Ferdinand Friedrich von Biedenfeld

Ferdinand Friedrich Freiherr von Biedenfeld (born May 12, 1764 in Owen , † September 4, 1834 in Karlsruhe ) was a major general from Baden .

Life

Ferdinand Friedrich came from the Upper Hessian noble family von Biedenfeld . From 1806 to 1808 he was colonel of the "von Biedenfeld" garrison regiment and commandant of Freiburg im Breisgau , and later of Constance . He was interested in natural sciences and art and maintained contact with the painter Friedrich Mosbrugger and his friend, the architect Friedrich Eisenlohr . Eisenlohr was married to his daughter Wilhelmine (1801–1882; called Mimi or Mina).

Biedenfeld's wife Friederike Christiane Dahler (1767–1837) was a commoner, which the parents disliked. The couple married in 1787 and had four daughters and two sons:

Ferdinand (1788–1862), poet, dramaturge and publicist
Ernst (1793–1849), Baden officer, as regimental commander of the Revolutionary Army, executed in 1849.

literature

Michael Bringmann, Sigrid von Blanckenhagen, Kunstverein Konstanz (ed.): The Mosbrugger. The Constance painters Wendelin, Friedrich and Joseph Mosbrugger. Anton H. Konrad, Weißenhorn 1974, ISBN 3-87437-100-X , p. 92.
Hans-Joachim Harder: Military history handbook Baden-Württemberg. Military History Research Office (Ed.), Kohlhammer , Stuttgart 1987, ISBN 3-17-009856-X .
L. Löhlein : Ferdinand Friedrich Freiherr v. Biedenfeld. In: Baden biographies . Friedrich von Weech (Ed.), First Part, Heidelberg 1875, pp. 84–85 online at the Badische Landesbibliothek

Individual evidence

^ Heinrich Ihme: Southwest German personalities. Volume 1, p. 74, In: Publication of the Commission for Historical Regional Studies in Baden-Württemberg. Verlag Kohlhammer, 1988, ISBN 3-17-010288-5 or ISBN 978-3-17-010288-0 ( excerpt ). - Here the birthday is given as May 22nd .
↑ Harder, p. 220
^ Bringmann, p. 239.
↑ Biedenfeld family table. In: Edmund von der Becke-Klüchtzner: Stamm-Tafeln of the nobility of the Grand Duchy of Baden: a newly edited nobility book. Baden-Baden 1886, p. 571.

personal data
SURNAME	Biedenfeld, Ferdinand Friedrich von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Biedenfeld, Ferdinand Friedrich Freiherr von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Baden major general
DATE OF BIRTH	May 12, 1764
PLACE OF BIRTH	Owen
DATE OF DEATH	September 4, 1834
Place of death	Karlsruhe

[1] Heinrich Ihme: Southwest German personalities. Volume 1, p. 74, In: Publication of the Commission for Historical Regional Studies in Baden-Württemberg. Verlag Kohlhammer, 1988, ISBN 3-17-010288-5 or ISBN 978-3-17-010288-0 ( excerpt ). - Here the birthday is given as May 22nd .

[2] Harder, p. 220

[3] Bringmann, p. 239.

[4] Biedenfeld family table. In: Edmund von der Becke-Klüchtzner: Stamm-Tafeln of the nobility of the Grand Duchy of Baden: a newly edited nobility book. Baden-Baden 1886, p. 571.