Friedrich Albrecht Gotthilf from the end
Baron Friedrich Albrecht Gotthilf von Ende (born February 15, 1763 in Celle , † October 4, 1829 in Berlin ) was a royal Prussian lieutenant general and most recently in command of the Cologne fortress .
origin
His parents were Gotthelf Dietrich von Ende and his wife, Countess Johanna Adelheid von der Schulenburg- Wolfsburg (* November 27, 1735; † May 12, 1805). His father was the royal British and Electorate of Hanover , a real secret councilor and heir to Monzig near Meißen. His mother was the daughter of the Prussian general Adolph Friedrich von der Schulenburg . His brother Adolf von Ende was a lawyer and writer.
Life
He joined the Prince Friedrich Infantry Regiment in Hanover in 1776 as a cadet . On April 24, 1778 he came as a cornet in the Dragoons Regiment of Estorff and on April 27, 1782 as a lieutenant in the 8th Cavalry Regiment. In 1790 he moved to the Belgian service as a major and in the same year took part in the fighting of the insurgents during the Brabant Revolution against Austria. But the revolution soon collapsed again.
He returned to the Hanoverian service and was on February 17, 1792 Rittmeister and Oberadjutant of the Hanoverian cavalry . In the First Coalition War he was in the skirmishes at Valenciennes and Dunkirk, he was wounded in the storm on Frankfurt am Main . For the latter he received the Pour le Mérite and the Hessian Military Order of Merit on December 14, 1792 .
After the war he came on November 15, 1798 as a major in the 4th Cavalry Regiment. After the occupation of Hanover by the French, the surrender and dissolution of the army in the Artlenburg Convention , he went into Prussian service on September 20, 1803 . There he was hired as a major in the regiment of the Gardes du Corps . On December 20, 1804 he was transferred to the Dragoon Regiment No. 1 , where he became squadron chief on February 27, 1806 . He then fought in the Fourth Coalition War . After the Prussian defeat, he received his resignation on April 15, 1808 at his own request and went to Weimar as court marshal to the Grand Duchess Maria Pawlowna , Grand Duchess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach .
On April 28, 1813, he came in advance of the liberation war back into Prussian service and became the headquarters for General Blucher added. There he became lieutenant colonel on July 10, 1813 with a patent on August 9, 1813. During the wars of liberation he fought in the battles near Goldberg, Königswartha, Haynau , Möckern and the battles near Katzbach , Leipzig , Laon and Paris . The Katzbach won the Iron Cross 2nd Class , for Paris he received the Iron Cross 1st Class, the Russian Order of Saint Anne 2nd Class with diamonds , the Russian Order of Saint George 4th Class and the Russian Order of St. Vladimir 4th class . On August 16, 1813, he was transferred to the headquarters of the Crown Prince of Sweden and on September 6, 1813, he was assigned to the Russian infantry general, Count Alexandre Andrault de Langeron . On December 8, 1813 he was promoted to colonel with a patent on January 9, 1814. On May 6, 1814, he was transferred to General von Yorck , where he received a brigade and from December 21, 1814 the salary of a brigade commander (retroactively on December 1, 1814). The brigade consisted of the 1st Elb Landwehr Infantry Regiment, the III. Battalion of the 6th Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 18 and three squadrons of the 1st Elb Landwehr Cavalry Regiment.
After the war, he was transferred to Cologne on March 31, 1815 as ad interim commander, and on October 2, 1815, he was promoted to major general with a patent on October 3, 1815. On November 23, 1815, he was also commander of the Landwehr in Cologne. On January 22nd, 1820 he gave up the position, but remained 1st in command of Cologne.
On January 16, 1822 he received the approval to wear the Commander's Cross of the Hanoverian Guelph Order , on January 18, 1824 he received the Prussian Order of the Red Eagle, 3rd class, before retiring on June 13, 1825 as a lieutenant general with a pension . On September 21, 1825, he received the Prussian service cross .
Von Ende died unmarried on October 4, 1829 in Berlin.
family
Although he was unmarried, he lived with Cristiane Fredereciane Wegenern and adopted his illegitimate daughter Albertine Franziska Henriette (* February 21, 1808, † January 21, 1886). She married on February 21, 1827 in Berlin the Prussian lieutenant colonel Friedrich Heinrich Moritz Dewitz von Woyna (born April 16, 1793, † November 1, 1855).
literature
- Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 4, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1937], DNB 367632799 , pp. 82-84, no. 1242.
- General Encyclopedia of Sciences and Arts in alphabetical order: AG, p.211
- Zeitschrift für Heereskunde, 1977, volumes 41–42, The first decades of the garrison and fortress Cologne under Prussian rule with the résumés of the 1st and 2nd commanders , Klaus Schlegel
- Leopold von Zedlitz-Neukirch , The State Forces of the Prussian Monarchy under Friedrich Wilhelm III , Volume 3, S.365f
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ende, Friedrich Albrecht Gotthilf von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | royal Prussian lieutenant general and finally commander of Cologne |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 15, 1763 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Celle |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 4, 1829 |
| Place of death | Berlin |