Friedrich Wilhelm von Mauvillon
Friedrich Wilhelm von Mauvillon (born April 30, 1774 in Braunschweig , † June 29, 1851 in Kleve ) was a Prussian officer, writer and chess player.
Life
Friedrich Wilhelm von Mauvillon was the son of Jakob de Mauvillon , officer and military writer and his wife Marie Luise Scipio (born August 7, 1750 in Mengeringhausen ; † unknown). His grandfather Eléazar de Mauvillon (* July 15, 1712 in Tarascon , † April 26, 1779 in Braunschweig ) lived in the French lower Rhone region and was a member of the Augsburg creed . Because he felt pressured because of his faith, he initially moved to Dresden to the court of August III. , King of Poland and Elector of Saxony and was his private secretary there , then he moved to Leipzig and published French works before he moved to Braunschweig to teach the French language at the Collegium Karolinum . His sister was:
- Friederike Wilhelmine von Mauvillon (* 1781 in Kassel ; † November 7, 1862), married to Johann Balthasar Stutzer (1754–1821), Colonel in Braunschweig.
His father, who spent most of his life in Braunschweig, was the teacher of Prince Karl I of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel and was friends with him. He became a lieutenant colonel and chief of the engineering corps and wrote numerous literary works.
During the youth of Friedrich Wilhelm von Mauvillon, Gabriel de Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau stayed with his father and wrote numerous works with him. Due to the wide-ranging knowledge of his father, who also trained him, princes of the ducal house and sons of several princes from other countries were sent to his father for training in the higher sciences and war theory, so Prince Wilhelm V of Orange came to Braunschweig; this gave Friedrich Wilhelm von Mauvillon a lieutenant's patent and pulled him into Dutch service. He mainly went through training in the artillery and received the rank of colonel at the age of 30 .
In 1803 he was supposed to sail to Batavia in the Dutch East Indies and take over the supreme command of the Dutch army there as a general. On the outward journey, teams and supplies were collected in North America , but due to political developments in Europe he was recalled to Holland and placed under the Ministry of War as division chief. He stayed in this position until King Jérôme Bonaparte called him, as a born subject, to his services in the Kingdom of Westphalia , so that he returned to Kassel. He remained in his service until the end of his rule, then in 1813 he turned to the Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm IV and asked him to join the Prussian army . He became chief of the Adjutantur of the Prussian-Saxon Army Corps and took part in several battles in the campaigns of the War of Liberation ; he led a bergisches voluntary Infantry Battalion in the interior of France, and remained during the occupation period as the Royal Prussian colonel commandant of the Meuse department in the strongholds Charleville and Mezieres.
After his return to Germany he was assigned command of the city and the district of Heiligenstadt as Landwehr district commander , which he held until he left the standing service in 1822.
Friedrich Wilhelm von Mauvillon had been married to a Dutch woman since 1797, with whom he moved to Kleve in 1827. They had several children together, but only his youngest daughter survived.
Chess game
Friedrich Wilhelm von Mauvillon was a passionate chess player and wrote several works on this. In 1804 the oldest known game of correspondence chess took place between the cities of The Hague (Lieutenant Colonel Friedrich Wilhelm von Mauvillon) and Breda (officer, name not known).
Writing
Friedrich Wilhelm von Mauvillon published many writings that dealt with military topics, but also with instructions and examples for chess games, which he translated into foreign languages. He published several volumes of Dutch poetry, which he translated into German. He also edited a number of political writings on the internal and external conditions of the Dutch state.
He maintained an extensive correspondence with scholars in London , Stockholm and Odessa .
Von Mauvillon was the editor of the military papers, for the publication of which he moved from Heiligenstadt to Essen .
Freemasonry
Friedrich Wilhelm von Mauvillon was a member of the Freemasons .
Awards
He received a commemorative coin from the King of the Netherlands for his publications of Dutch poems.
Fonts (selection)
- Mauvillon's correspondence, or letters from various scholars to Lieutenant Colonel Jakob Mauvillon . Brunswick 1801.
- Oud Pruyssisch officier, Een Pseud. Van Rudolf Wilhelm von Kaltenborn; Wintershoven; Friedrich Wilhelm von Mauvillon; Groot, Johannes de: De militaire Sophron aan zyne jonge onervarene comrades, of understanding people read en rules for jonge officieren . The Hague: Wed. J. de Groot en zoonen, 1805.
- Friedrich Wilhelm von Mauvillon; JD Doorman; Holtrop, Willem (Amsterdam): Aanmerkingen over de rijdende artillerie, derzelver organisatie, gebruik en tacticq . W. Holtrop, Amsterdam 1805.
- Friedrich Meinert; Friedrich Wilhelm von Mauvillon; JD Doorman; Holtrop, Willem (Amsterdam): Negotiating over de onontbeerlijkste krijgsbouw-werken, of Betoog van het nut en de noodzakelijkheid van geoefende kennis en dadelijke geschiktheid tot de uitvoering van alle zoodanige werkzaamheden, die zoo wel bij den aanleg en op as dead den aanval en de verdediging van deze of van vestingen voorkomen: voor officieren in het algemeen, but in het bijzonder voor die van de Infanterie. W. Holtrop, Amsterdam 1805.
- About my dismissal and the real reasons. Maurer, Berlin 1813.
- Military sheets . A magazine. Edited by F. W. von Mauvillon. Years 1–7 (here Volume 2 ). Essen / Duisburg 1820–1826.
- Journey of a German artillery officer to Greece and stay there from August 1822 to July 1823 . Bädeker, Essen 1824.
- Instructions for learning the game of chess: with special consideration for those who are completely unfamiliar with the game . Bädeker, Essen 1827.
- Friedrich Wilhelm von Mauvillon, Jan de Quack: Handleiding dead het empty van het Schaakspel, naar het Hoogduitsch from the army F. W. von Mauvillon. Door J. de Quack. With the portrait of E. Stein . Rotterdam 1828-1830.
- On the management of billeting in times of war according to fixed and cheap principles: a manual for the military and civil officials entrusted with this business . Essen 1829.
- Friedrich Wilhelm von Mauvillon; Johannes Immerzeel jr .: Brieven van Friedrich Wilhelm von Mauvillon (1774-1851), literate, shouted to Johannes Immerzeel jr. (1776-1841) . Kleef, 1829-1830.
- The five games of chess played by the London and Edinburgh chess clubs between 1824 and 1828 . Bädeker, Essen 1829.
- Educational entertainment for young aspiring chess players . Bädeker, Essen 1831.
- Attempt to translate some of the finest Dutch poems into German . Cleve, 1835.
- Selection of Dutch poems 1 . Bädeker, Essen 1836.
- Hiëronymus van Alphen; Friedrich Wilhelm von Mauvillon: Small poems for children of the tender age . G. Bädeker, Essen; Adolph Bädeker, Rotterdam 1837.
- Selection of Dutch poems 2 . Bädeker, Essen 1839.
- Selection of Dutch poems 3 . Bädeker, Essen 1841.
- Johannes Immerzeel jr .; Willem Bilderdijk ; Friedrich Wilhelm von Mauvillon: Epigrams. GD Bädeker, Essen; Adolph Bädeker, Rotterdam 1841.
- A. Bogaers; Friedrich Wilhelm von Mauvillon: Heemskerk's sea train to Gibraltar: poem . Adolph Baedeker, Rotterdam 1842.
- Netherlands, what it was, is, will or can become. Second edition, checked and annotated with explanatory and corrective notes by FW von Mauvillon . Wesel, Leipzig 1844.
- De Koopmansgeest In Nederland Eene Bijdrage Tot: Nederland Wat Het Was, Is En Worden Zal Of Kan . Otto, Amsterdam 1845.
- Wenken, concerned de herziening der Grondwet: eene bijdrage tot de Nederduitsche vertaling van Nederland zoo als het was, is, en zal of kan . Otto, Amsterdam 1845.
- What heeft Nederland noodig? of: Het voorstel tot herziening the grondwet van de heeren Thorbecke, Luzac, enz. killed aan den geest des tijds . Amsterdam, 1846.
- De oppositie en hare organs in Nederland . Gouda: Van Goor, 1847.
- F. van Gheel Gildemeester; Theod. Corn. van Gheel Gildemeester; Friedrich Wilhelm von Mauvillon: Reis naar Algiers, en verblijf bij het Fransche leger in 1845 . Van Goor, Gouda 1847.
- Leerzame tijdkorting voor meer- en mingevorderde schaakspelers. Existed in honderd uitgezochte Stellingen, waarmede het spel bij den voorzet te winnen is . JC van Kesteren, Amsterdam 1849.
literature
- Bernhard von Poten: Mauvillon, Friedrich Wilhelm von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 20, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1884, p. 714 f.
- Friedrich Wilhelm von Mauvillon in New Nekrolog der Deutschen , 29th year, 1st part. Weimar 1853. p. 519 f.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Mauvillon, Friedrich Wilhelm von |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mauvillon, Friedrich Wilhelm; Mauvillon, Friedrich; Mauvillon, Frederich W .; Mauvillon, FW of |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian colonel and military writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 30, 1774 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Braunschweig |
DATE OF DEATH | June 29, 1851 |
Place of death | Kleve |