Friedrich Philipp von Cardell
Friedrich Philipp von Cardell (born February 7, 1773 in Demmin as Friedrich Philipp Kobes , † October 22, 1834 in Schwedt / Oder ) was a Prussian lieutenant general .
Life
The son of Demmin's mayor and district administrator Carl Kobes embarked on a military career in the Prussian army . In September 1788 he went to the Fusilier Battalion No. 19 as a private corporal , on May 12, 1792 he became a second lieutenant there and fought in the First Coalition War . On December 5, 1799, he received permission to use the name of Cardell. Together with his older brother Carl Friedrich , he was raised to the Swedish nobility on January 14, 1799. On September 15, 1805 he was promoted to Premier Lieutenant.
After the Peace of Tilsit he could remain in the army and was promoted to staff captain on June 19, 1807. As such, he was transferred to the Fusilier Battalion von Möller and on August 20, 1808 to the Colberg Infantry Regiment (No. 9) . There he was appointed company commander on April 11, 1811. On March 26, 1813, he became major and so he commanded the fusilier battalion of the 1st Pomeranian Infantry Regiment No. 2 during the Wars of Liberation . With this he attacked French outposts near Zesch on August 19, 1813, for which he received the Iron Cross 2nd class. At Hoogstraten he earned the Iron Cross 1st Class in 1814. On April 10, 1815 Cardell was regimental commander, and remained after he was promoted to lieutenant colonel and on October 9, 1818 to colonel . On March 30, 1828, he took over the 2nd Infantry Brigade and was in this position a year later Major General . Cardell retired on March 20, 1834 with an annual pension of 2250 thalers, with the character of lieutenant general and the Order of the Red Eagle, 2nd class with oak leaves .
family
He married a Miss von Diest from Munster. The marriage remained childless. So the couple adopted the son of his brother-in-law, Colonel von Witzleben . He then bore the name Witzleben-Cardell, but died in 1828 before the major general.
literature
- Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 5, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1938], DNB 367632802 , pp. 72-74, no. 1430.
- New German necrology for the year 1836, Volume 2, S.879f
Individual evidence
- ^ Ernst Heinrich Kneschke : New general German nobility lexicon. Vol. 2, Friedrich Voigt, Leipzig 1860, p. 221. ( digitized version )
- ^ Newspaper for the German nobility, volume 3, p.223
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cardell, Friedrich Philipp von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kobes |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian lieutenant general |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 7, 1773 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Demmin |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 22, 1834 |
| Place of death | Schwedt / Oder |