Friedrich Wilhelm of Hesse

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Friedrich Wilhelm von Hessen-Kassel-Rumpenheim (born April 25, 1790 in Maastricht , † October 25, 1876 in Rumpenheim ) was a general in the service of the Kingdom of the United Netherlands , the Kingdom of Prussia and the Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel .

Life

family

Friedrich Wilhelm was a member of the Hessen-Rumpenheim line of the Hessian princely house . His parents were the general in the service of Denmark, the Netherlands and Hesse Kassel Friedrich von Hessen-Kassel zu Rumpenheim (1747-1837) and Princess Karoline Polyxene von Nassau-Usingen (1762-1823). He remained unmarried and left no heirs.

Career

Friedrich Wilhelm began his career in the Prussian army in 1796 as an aggregated ensign in the infantry regiment "Fürst Hohenlohe" (No. 32. As early as 1797 he was aggregated as captain of the infantry regiment "Kurfürst von Hessen-Kassel" (No. 48) . He received the House order of the Golden Lion and in 1810 became major without a patent à la suite of the Leibregiment (No. 8) . In 1811 he received the patent for the rank and in 1813 he was aggregated to the Brandenburg hussar regiment . He participated in the wars of liberation , in particular in the battles at Großgörschen , Bautzen , on the Katzbach , the transition at Wartenburg , the battles in Neukirch , Lowenberg , Bunzlau , Reichenbach , Bischofswerder and Goldbach and the siege of Luxembourg , Thionville , Charleville and Mezieres part. in 1813 he was awarded the Iron cross II. class excellent, assigned to Colonel Jürgaß and finally received permission to serve with the Hessian troops .

In 1814 he was aggregated as a colonel in the Hussar Hussar regiment and then became the brigade commander of the Hessian mobile cavalry brigade. In 1814 he was awarded the order Pour la vertu militaire and the Order of the Iron Helmet . He was dismissed from the Hessian service in 1815 and was Major General of the Netherlands in 1820. In 1821 he received his farewell from Dutch services and found as a colonel in the cavalry with patent of 1815 reinstatement in Prussian service, where he was ordered to inspect the Guard cavalry. In 1822 he again advanced to major general. In 1825 he was awarded the Order of the Red Eagle 1st Class with Oak Leaves and became the commander of the 11th Cavalry Brigade. In 1834 he received the service cross and became commander of the 1st division . His promotion to lieutenant general took place in 1837. In 1839 he became governor of the federal fortress of Luxembourg . In 1842 he was given permission to wear the Grand Cross of the Luxembourg Order of the Oak Crown , the Grand Cross of the Hanover Guelph Order and the Hessian Order of Louis . He was released from his governor's position in 1846 and served in the army à la suite. At the same time he became a Knight of the Black Eagle Order . In 1852 he was promoted to general of the cavalry . In 1853 he received the chain of the Order of the Black Eagle and in the same year also became General of the Cavalry à la suite of the Hessian Army. From 1854 he was honorary senior of the Iron Cross, 2nd class.

ancestors

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Wilhelm VIII. Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1682–1760)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Friedrich II. Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1720–1785)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Dorothea Wilhelmine of Saxony-Zeitz (1691–1743)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Friedrich of Hessen-Kassel-Rumpenheim (1747–1837)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 George II King of Great Britain (1683–1760)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Mary of Great Britain (1723–1772)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1683–1737)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Friedrich Wilhelm Hesse
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Karl von Nassau-Usingen (1712–1775)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Karl Wilhelm von Nassau-Usingen (1735–1803)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Christine Wilhelmine Duchess of Saxony-Eisenach (1711–1740)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Karoline Polyxene of Nassau-Usingen (1762–1823)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Christian Karl Reinhard von Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg (1695–1766)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Karoline Felicitas of Leiningen-Langsberg-Heidesheim (1734–1810)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Katharina Polyxena von Solms-Rödelheim (1702–1765)
 
 
 
 
 
 

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ List of rankings and quarters of the royal Prussian army , Mittler , Berlin 1844, p. 197.
  2. ^ Kurhessisches Staats- und Adress-Handbuch to the year 1833 , Kassel 1833, p. 3.
personal data
SURNAME Hessen, Friedrich Wilhelm von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hessen-Kassel-Rumpenheim, Friedrich Wilhelm von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch-Prussian-Hesse-Kassler general
DATE OF BIRTH April 25, 1790
PLACE OF BIRTH Maastricht
DATE OF DEATH October 25, 1876
Place of death Rumpenheim