Georg Ludwig von Dalwig

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Georg Ludwig von Dalwig
General Georg Ludwig von Dalwig
Rabe Ludwig von Dalwigk, father of Georg Ludwig

Georg Ludwig von Dalwig (born December 26, 1725 in Silkerode , † September 27, 1796 in Ratibor ) was a Prussian cavalry general , chief of the cuirassier regiment No. 12 and knight of the Pour le Mérite and the Order of the Black Eagle .

Life

Georg Ludwig's father was the Hessian Lieutenant General Rabe Ludwig von Dalwigk , his mother Elisabeth Franziska Sophie, born von Bobenhausen called Mernolfs, who at the time of birth was still married to Lieutenant Johann Friedrich von Büssing ( Bissing ), from whom she later divorced . Their son was legitimized by Landgrave Wilhelm VIII of Hessen-Kassel at the instigation of the father . His descendants bear the title of baron with the name Dalwig (confirmation by the Royal Prussian Herald Office 1881).

Georg Ludwig von Dalwig was baptized on December 31, 1725. His place of birth Silkerode was the estate of his godfather Ludwig von Minnigerode , who was married to a sister of his mother - Sibilla Catharina.

The boy grew up with his father on Gut Campf in today's Dalwigsthal (Kr. Waldeck ), whom he also accompanied in his garrisons (including Hessisch Oldendorf on the Weser, Kassel and Ziegenhain ). When he was ten years old, his father put him in a cadet institution. In 1740 Georg Ludwig joined the Prussian cuirassier regiment "Margrave Friedrich" No. 5 in Angermünde , immediately took part in the 1st Silesian War (1740–42) and took part in the decisive battle of Mollwitz and the sieges of Brieg and Neisse . In the 2nd Silesian War he took part in all battles.

During the Seven Years' War he was involved in the battles near Lobositz , Prague , Liegnitz and Torgau , as well as in the battles near Jauer , Skalitz , Saalfeld and Storchnest. He was wounded several times. In the battle of Torgau he captured the Austrian general Bibo (w) with most of his grenadiers and captured a battery with six cannons, for which he received the order Pour le Mérite.

In the War of the Bavarian Succession in 1778/79, Dalwig was with the king's army and commanded the left wing of the cavalry. The army entered Bohemia , but there was no battle.

Georg Ludwig died in Ratibor in 1796 and was buried there in the Holy Spirit Church.

family

Dalwig was married three times and had eleven children from these three marriages. In Upper Silesia he owned the goods Guttentag , Baumgarten, Mokrau , Belk, Pottesch, Krawarn and Mackau, all of which were in the administrative district of Opole .

The following children are known from his first marriage to Antonie, née von Stechow († 1764):

⚭ Helene Sophie Philippine Henriette von Blankensee (* 1769), divorced in 1792
⚭ Johanna Charlotte Henriette von Gaffron (1779–1802)
⚭ Adelheid Sylvia Ernestine von Frankenberg (1784–1873) (daughter of General Sylvius von Frankenberg and Proschlitz )

From his second marriage to Julie Luise von Sydow (1755–1779):

  • Beate
⚭ February 3, 1793 Count NN von Dyhern, (divorced)
⚭ April 20, 1806 Count Heinrich von Mettich, Lord of Teschtschau
  • Julie Henriette (1772–1831) ⚭ 1792 Moritz Wilhelm Leonhard von Prittwitz (1752–1842), Prussian major

From third marriage with Sophie von Kurnatowski (1756–1821):

  • Ludwig Ernst (1780–1849), Lord of Dombrowka
⚭ October 16, 1810 Rosalie Kapuczinsky (1794–1821)
⚭ June 27, 1825 Karoline Anna Eleonore von Witowska (1804–1854)
  • Sophie Wilhelmine (1787–1793)
  • Karl Philipp Wilhelm (1791–1793)

Military career

  • 1740 standard junker
  • 1744/45 lieutenant
  • 1749 Captain and Eskadronschef in Hussar - Regiment von Wartenberg.
  • 1750 major
  • 1756 commander of the hussar regiment
  • 1757 Lieutenant Colonel
  • 1759 Commander of the Spaen's Cuirassier Regulations (No. 12).
  • 1761 Colonel and chief of his regiment, which was named "Regiment von Dalwig".
  • 1764 major general
  • 1770/71 commander of the “plague cordon” on the Upper Silesian-Polish border, which was intended to prevent the plague from penetrating from Poland.
  • 1781 Lieutenant General
  • 1785 Awarded the Order of the Black Eagle
  • 1787 commanding general of the cavalry
  • 1793 farewell to the army.

literature

Notes and individual references

  1. ^ According to Priesdorff (Lit.) of the same date, but born in 1723.
  2. ↑ The v. Prittwitz noble family: from the collected news. P. 258.
  3. ↑ Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the baronial houses for the year 1862. P. 107.
personal data
SURNAME Dalwig, Georg Ludwig von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian general
DATE OF BIRTH December 26, 1725
PLACE OF BIRTH Silkerode
DATE OF DEATH September 27, 1796
Place of death Ratibor