Friedrich von der Betten (diplomat)

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Friedrich of the ceiling. Ringelheim Palace was added later in the background of the painting . He wears the Guelph Order and the Order of the Golden Lion .
Antoinette from the ceiling, b. of pits

Johann Friedrich Graf von der Betten (born May 25, 1769 in Langwedel (Weser) , † May 22, 1840 in Ringelheim ) was a Hanoverian general field master in the Napoleonic War and diplomat.

Life

Friedrich von derdeck comes from the old Lower Saxon noble family von derdeck , from which many Hanoverian officers came. In 1784 he joined the army . He took part in the First Coalition War 1793–95. In 1796, ceiling became chief adjutant of Duke Adolph Friedrich von Cambridge , to whom he lectured on mathematics and history. In 1803, during the French occupation of the Electorate of Hanover, Betten joined the diplomatic service . On July 28, 1803 he began to recruit foreign soldiers for the British crown and thus founded the King's German Legion , with which he was used in the war between Great Britain and France in 1805 and 1807.

He was sent to Spain and Portugal as a diplomat and military advisor in 1808 to raise troops against France. He then returned to Great Britain. In the summer campaign of 1815 , he was a lieutenant general commanding the Hanoverian Reserve - Corps with four brigades under Lieutenant Colonel Christian Ernst August von Bennigsen, Lieutenant Colonel Karl von Beaulieu, Lieutenant Colonel Karl von Bulow and Colonel Rudolf Bodecker.

After the war and the Congress of Vienna , von derdecke took over the supervision of the newly founded artillery and engineering school in Hanover , rejected military awards from the Netherlands and Prussia, but was given over in 1833 by the English - Hanoverian King Wilhelm IV (lasted from 1714 to 1837 the personal union of Hanover and Great Britain ) raised to the hereditary count status. In 1817 he acquired the former Benedictine monastery in Ringelheim and expanded the castle and park into his estate , where he retired from 1833. Most recently, in 1835, he founded the Historical Association for Lower Saxony and took over the presidency.

From the ceiling was considered a friend of the Prussian military reformer Gerhard von Scharnhorst . The two published a military journal.

Friedrich married Antoinette von Gruben (1781–1855) in 1806 . She was heiress to Wechtern VI, today's ceiling house, in Krummendeich . Her children were Adolphus , the heir to Ringelheim , George Ayhsford, the heir to ceilinghausen, and Juliane. Juliane married Ludwig Frhr. von Minningerode (1806-1853).

Works

Heligoland , view from the northern tip, 1826 from the book by Friedrich v. of the ceilings
Helgoland , view from the dune 1826, from the book by Friedrich v. of the ceilings
Gerhard von Scharnhorst was a trainer and friend of Friedrich von derdecks, together they were the editors of the magazine New Military Journal , painting by Friedrich Bury
Ringelheim Castle was acquired by Friedrich von der Betten in 1817
The coat of arms of the Counts of the Blankets Ringelheim . The primogenous title of Count was awarded to Friedrich von derdecke in 1833 for the establishment of the Kings German Legion and for his services in the fight against Napoleon .
Copy of the count's diploma from 1833 in the family book from 1865
  • Reflections on the relationship between the state of war and the purposes of the states, Hanover 1800, new print Biblio Verlag Osnabrück 1982 with an introduction by Joachim Niemeyer
  • Philosophical-historical-geographical studies on the island of Helgoland or Heiligeland and their inhabitants, Schuster Leer 1978, unaltered reprint of the Hanover 1826 edition with a biographical note online
  • Attempt on the English national character, Hanover 2nd edition 1817 online
  • Overview of my literary work, written in 1837 6 pages Prussian Secret State Archive Berlin in the estate of Kurt von Priesdorff Rep. 92 and printed in sheets of the von derdecke family no. 4 and 5 1922/1924

literature

  • Wilhelm von derdecke, The von derdecke family in their various relationships ..., 1865, biographical data, p. 96 and genealogical data p. 51 and p. 52 below each 11th gen.
  • Joachim Niemeyer, Scharnhorst letters to Friedrich von der Betten 1803–1813, Dümmler Bonn 1987 online search
  • Gerhard Johann David von Scharnhorst and Tilman Stieve, Gerhard von Scharnhorst - Private and official publications: General Staff Officer between Crisis and Reform (Prussia 1804–1807), 2007 896 pp. - online
  • Mijndert Bertram, The "Moon Minister" and "General Killjoy". A power struggle in the background of the appointment of Duke Adolph Friedrich von Cambridge as Governor General of Hanover (1813-1816), in: Niedersächsisches Jahrbuch für Landesgeschichte, Vol. 65 (1993), pp. 213-262 (the moon minister is Count Munster and General Killjoy = Fun spoiler is Count Friedrich von der Betten) Table of contents from the 1993 yearbook
  • Richard W. Fox, Conservative Adaptation to the Revolution: Friedrich von derdecke and the Hanoverian Military Reform 1789–1820, in: Niedersächsisches Jahrbuch für Landesgeschichte (NsJbLG) 45, 1973, pp. 171–274 (excerpts from the Dr work) Table of contents from 1973 yearbook
  • Armgard von Reden-Dohna, The Knights' Seats of the former Principality of Hildesheim, 1996 pp. 243-253
  • Herwart and Tassilo von derdecke: genealogical tables of the von derdecke family , 1994 p. 34
  • Thassilo from the ceiling, Claudia bei der Wieden: goods and farms of the family from the ceiling. Stade 1998 pp. 185, 250, 305, 359 and 398.
  • Armin Schöne, Friedrich von der Betten: A Biography, Edition Falkenberg, Rotenburg (Wümme) 2017, 180 pages.
  • Armin Schöne, Friedrich von der Betten as diplomat and scientist, founder and first president of the Historical Association for Lower Saxony, in: Yearbook for the district of Verden 2017, Verden 2016, pp. 75–84.

Web links

Wikisource: Friedrich von der Betten  - Sources and full texts
Commons : Friedrich von der Betten  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Richard Dröge riding:  blankets, Johann Friedrich Graf von der. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1957, ISBN 3-428-00184-2 , p. 544 f. ( Digitized version ). P. 544.
  2. ^ Lars Ulrich Scholl: Artillery and Engineering School 1814 to 1834. In: Engineers in early industrialization…. P. 58 f., Online
  3. ↑ According to a resolution of the German Nobility Law Committee in 2012, the title of count is continued from the primogenitus, who is descended from the marital male line of Johann Friedrich von derdecke . The inheritance of the title is not linked to the possession of a good. The Erstgeburtstitel are not considered part of the middle-class since 1919 surname inherited like other titles of nobility in Germany . These first-born titles of the “historical nobility” are only continued in the Genealogical Handbook of the Nobility . The order of the counts to the title of 1833 is: 1st Count Johann Friedrich hannoverscher Generalfeldzeugmeister (1769-1840) - 2nd Count Adolphus (1807-1886) member of the Hannover State Council - 3rd Count George Member of the German Reichstag (1836-1898) - 4th Count Ernst August journalist in London (1867–1934) - 5th Count Guido missing in Russia (1923–1944) - 6th Count Johann Georg farmer in Benz (1912–1998) - 7th Count Albrecht Dipl. Phys. & Dipl. Kaufm. In Hamburg (1945-) - 19 patrilineal successors currently live in Benzerhof , ceilinghausen , Panker , Döse etc.
  4. ^ Hermann Grote : Book of gender and coat of arms of the Kingdom of Hanover and the Duchy of Braunschweig; 1852, there on the coat of arms of the Counts of the ceiling: 1st description of the coat of arms and 2nd non-colored edition coat of arms panel A18 and 3rd color edition coat of arms panel A18
  5. ↑ Dirk Schaper: Civic Association Ringelheim The Ringelheim Castle
  6. ↑ Pieces of files from the fifth general assembly of the Kingdom of Hanover 1866 volume with the files of the year 1834 documents No. 114 and 115 p. 781 Count Friedrich von derdecke established a Fideikommiss with the Gut Ringelheim and the Vorwerk Söderhof in 1834 and received a seat and vote in the first chamber of the assembly of estates.
  7. ↑ New Military Journal, since 1797 Military Memorabilia of Our Times ... 13 volumes 1788-1805 , von derdecke wrote at least 16 articles in the NMJ (1797-1803), his articles are signed with vD.
  8. ↑ Joachim Niemeyer: Scharnhorst letters to Friedrich von derützen 1803–1813, Dümmler Bonn 1987, p. 9.
  9. ↑ Genealogical database GeneWeb Roglo, there are descendants of Count Johann Friedrich and his wife Antoinette of mines with their sons. The daughter Juliane is missing.
  10. Jump up ↑ Wilhelm von derdecke, The family from the ceiling in their various relationships ..., 1865, document section, p. 149
personal data
SURNAME Blankets, Friedrich von der
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Blankets, Johann Friedrich Graf von der (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hanoverian general field master and diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH May 25, 1769
PLACE OF BIRTH Langwedel (Weser)
DATE OF DEATH May 22, 1840
Place of death Ringelheim