Ernst von Manstein

Ernst Christoph Friedrich von Manstein (born August 20, 1794 in Klein-Warthe, Neisse district , † November 23, 1876 in Berlin ) was a Prussian lieutenant general .

Life

origin

Ernst was the son of the Prussian lieutenant of the same name Ernst von Manstein (1751–1794) and his wife Friederike Amalie, née von Pannwitz (1762–1832). His father was initially the master of Kommern and Fuchswinkel, later of Klein-Warthe.

Military career

Manstein visited the cadet houses in Kalisch and Berlin . Then he became a second lieutenant in the body Infantry Regiment of the Prussian army one. During the Wars of Liberation he fought in the battles near Großgörschen , Bautzen and on the Katzbach . At the crossing near Wartenburg Manstein was badly wounded by a shot in the chest and was awarded the Iron Cross 2nd class. After his recovery he took part in the battles at Bunzlau, Fleurus, Wavre , Saint Germain and Chatillon. During that time he became adjutant to General von Horn on July 1, 1813 and from November 8, 1813, adjutant of the later General von Zepelin .

After the war, Manstein rose to prime lieutenant in mid-August 1816 and completed the general war school for further training by 1819 . From July 1, 1821 to May 1, 1823 was commanded to the topographic office . On May 14, 1829 he became a captain and company commander . With the promotion to major Manstein was on March 30, 1837 commander of the III. Battalions in the 23rd Landwehr Regiment in Opole . This was followed by a use in the 22nd Infantry Regiment from March 31, 1846 and the promotion to lieutenant colonel the following year . On June 6, 1848 Manstein was appointed commander of the 21st Infantry Regiment . At the same time he acted from December 9, 1848 as President of the Examination Commission for Portepeefmen of the 4th Division . After he had been promoted to colonel on November 19, 1849 , he was appointed commander of the 8th Infantry Regiment (called Leib-Infanterie-Regiment) on December 4, 1849. On September 22, 1852, Manstein received command of the 3rd Infantry Brigade in Danzig and on October 7, 1852 was placed à la suite of his previous regiment. He was promoted to major general on March 22, 1853 and awarded the Order of the Red Eagle, 2nd class with oak leaves, on September 12, 1856 . With the character of lieutenant general, Manstein was put up for disposal on December 3, 1857 with a pension . He died on November 23, 1876 in Berlin and was buried on November 25, 1876 in the Matthäi cemetery .

In his assessment from the year 1847 his commander wrote: "A very outstandingly talented staff officer who deserves to be ranked high in terms of intelligence, practical usefulness, loyalty to duty, morality and scientific education and can therefore be conscientiously recommended for promotion outside of the tour."

family

Manstein married in the December 6, 1820 Guben the mayor and Charlotte Philippine Heym, a subsidiary country elders of Guben, Michael Friedrich Edman Heym. The marriage was divorced on September 30, 1833. Thereupon he married on November 23, 1834 in Küstrin Nathalie Koppin (1807-1885), the daughter of the building councilor and dike captain Ludwig Lebrecht Koppin . The couple had several children:

• Ernst (1840–1846)
• Anna Wilhelmine (* 1841) ⚭ August 29, 1871 Heinrich von Hartmann († 1888), domain tenant in Boesha near Groß-Kanizsa, Hungary
• Elvira (1845-1896)

literature

• Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 6, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1938], DNB 367632810 , pp. 331-332, no. 1953.
• Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of noble houses. 1903. Fourth year, Justus Perthes, Gotha 1902, p. 556.