Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Ferdinand von Ingersleben

Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Ferdinand von Ingersleben (born September 9, 1746 ; † 1814 ) was a Prussian colonel who was sentenced to death in absentia for handing over the Küstrin Fortress in 1807 .

Life

origin

He came from the noble family of Ingersleben and was the son of the Prussian major general and commander of the bodyguard Johann Ludwig von Ingersleben (1703–1757) and his wife Charlotte Dorothea Eva, widow of Major Ernst Friedrich von Platen , née von Herold (1712–1777). His brother Karl Heinrich Ludwig (1753–1831) also served as a Prussian officer.

Military career

Ingersleben was an officer in the Prussian army and received the order Pour le Mérite in the First Coalition War . He became known when, in the Fourth Coalition War, on November 1st, 1806, he handed over the abundant provisions for the Küstrin fortress to a French cavalry without being asked to do so. This was in stark contradiction to the previous one against Friedrich Wilhelm III. Promises previously made “he will hold the fortress until the handkerchief burns in his pocket”. The French kept Küstrin even after the peace and did not vacate it until March 20, 1814 after a long siege. Friedrich Wilhelm was sentenced to death in absentia in 1807 and was not pardoned by the king as in other cases . He died outside Prussia in 1814. His brother Karl von Ingersleben was also suspended because of the surrender of Stettin and an investigation was initiated against him. The files have not been preserved, but a letter from State Chancellor Prince Hardenberg dated March 15, 1816 shows that, unlike his brother, Karl was “completely acquitted of all charges”.

family

Ingersleben was married twice:

∞ NN von Brösigke († 1796)

∞ NN from Massow

Individual evidence

^ Theodor Fontane : Walks through the Mark Brandenburg. , P.331
↑ Großer Generalstab (Ed.): 1806. The Prussian officer corps and the investigation of the war events. ES Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1906, p. 49f., 268–277, especially on Ingersleben p. 273.

personal data
SURNAME	Ingersleben, Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Ferdinand von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Prussian colonel
DATE OF BIRTH	September 9, 1746
DATE OF DEATH	1814

[Fontane-1] Theodor Fontane : Walks through the Mark Brandenburg. , P.331

[2] Großer Generalstab (Ed.): 1806. The Prussian officer corps and the investigation of the war events. ES Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1906, p. 49f., 268–277, especially on Ingersleben p. 273.