Friedrich Wilhelm Karl Franz von Anhalt

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Friedrich Wilhelm Karl Franz von Anhalt

Friedrich Wilhelm Karl Franz von Anhalt (born June 22, 1769 in Potsdam , † April 16, 1837 in Prenzlau ) was a Prussian major general .

Life

origin

Friedrich Wilhelm Karl Franz von Anhalt was a son of the Prussian general of the infantry , general inspector of the infantry in East Prussia and the governor of Lebus and heir to Plaue , Heinrich Wilhelm von Anhalt (1734-1801), a natural son of the Hereditary Prince of Anhalt-Dessau Wilhelm Gustav (1699-1737). His mother was Caroline Friederike von Wedel (1748–1780), daughter of the Prussian Lieutenant General and Minister of War Carl Heinrich von Wedel(1712-1782). The generals Leopold Ludwig von Anhalt (1729–1795), Friedrich von Anhalt (1732–1794), Albrecht von Anhalt (1735–1802) and Karl Philipp von Anhalt (1732–1806) were his uncles.

Military career

In 1782 he attended the École Militaire in Berlin and in 1784 went as an ensign to the infantry regiment (No. 2) , which his father led. Under his supervision and accompaniment, he was allowed to attend the autumn maneuvers near Potsdam in 1789 and was delegated as adjutant general to General von Klinckowström in 1790 . In 1791 he resigned from his regiment and took part in the campaign in Poland before being promoted to prime lieutenant in 1797 . In 1801 he was already a staff captain and in 1806 a company commander in one of the newly formed reserve battalions. In the Fourth Coalition War he took a. a. participated in the battles near Soldau and Königsberg.

On February 6, 1807 he was first commander of the 5th East Prussian Reserve Battalion, then on March 19, 1807, captain with a patent from August 12, 1806, and finally a major and as such adjutant general ad interim with Field Marshal Kalckreuth . He remained a staff officer in 1808 and in 1811 received the West Prussian Grenadier Battalion as ad interim commander while maintaining his previous area of ​​responsibility. The 2nd West Prussian Infantry Regiment (No. 7) was assigned to him as commander in 1813, also ad interim.

During the Wars of Liberation he was wounded near Groß Görschen and received the Order of St. Anne, 2nd class and the Iron Cross, 2nd class for his work. In Bautzen , he was wounded again, but took yet at the Battle of Leipzig actively.

In 1813 he rose to lieutenant colonel and became the commandant of Glatz Fortress . In 1815 he was promoted to colonel and in 1816 became inspector of the Landwehr in the government department of Poland. He served as commander of the 10th Infantry Brigade in 1820 and was promoted to major general in the same year. In 1824 he became the commander of the 5th Infantry Brigade, but retired from active service in 1825 with a disability salary and the addition of the service cross .

family

Friedrich Wilhelm Karl Franz married Caroline Sidonie Ludowike von Weiss from the Leissinen family (1773-1825), daughter of Johann Jakob von Weiss and Hanna Barbara Koppen, in Königsberg on May 6, 1795 . The marriage had at least nine children:

  1. Caroline Eleonore Johanna Wilhelmine (born February 23, 1796 in Königsberg; † 1863) ⚭ May 26, 1816 Franz Karl Stanislaus Count von Fernemont Barwitz (born May 6, 1785; † 1847), chamberlain and councilor
  2. Friedrich Wilhelm Karl Franz (born April 12, 1797 in Königsberg)
  3. Emilie Augusta Franziska (1798–1876) ⚭ March 13, 1819 Albert Otto von Wedel-Parlow (1793–1866), former Prussian Rittmeister . D. and District Administrator of Angermünde
  4. Friederike Blanca Cäcilie Julie Ernestine (born December 2, 1799 in Königsberg)
  5. Friedrich Johann Carl Otto Julius (born July 18, 1803 in Königsberg; † February 10, 1844), Premier Lieutenant in the 6th Uhlan Regiment ⚭ Rosalie Gertrudis Margarethe Mantell
  6. Julius (20 May 1805 - 1806)
  7. Sophie Theodora (born August 15, 1808 in Königsberg) ⚭ NN Iwanow
  8. Friedrich Wilhelm Karl Theodor (born August 9, 1812 in Berlin), a godchild of King Friedrich Wilhelm III.
  9. Marie (Anna) Ulrike Alma Caecilie (born January 20, 1821 in Posen; † March 16, 1886) ⚭ Eduard Nipisch († September 3, 1871)

literature

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Detlev Schwennicke : European family tables . Volume III / 2, plate 233, Marburg 1983.
  2. ↑ Genealogical pocket book of the German count's houses, Volume 13, p. 184. Digitized
personal data
SURNAME Anhalt, Friedrich Wilhelm Karl Franz von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian major general
DATE OF BIRTH June 22, 1769
PLACE OF BIRTH Potsdam
DATE OF DEATH April 16, 1837
Place of death Prenzlau