Friedrich August Wilhelm von Brause

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Friedrich August Wilhelm von Brause (1769–1836)

Friedrich August Wilhelm von Brause (born September 10, 1769 in Zeitz ; † December 23, 1836 in Frankfurt (Oder) ) was a Saxon , later Prussian officer, most recently a division commander , general of the infantry and 2nd honorary citizen of the city of Frankfurt (Oder).

Life

origin

Friedrich August Wilhelm comes from the Prussian-Saxon noble family von Brause . He was the son of the Saxon major general and commander of Leipzig Hanskarl of effervescent (born August 28, 1718 Pritten; † 12 November 1800 in Leipzig) and his wife Karoline Henriette, nee van Bockel bacon (* February 17, 1737; † 9 May 1795 in Chemnitz ). His cousin was Johann Georg Emil von Brause .

Military career

Brause's military career began at the age of twelve as a junker in the Saxon infantry regiment "Elector". Under the command of his father he became an ensign in 1786 , second lieutenant in 1789 and took part in the siege of Mainz and the battle of Kaiserslautern .

As regimental adjutant and prime lieutenant he was in the battle of Saalfeld and in the battle of Jena . Brause fought on the French side in the subsequent battles of the Napoleonic Wars . For his behavior in the Battle of Wagram he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Military Order of St. Henry on August 4, 1809 . In the same year Brause also received the Officer's Cross of the Order of the Westphalian Crown and in 1812 became a member of the Legion of Honor . However, as early as 1813, Brause conducted secret negotiations under the orders of General Johann von Thielmann to prepare for the transfer of Saxon troops to the Allies. As commander of the 1st Saxon Infantry Brigade, Brause went over to the allies on October 18, 1813, the day of the Battle of Leipzig , contrary to the orders of his brother-in-law, General Heinrich Wilhelm von Zeschau .

The Russian Emperor Alexander I to Major-General appointed, he defended under the command of General Thielmann Wavre against French General Emmanuel de Grouchy and enabled by Blucher , the Duke of Wellington in the decisive battle of Belle Alliance to come to the rescue. For this Brause received the Iron Cross II. Class and in December 1816 the Order of St. Vladimir III. Class.

When the Congress of Vienna decided to partition Saxony in 1815 , Brause joined the Prussian Army and was appointed commander of the 5th Division in Frankfurt (Oder) on September 5, 1818 . In this position he received the Order of the Red Eagle 1st Class with Oak Leaves in September 1827 and the Order of St. Anne 1st Class at the end of November 1834 . As a general of the infantry, Brause was retired on March 19, 1835 with a pension . In 1836 he was buried in the old cemetery in Frankfurt (Oder).

family

Certificate from the father-in-law on the occasion of the marriage to Caroline Friederike Sidonie Leisching. November 23, 1799.

Brause married Karoline Friederike Sidonie Leisching (1772–1843) in Clodra on January 21, 1800 . She was the daughter of the Evangelical Lutheran superintendent of Langensalza Karl Gottlob Leisching . The marriage had seven children:

  • Hans Karl (1801–1871), Prussian Major General ∞ Henriette Franziska Gottschalk († June 2, 1861)
  • Otto (1802-1859), Prussian Colonel ret. D.
  • Julius (1804–1871 in Frankfurt (Oder)), Prussian lieutenant colonel ret. D.
  • Karoline Natalie (1805-1846)
  • Hermann (1806-1817)
  • Adolf Friedrich (1812–1879), landowner and government trainee ∞ Emmeline Sametzky (1818–1906), parents of Hans Adolf von Brause
  • Marie (1817-1900)

literature

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Royal Saxon Military St. Heinrichs Order 1736-1918. An honor sheet of the Saxon Army. Wilhelm and Bertha von Baensch Foundation, Dresden 1937, p. 39.
  2. ↑ today called Kleistpark . The tomb ( picture index of art and architecture , object 20447434) was destroyed during or after the Second World War.
  3. ^ Kurt von Priesdorff: Soldatisches Führertum. Volume 7, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1939], DNB 367632829 , pp. 115-116, no. 2182.
personal data
SURNAME Brause, Friedrich August Wilhelm von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Saxon, later Prussian officer, finally general of the infantry
DATE OF BIRTH September 10, 1769
PLACE OF BIRTH Time
DATE OF DEATH December 23, 1836
Place of death Frankfurt (Oder)