Friedrich von dem Bussche-Ippenburg

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Karl Klamor Friedrich Salesius Freiherr von dem Bussche-Ippenburg (born March 19, 1791 in Osnabrück , † April 14, 1869 at Haldem Castle , Lübbecke ) was a Prussian lieutenant general and lord of Haldem Castle and a knight of the Order of St. John .

Life

origin

His parents were Ernst Friedrich Philipp von dem Bussche-Ippenburg (* July 30, 1754; † March 16, 1816) and his wife Philippine Luise, born von Münster (* January 25, 1758; † July 15, 1813). The father was Landdrost von Verden and a gentleman on Ippenburg .

Career

On February 1, 1804, Bussche-Ippenburg became a junker in the newly established “von Wobeser” dragoon regiment of the Prussian army . There he was promoted to ensign on March 16, 1806 and took part in the battle near Weimar during the Fourth Coalition War. With the surrender near Prenzlau he went into captivity.

In 1807 Bussche-Ippenburg was promoted to secondary lieutenant in the army, but received his departure as prime lieutenant on May 7, 1808 . He then went into the Westphalian service , where Bussche-Ippenburg came into the Chevauxleger regiment. The association took part in Napoleon's Spanish campaign from 1809 to 1811 . There he fought in the battles of Saragossa and Talavera de la Reyna . For Talavera he received the Order of the Westphalian Crown . On July 9, 1810 he was promoted to Rittmeister and in 1812 to major . In the same year his regiment came to the Grande Army to take part in the Russian campaign. In the battle of Smolensk , Bussche-Ippenburg acquired the cross of the Legion of Honor . At Borodino he got wounded in captivity. During that time he was promoted to lieutenant colonel on November 5, 1812 .

After his capture, Bussche-Ippenburg went into Russian service and on June 8, 1813, joined Hetman Platow as an adjutant . During the Wars of Liberation he fought in the Battle of Dresden and was wounded near Weimar. He then fought at Avesnes and earned the Order of Saint Anne II Class at Craonne . Bussche-Ippenburg was awarded the Order of St. Vladimir IV Class for Laon . He took part in the Battle of Ligny and received the Iron Cross II. Class and the Order of the Sword II. Class for Wavre . Bussche-Ippenburg had already received the order Pour le Mérite on December 17, 1813 . On February 8, 1814, he switched to the Russian-German Legion as a colonel .

On February 8, 1815, Bussche-Ippenburg retired from the Russian service, rejoined the Prussian Army and on March 2, 1815 was employed as a major in the Elb Landwehr Cavalry Regiment. On March 18, 1816 he was aggregated to the "König" dragoon regiment . Then we sent him on 27 February 1819 the leadership of the 1st Guards landwehr before Bussche-Ippenburg on 28 March 1819 as extrabudgetary staff officer in the Gardes du Corps was transferred. This was followed by a position as commander of the 1st Cuirassier Regiment from December 1, 1823 . In this position he was promoted to lieutenant colonel on March 30, 1826 with a patent from April 2, 1826 and on September 9, 1828 with the Order of the Red Eagle III. Class excellent. The following year he was appointed commander of the Gardes du Corps regiment on March 30, 1829 and promoted to colonel on March 30, 1830 with a patent from April 3, 1830. On September 24, 1832 he was awarded the Red Eagle Order III. Class before Bussche-Ippenburg on February 16, 1834 his farewell to the character as a major general and the statutory board took.

On October 18, 1844, Bussche-Ippenburg received permission to call himself a baron . On the occasion of his 50 years of ownership of the Pour le Mérite, King Wilhelm I awarded him the crown to this medal on January 22, 1863 and the character of Lieutenant General on March 19, 1865 to celebrate his golden wedding anniversary . He died on April 14, 1869 on his estate at Haldem.

family

Bussche-Ippenburg married Karoline von Stammer on March 19, 1815 in Dresden (* May 26, 1798, † October 21, 1878). The marriage remained childless.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Genealogisches Reichs- und Staats-Handbuch for the year 1805. Part 1, p. 675.