Ernst von Trotha

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Ernst Otto von Trotha (born June 24, 1819 in Neu-Beesen , † January 29, 1903 in Schkopau ) was a Prussian lieutenant general and legal knight of the Order of St. John .

Life

origin

Ernst was the youngest son of the Prussian Rittmeister Otto von Trotha (1778–1862) and his wife Wilhelmine, born von Boden (1785–1873). The later Prussian major general Thilo von Trotha (1814–1888) was his brother.

Military career

Trotha attended grammar school in Brandenburg an der Havel and the pedagogy in Halle (Saale) . On January 11, 1837, he joined the Guard Jäger battalion of the Prussian Army in Potsdam and was promoted to second lieutenant until mid-September 1838 . At the end of March 1841 he was aggregated to the 10th Hussar Regiment and three years later assigned to the association . Trotha rose to prime lieutenant in mid-July 1853 and was commanded from October 14, 1854 to March 12, 1859 as a squadron leader in the 10th Landwehr Hussar Regiment in Aschersleben . As Rittmeister, he was then appointed squadron chief in the 8th Hussar Regiment . During the mobilization on the occasion of the Sardinian War , he was the leader of the 2nd Squadron of the mobile 8th Landwehr Hussar Regiment. On May 12, 1860, Trotha was assigned to the 1st Combined Dragoon Regiment in the same capacity, from which the Rhenish Dragoon Regiment (No. 5) was formed with the budgeting on July 4, 1860 . Until September 27, 1863 he was chief of the 2nd Squadron in Salzwedel and was then transferred to the 2nd Silesian Uhlan Regiment No. 2 . On June 25, 1864, he was promoted to major and was employed as a squadron chief in the Brandenburg Dragoon Regiment No. 2 .

In mid-May 1866 Trotha became a regular staff officer in the 2nd Brandenburg Uhlan Regiment No. 11 . In this position he took part in the battle of Königgrätz during the war against Austria in the same year and was awarded the Order of the Red Eagle, IV class with swords. One year after the peace treaty , he was entrusted with the management of the Oldenburg Dragoon Regiment No. 19 under position à la suite . Trotha was appointed regimental commander on December 10, 1867 and was promoted to colonel by the end of July 1870 . In the following war against France he led his regiment in the battles at Mars-la-Tour and Gravelotte , the siege of Paris and the battles at Chérisey and Buchères . For his behavior, Trotha received, in addition to both classes of the Iron Cross, the Commander of the House and Merit Order of Duke Peter Friedrich Ludwig with Swords.

In position à la suite, he was transferred to Glogau on October 16, 1873 as commander of the 9th Cavalry Brigade and promoted to major general at the end of October 1874. After Trotha had been transferred to the army officers on June 8, 1875, he was put up for disposal on October 28, 1875 with the award of the Order of the Red Eagle, 2nd class with oak leaves and swords on the ring, with the statutory pension . On January 16, 1890, with his pension, he was approved to leave .

On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Battle of Mars-la-Tour, Emperor Wilhelm II awarded him the character of Lieutenant General on August 16, 1895, and on June 16, 1899 the Oldenburg Grand Duke Peter II honored him with the Grand Cross of his House and Merit Order .

family

Trotha had married Rosa von Helldorff (1826-1903) on August 26, 1850 in Wolmirstedt . The following children were born from the marriage:

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ [Georg] Schweppe, [Julius] from and to Egloffstein: History of Oldenburg. Dragoon Regiment No. 19 former Grand Ducal Oldenburg Cavalry Regiment. Verlag Gerhard Stalling, Oldenburg 1899, p. 300.
personal data
SURNAME Trotha, Ernst von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Trotha, Ernst Otto von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian lieutenant general
DATE OF BIRTH June 24, 1819
PLACE OF BIRTH Re-pick
DATE OF DEATH January 29, 1903
Place of death Schkopau