Friedrich von Kielmansegg

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Friedrich von Kielmansegg

Friedrich Otto Gebhard Graf von Kielmansegg (born December 17, 1768 , † July 18, 1851 in Hanover ) was a German infantry general in the service of the Electorate and Kingdom of Hanover .

Life

origin

Friedrich Graf von Kielmansegg belonged to the noble family Kielmansegg in Holstein and Hanover. He was the son of the Hanoverian Drost in Ratzeburg Friedrich Graf von Kielmansegg (1728-1800) and his second wife Charlotte Wilhelmine Hedwig, born Freiin von Spörcken. The later head stable master Ludwig Graf von Kielmansegg was his older brother, the later Minister of War Ferdinand von Kielmansegg the younger brother.

Military career

After studying military science in Strasbourg , Kielmansegg joined the Landgrave Hesse-Kassel's dragoon regiment “Prince Friedrich” as a volunteer in 1793 . He was quickly appointed squadron chief and took part in the 1793 campaign during the First Coalition War in the Netherlands . In winter 1793/94 he stayed in England on to a hunter - Corps set up, but was so unsuccessful. When he returned to the Netherlands, he fell seriously ill and first said goodbye.

In 1803 Kielmannsegg entered the military again, this time as adjutant to the commander of the avant-garde of the Electorate of Braunschweig-Lüneburg Lieutenant General Ernst von Linsingen . The Artlenburg Convention ended his military career and he withdrew to the Seestermühe estate , which he had taken over from his uncle Carl Rudolph August von Kielmannsegge in 1810 . So he escaped service under the French occupying power.

In the wars of liberation he was colonel in command of the "Kielmannseggeschen Jäger" corps, which he set up in 1813 at his own expense (36,000 thalers gold ). With this association he took part in various skirmishes in Mecklenburg and Lüneburg , namely in the battle of the Göhrde , as well as in the defense of Hamburg . On October 28th Kielmansegg moved into Hanover at the head of his corps and was then used in Holstein and in the siege and liberation of Hamburg . The corps later moved to the Netherlands, but the fighting there was already over. In 1814 the corps was dissolved. Kielmannsegg remained a soldier and led the 1st Hannoversche Brigade in the 3rd British Division under General Carl von Alten . With this association he took part in the battles at Quatre-Bras and Waterloo during the summer campaign of 1815 . At Waterloo, Kielmansegg's troops were deployed in the center and were able to stop Napoleon's main thrust, which was aimed at a breakthrough. Kielmansegg had taken over command of the division for the wounded General Alten.

In 1815 Kielmansegg was promoted to major general and in 1816 to lieutenant general of the new army of the Kingdom of Hanover and was in active service as a soldier until 1832. He had been a member of the Hanoverian Masonic lodge "Friedrich zum Weißen Pferde" since 1839 and lived in a city palace that had belonged to the von Kielmannsegg family since 1709. He was buried in the garden cemetery, where his sarcophagus has been preserved.

family

On August 12, 1795, he married Frederike Sabine von dem Bussche-Lohe (* June 16, 1776 - † October 3, 1829). The couple had several children:

  • Adolf August Friedrich (born June 28, 1796), Legation Councilor and Minister Resident in Paris ⚭ Luise Caroline von Greymüller (born June 19, 1809 - † October 7, 1837)
  • Luise Sophie Charlotte Frederike (born April 15, 1798 - † April 25, 1874) ⚭ 1820 Karl Wilhelm Georg von Innhausen and Knyphausen (* September 11, 1784 - † July 6, 1860)
  • Georg Friedrich Clamor Hilmar (February 12, 1800 - June 8, 1862), Government Councilor ⚭ Amalie Juliane von Campe (August 4, 1807 - December 6, 1856)
  • Adelaide Charlotte Wilhelmine Friederike (* October 23, 1801; † February 28, 1856) ⚭ 1820 Carl Ludwig August von Hardenberg (* October 9, 1791; † May 15, 1865)
  • Ferdinand Friedrich Clamor (* December 17, 1802) ⚭ 1835 Maria Caroline von Winzigerode (* December 21, 1812)
  • Karl Ernst August Friedrich (* November 24, 1816; † April 30, 1899) ⚭ 1851 Countess Julie Marie Auguste Melusine von Kielmansegg (* October 11, 1822; † February 28, 1881)

Awards

literature

personal data
SURNAME Kielmansegg, Friedrich von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kielmansegg, Friedrich Otto Gebhard Graf von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German infantry general in the service of the Electorate and Kingdom of Hanover
DATE OF BIRTH December 17, 1768
DATE OF DEATH July 18, 1851
Place of death Hanover