Georg von Scheler

Johann Georg Freiherr von Scheler , from 1812 Count von Scheler (partly also Scheeler or Schéler ; * December 13, 1770 in Ludwigsburg , † February 3, 1826 in Stuttgart ) was a German general and governor of Stuttgart.

Life

Scheler was the son of Lieutenant Colonel and Commandant at Hohenstaufen, Matthäus Freiherr von Scheler. The family was raised to imperial nobility in 1727 and originally came from Upper Swabia and the County of Tyrol . Scheler was accepted as a cadet in the Württemberg Grenadier Regiment Augé in 1783 and promoted to lieutenant in 1784 . After he was appointed chief of staff in the district infantry regiment in 1794 and company commander in 1798, the military, who were considered brave, was quickly promoted: in 1804 he was major , in 1805 battalion commander and in 1806 lieutenant colonel. In 1807 he was appointed colonel , then commander of the foot guard, rose to major general , brigadier and finally in 1810 to lieutenant general . In 1812 he was also appointed divisional general. For his services in the Russian campaign in 1812 , Emperor Napoléon I gave Scheler two ostentatious weapons that adorned Napoléon's Star of the Legion of Honor. These were later acquired by King Ludwig I of Bavaria.

Scheler became governor of Stuttgart in 1815 and in 1816 received supreme command of the occupation corps in France. After he returned from France, he was appointed commander of the 1st Royal Württemberg Infantry Division in 1818 . In 1821, the government of Stuttgart also fell back to him.

Scheler suffered from an unknown, serious illness in the last years of his life. His funeral was attended, among others, by the royal government, the generals and the superiors of the city of Stuttgart. He was buried in the Hoppenlauffriedhof in Stuttgart.

Scheler took his nephews Carl von Martens and Christian von Martens in with him and enabled them to pursue a military career.

Honors

• 1800 Knight of the Württemberg Military Merit Order
• 1807 knight, later commander of the French Legion of Honor
• 1808 Knight of the Württemberg Military Order of Merit on a yellow ribbon
• 1809 Commander 1st class of the Württemberg Military Merit Order on the blue ribbon
• October 23, 1812 elevation to the Württemberg and French counts
• 1818 Grand Cross of the Württemberg Military Merit Order on a blue ribbon
• 1818 Grand Cross of the Order of the Württemberg Crown
• Knight of the Württemberg Order of the Golden Eagle
• Commander of the Baden House Order of Loyalty
• Carrier of the French Order of St. John of Malta

literature

• JG Hauff: Georg Graf von Schéler . In: New Nekrolog der Deutschen , 4th year to the year 1826, Part II, Voigt, Ilmenau 1828, pp. 781–783.
• Eugen Schneider :  Scheler, Georg, Count of . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 30, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1890, p. 755.

Web links

• Works by and about Georg von Scheler  in the German Digital Library
• Georg von Scheler on leo-bw.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Genealogical pocket book of the German count's houses for the year 1842 , Perthes, Gotha, p. 457.
2. ↑ The Emperor's Pistols - The Crown Prince's Sword: House of Bavarian History presents magnificent weapons from the Bavarian National Museum , press release of March 27, 2015 on the House of Bavarian History website .
3. ↑ ^{a b} See explanations in the ADB entry.
4. ↑ Königlich-Württembergisches Hof- und Staats-Handbuch 1809/10, p. 35.
5. ↑ Königlich-Württembergisches Hof- und Staats-Handbuch 1815, p. 47.
6. ↑ Royal Württemberg Court and State Handbook 1809/10, p. 16.
7. ↑ Königlich-Württembergisches Hof- und Staats-Handbuch 1824, p. 33.
8. ↑ Königlich-Württembergisches Hof- und Staats-Handbuch 1824, p. 29.
9. ↑ Königlich-Württembergisches Hof- und Staats-Handbuch 1815, p. 15.
10. ↑ Königlich-Württembergisches Hof- und Staats-Handbuch 1809/10, p. 34.
11. ↑ Königlich-Württembergisches Hof- und Staats-Handbuch 1815, p. 52.