Friedrich Ferdinand Jakob du Moulin

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Friedrich Ferdinand Jakob (Jacobus) du Moulin (also: Dumoulin , born October 13, 1776 in The Hague , † June 16, 1845 in Berlin ) was a Prussian general of the infantry and commander of the Luxembourg fortress . The Fort Du Moulin of the fortress Luxembourg is named after him.

Life

origin

His grandfather Ferdinand Theophile du Moulin (1688-1730) died as commandant of the Namur fortress , whose brother was the Prussian general Peter du Moulin .

His parents were Karl Dietrich du Moulin (* July 30, 1727 - March 21, 1793) and his second wife Johanna Hildegarde, née van der Sluys (* December 19, 1739 in Hoogly, Bengal ; † February 25, 1813). The father was a Dutch lieutenant general, chief of the mine corps, director of the fortress and governor of Sluis .

Military career

Moulin became a cadet in the Dutch mine corps on October 13, 1790. On July 30, 1792 he went to the Navy, but on November 10, 1792 he became an ensign in the Infantry Regiment "Westerloo". During the First Coalition War he fought in the Netherlands at the siege of Breda and the battles at Lincelles and Warwick. At that time he became a lieutenant in the Dutch Guard on February 20, 1794. In 1796 he left the Dutch service and switched to the Prussian Army , where Moulin was hired on September 6, 1797 as a second lieutenant in the infantry regiment "von Hessen-Kassel" .

In the War of the Fourth Coalition in the battle of Auerstedt by a shot in the left leg badly injured, he was after the Treaty of Tilsit on 19 May 1808 in the first East Prussian Infantry Regiment. 1 and on November 6, 1808 to first lieutenant promoted . On March 25, 1809, he was promoted to the General Staff as adjutant with a salary of 600 thalers and three rations . Since the wounds he had suffered near Auerstedt did not heal, Moulin was given an opening pass for three horses and twenty Friedrichsdors on May 31, 1809 , in order to cure in Bad Landeck and Teplitz . On November 4, 1809, he came to the General Staff in Königsberg (Prussia) as a staff captain . But his injury continued to plague him and so Moulin was given another vacation on May 11, 1810 to go to Landeck. From May 23, 1810, he received his entire salary for his vacation. Since no improvement occurred, he was on 29 November 1810 postmaster after Kolberg placed and received on 2 December 1810 the character as a major. In addition, on April 12, 1811, he was given permission to wear his old army uniform.

Kolberg was one of the two ports accessible to Prussia. At that time Moulin was in charge of communication with the English and organized supplies for the troops. In the run-up to the Wars of Liberation , he was promoted to major on March 8, 1813 at the instigation of Scharnhorst and entrusted with the management of business as the city's commander. In November 1813 he received the Iron Cross on the White Belt, 2nd class. On December 27, 1813, he came as a general staff officer to Lieutenant General von Bülow and on August 6, 1814, he was commanded as a liaison officer to The Hague. During the campaign, Moulin took part in the siege of Longwy. On March 30, 1815, he was reassigned to the General Staff and on April 15, 1815, he was in command of the Luxembourg fortress. There he became lieutenant colonel on October 3, 1815 , and on June 18, 1816 he was awarded the Iron Cross 1st Class and the Order of St. Vladimir III. Class. The governor of the fortress was Lieutenant General Prince Ludwig von Hessen-Homburg . Moulin remained in command there for almost 30 years and got on well with the population and the authorities.

On April 18, 1817 he was aggregated to the General Staff and on January 18, 1818 with the Red Eagle Order III. Class excellent. Moulin was promoted to colonel on September 19, 1818 and major general on March 30, 1829 . On April 13, 1831 he was awarded the Military Wilhelm Order III. Class, on September 6, 1835 the Commander's Cross of the Dutch Military Order of Merit. On March 30, 1839, he was promoted to lieutenant general and on the occasion of his 50th anniversary in service, he was awarded the Order of the Red Eagle First Class with Oak Leaves. After Moulin had received the Grand Cross of the Order of the Oak Crown on June 18, 1842 , he was approved to leave on August 11, 1842 with the statutory pension . On February 22, 1844 he was given the character of General of the Infantry.

His wound from the battle of Auerstedt forced Moulin to undergo an operation the following year, during which he bled to death on June 16, 1845 and then died. He was buried on June 21, 1845 in the Invalidenfriedhof .

In his assessment from 1804 it says: "Morally good, eagerly striving for service, has learned mathematics, geometry and plan drawing, speaks French, Dutch and English".

family

Moulin married on January 4, 1813 in Deutsch-Kessel (Grünberg district) Johanna Karoline Sophie von Bojanowski (* October 21, 1792; † April 30, 1847). His wife was buried on May 4, 1847 also in the Invalidenfriedhof.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Algemeen Nederlandsch familieblad. 1894, pp. 46-47.
  2. ↑ Allgemeine Prussische Staats-Zeitung. 1842, 7-12, p. 1996.
personal data
SURNAME Moulin, Friedrich Ferdinand Jakob you
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Moulin, Ferdinand Jacobus you
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian general of the infantry, in command of the Luxembourg Fortress
DATE OF BIRTH October 13, 1776
PLACE OF BIRTH The hague
DATE OF DEATH June 16, 1845
Place of death Berlin