Friedrich von Ehrhardt

Johann Karl Friedrich Ehrhardt , von Ehrhardt since 1854 (born September 26, 1789 in Wesel , † July 1, 1864 in Berlin ) was a Prussian major general and commander of the 8th Infantry Brigade .

Life

origin

Friedrich was the son of the building inspector Gottlob Friedrich Ehrhardt (1758-1824) and his wife Jacobine Wilhelmine, nee Hiccius (1764-1841).

Military career

Ehrhardt joined the 3rd Artillery Regiment of the Prussian Army as a bombardier on April 24, 1803 and was sworn in on the flag on September 26, 1803 . At the beginning of June 1805 he joined the Westphalian Fusilier Brigade as a Junker , took part in the Battle of Jena during the Fourth Coalition War and was rendered inactive by Ratekau's surrender on his retreat to Lübeck .

He then switched to the army of the Grand Duchy of Berg, newly established by Napoleon , as a second lieutenant in early January 1808 and was promoted to prime lieutenant in mid-September 1808 . Ehrhardt took part with the Bergische contingent in the Spanish campaign in 1809/10 and fought at the siege of Gerona . In the battle at St. Lorenzo de la Muga he was wounded and awarded the cross of the French Legion of Honor. For his behavior in the storm on Gerona he was promoted to captain as an award . In 1810 he fought in the Russian campaign at Studienka, Czasnitzki and Smorgon . Ehrhardt was wounded again on the Beresina . After his return from Russia in 1814 he acted as a stage commander on the Rhine .

On April 2, 1815 Ehrhardt joined Prussian service and was employed as a captain in the 2nd Silesian Landwehr Infantry Regiment. In the same year he took part in the battle at Saint-Denis and the Battle of Waterloo , for which Ehrhardt received the Iron Cross 2nd class. After the war, on May 18, 1816, he was aggregated into the 1st and 2nd Rifle Division . This was followed by use in the 38th and 37th Infantry Regiments . Ehrhardt was promoted to major on June 25, 1831, as commander of the 1st Battalion in the 32nd Landwehr Regiment to Delitzsch . He was promoted to lieutenant colonel in mid-September 1841 and on April 7, 1842, he became the commander of the 2nd battalion in the 24th Infantry Regiment in Neuruppin . In this position he received the Order of St. Stanislaus, 2nd class , at the end of September 1843 . With his promotion to colonel on March 30, 1844, he was initially assigned to lead the regiment and on January 14, 1845, Erhardt was appointed regimental commander. He was then given command of the 4th Infantry Brigade in Bromberg on August 24, 1848, and rose to major general on April 4, 1850. Ehrhardt took over the newly formed 8th Infantry Brigade on May 4, 1852, also stationed in Bromberg. After being on 26 October 1853 the star of Red Eagle had received II. Class with oak leaves, Ehrhardt took his on May 11, 1854 farewell with board .

After his departure, King Friedrich Wilhelm IV raised him to the hereditary Prussian nobility on May 2, 1854. He died on July 1, 1864 in Berlin and was buried on July 4, 1864 in the old garrison cemetery.

family

Ehrhardt married on September 26, 1820 in Brieg Elisabeth von Dalwigk (1799-1854), a daughter of Georg Ludwig Friedrich von Dalwig . The couple had a daughter:

• Elise (1835–1888) ⚭ NN Besser, Dr. theo.

After divorcing his first wife on July 15, 1834, who married Major Ferdinand Franz von Pritzelwitz (1796–1846), son of Karl Ludwig von Pritzelwitz in 1835, Ehrhardt married Chäcilie on October 5, 1835 in Naumburg (Saale) Farmer by peasants (1815–1880). The following children were born from the marriage:

• Anna (* 1836) ⚭ 1857 Ottokar Alfred von Tilly († 1882), accountant
• Erich Karl Lebrecht (1840–1899), Prussian major general ⚭ Klara Luise Marie von Natzmer (* 1849)

literature

• Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 6, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1938], DNB 367632810 , pp. 261–262, no. 1887.
• Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Briefadeligen houses. 1908. Second year, Justus Perthes, Gotha 1907, p. 242.