Ferdinand von Stülpnagel (General, 1781)

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Wolf Wilhelm Ferdinand von Stülpnagel (born July 10, 1781 in Prenzlau , † December 29, 1839 in Berlin ) was a Prussian lieutenant general and director of the General War Department in the War Ministry .

Life

origin

His parents were Karl Gottlieb von Stülpnagel (1752-1802) and his first wife Ulrike Luise Johanna, née von Finck (* 1763). The marriage was divorced in 1786. His father was a prime lieutenant a. D. from Infantry Regiment No. 12 and Herr auf Grünberg ( Prenzlau district ). His mother was a daughter of the former Prussian Lieutenant General Friedrich August von Finck .

Career

Stülpnagel came to Berlin on January 8, 1790 as a cadet and on September 28, 1791 as a private corporal in the infantry regiment "von Pirch" of the Prussian army . There he became Portepeefähnrich on July 8, 1794 and as such took part in the campaign in Poland in 1794/95 . Until June 8, 1797, Stülpnagel had advanced to secondary lieutenant . On May 16, 1804 he was transferred to the infantry regiment of the Duke of Braunschweig with a patent from August 9, 1794 and promoted there to Prime Lieutenant on November 5, 1804. In the Fourth Coalition War he fought in the battle near Lübeck , was wounded and was captured during the surrender of Ratkau.

After the Treaty of Tilsit , Stülpnagel came to the 11th Pomeranian Reserve Battalion on February 3, 1808 as a staff captain . On August 20, 1808, he was transferred to the Leibregiment (No. 8) . On June 13, 1809 he received his resignation with permission to go into foreign services. On February 14, 1810, he was aggregated to the 2nd East Prussian Infantry Regiment , but already made inactive on June 20, 1810.

In 1812 he switched to Russian services as captain . There Stülpnagel was promoted to major on June 10, 1812 and lieutenant colonel on April 2, 1813 . During the Wars of Liberation he fought in the blockade of Glückstadt, the skirmishes on the Göhrde, near Seestadt and also in the blockade of Harburg. On February 2, 1814, he became a colonel and commander of the 2nd Infantry Regiment of the Russian-German Legion .

After the Peace of Paris he switched back to Prussian service on March 31, 1815, where he was colonel in command of the 31st Infantry Regiment . After Napoleon's return, Stülpnagel fought at Ligny , Wavre and the capture of Paris. For this he received the Iron Cross II. Class on October 2, 1815 and the Order of St. Vladimir on November 12, 1815 .

After the war he was transferred to Gumbinnen on May 8, 1817 as inspector of the Landwehr inspection . On February 12, 1820 he came from there as a commander to the 1st Landwehr Brigade and on March 30, 1822, with a patent from April 1, 1822, became major general . On August 22, 1825, Stülpnagel received the service cross and on January 21, 1832 the Order of the Red Eagle III. Class. On March 30, 1832, he was appointed commander of the 1st Infantry Brigade . On March 5, 1834 he was appointed President of the Upper Military Examination Commission. On January 22, 1836 he received the star for the Order of the Red Eagle, 2nd class with oak leaves. On March 30, 1837, he was promoted to lieutenant general and on April 29, 1837, he was appointed director of the General War Department in the War Ministry. In addition, from May 21, 1837, Stülpnagel also acted as head of the management of the Great Military Orphanage in Potsdam. From October 1838 he represented the sick war minister Gustav von Rauch for a few months . In addition, on October 5, 1838, he was awarded the Russian Order of St. Anne 1st Class. He died in Berlin on December 29, 1839 and was buried in the old garrison cemetery on January 2, 1840 .

family

On February 5, 1809, Stülpnagel married Johanna Henriette Albertine von Blankenstein (1786–1865) in Berlin. After her death on July 18, 1865, she was buried in the garrison cemetery. The couple had several children:

  • Malwine (1809–1871) ⚭ 1830 (divorced 1840) Lorenz von Lüdinghausen called Wolff
  • Therese (1810–1887) ⚭ Baron Karl August von Esebeck (1786–1871), Lieutenant General, son of Karl von Esebeck
  • Luise Albertine Marie (1811–1890), canoness in Cammin
  • Wolf Luis Anton Ferdinand (1813–1885), Prussian infantry general ⚭ Cäcilie Charlotte Konstanze von Lossau (1809–1886), daughter of Constantin von Lossau
  • Adalbert Wolf Ferdinand (1815–1883), retired from the Kaiser-Alexander regiment in 1834 as porter ensign ⚭ 1847 Wilhelmine Rothe (* 1815)
  • Mathilde Ulrike Friederike (1819–1893) ⚭ Maximilian Friedrich Adolf von Wietersheim (1809–1857), District Director General
  • Pauline Rosalie (1821–1878)
  • Alexander Richard Otto (1827–1905), director of the Horse Railway Company in Königsberg
⚭ Wanda von Rosenberg († 1869)
⚭ Elisabeth widowed Spenning (* 1828)

literature

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Barthold von Quistorp : The imperial-Russian-German legion. Berlin 1860, p. 287.
  2. ↑ According to Gotha: Heinrich Otto Magnus († 1858) see: Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of baronial houses for the year 1860. Tenth year p. 965.
personal data
SURNAME Stülpnagel, Ferdinand von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stülpnagel, Wolf Wilhelm Ferdinand von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian Lieutenant General and Director of the General War Department in the War Ministry
DATE OF BIRTH July 10, 1781
PLACE OF BIRTH Prenzlau
DATE OF DEATH December 29, 1839
Place of death Berlin