Order of the Red Eagle, 2nd class, with oak leaves and swords on the ring. On 12 December 1874 he was appointed commander of Frankfurt am Main appointed him until February 11, 1875 Presentation of the character as a lieutenant general with board for disposition presented.

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

family

Krosigk had married on November 2, 1849 in Lütetsburg with Pauline Countess of Inn and Knyphausen (1826-1854). The Prussian Second Lieutenant Ernst Friedrich Paul (1850–1877) and their daughter Hyma (* 1852), who married Egmont von Brünneck (1842–1916) on June 5, 1894 in Hanover, emerged from the marriage .

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SURNAME Krosigk, Ernst von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Krosigk, Ernst Friedrich von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian lieutenant general
DATE OF BIRTH August 21, 1821
PLACE OF BIRTH Merseburg
DATE OF DEATH July 14, 1890
Place of death Lütetsburg