Georg Ludwig von Köller-Banner (General)
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Georg Ludwig von Köller , from 1772 von Köller-Banner (* 1728 ; † April 30, 1811 in Altona ) was a Danish infantry general and landowner in Pomerania .
Life
He came from the old Pomeranian noble family Köller . Köller was Lieutenant General under the Danish King Christian VII. Later he inherited the Moratz family estates, from 1776 on Dischenhagen and Hammer, in 1781 on Kantreck and Lüttmannshagen and Schwanteshagen in Pomerania.
He was the brother of the royal Danish court master Colonel von Köller . In 1756 Georg Ludwig von Köller became captain-colonel in a regiment from the Landgrave of Hesse . After the death of his older brother, he came to Copenhagen as a Hessian major in 1760 . In 1761 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel in the Falster regiment and in 1767 as a colonel was appointed its commander .
He was instrumental in the overthrow of the doctor and minister Johann Friedrich Struensee from Altona, who had won the friendship of the king at the Danish court and initiated a number of reforms in the spirit of the Enlightenment . After an obvious liaison with Queen Caroline Mathilde , Struensee was overthrown by conservative forces, arrested on January 17, 1772 and executed on April 28 at the gates of Copenhagen.
In recognition of his services, Köller was promoted to lieutenant general, became spokesman for the infantry in the royal military college and received an annual salary of 4,400 thalers . In addition, on February 13, 1772, at Christiansborg Palace , he received the Danish aristocratic naturalization along with a name and coat of arms association with the banner of the Danish noble family, which died out in 1713 . In addition, he was also awarded the Dannebrog Order . Also in 1772 Köller was adjutant general to the king and had an apartment at Frederiksborg Castle .
Later, however, after he seemed increasingly presumptuous and arrogant, his opponents vilified him and even accused him of collaborating with France and Sweden . He was dismissed from his previous offices and appointed military governor of the Rendsburg Fortress in 1773 . However, he was left with his previous annual salary as the “hero of January 17th”. After some intrigues against him by the generals, he asked for his departure from the Danish army on January 17, 1775. Christian IV dismissed him on January 23, while maintaining his rank and salary, but allowed him "to visit other armies and to attend foreign campaigns" . Then Köller went to Vienna for Austrian military service, but returned to Copenhagen in 1777.
In a subsequent liaison with the royal Danish court actress Maria Morell , his son of the same name Georg Ludwig von Köller-Banner (1776-1843) was born in 1776 . This scandal ultimately led to Köller's dismissal from the Danish military while retaining his annual salary of 4,400 thalers for life.
Köller-Banner first went to Pomerania, where he was heir to some family estates, but in the same year 1776 moved to Altona, which at that time belonged to the Danish kingdom, where he also died on April 30, 1811. In Altona (more precisely in today's Hamburg district of Ottensen ) he created a manorial country house, later named " Rainville ".
Orders and decorations
- Knight of the Dannebrog Order , January 17, 1772
- Ring “pro Merito”, 1774
literature
- Georg Friedrich von Jenssen-Tusch: The conspiracy against Queen Caroline Mathilde of Denmark , page 440f., Verlag Herrman Costenoble, Leipzig 1864 ( online in the Google book search)
- Landgrave Karl von Hessen-Kassel: Memories of Landgrave Karl von Hessen-Kassel, dictated by himself , page 69f., Verlag A. Freyschmidt, Kassel 1866 ( online in the Google book search)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Another year of birth: 1729, Ernst Heinrich Kneschke (Hrsg.): Neues Allgemeine Deutsches Adel-Lexikon , (Kalb - Loewenthal), Volume 5, Friedrich Voigt, Leipzig 1864, p. 185, ( digitized version )
- ↑ Ludwig Wilhelm Brüggemann: Detailed description of the current state of the Royal Prussian Duchy of Vor and Hinter-Pommern , Volume 1–2, Page 417, Verlag, Effenbart, Stettin 1784 ( digitized version )
- ↑ Landgrave Karl von Hessen-Kassel: Memories of Landgrave Karl von Hessen-Kassel, dictated by himself , page 69f., Verlag A. Freyschmidt, Kassel 1866 ( digitized version )
- ↑ Koeller's participation in the fall of Struensee is also the subject of some poetry and plays: Curt Schawaller: Juliane. Tragedy in three parts , Xenien-Verlag, 1911 ( excerpt ) - Michael Beer: Struensee , Trauerspiel in five acts (first performance: Munich 1828), 2nd edition, Cotta'scher Verlag, Stuttgart a. Tübingen 1847 ( digitized version )
- ^ Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels , Adelslexikon Volume VI, page 360, Volume 91 of the complete series, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 1990
- ↑ Georg Friedrich von Jenssen-Tusch: The conspiracy against Queen Caroline Mathilde of Denmark , page 440f. ( Digitized version )
- ^ Georg Friedrich von Jenssen-Tusch: The conspiracy against Queen Caroline Mathilde of Denmark , page 443f. ( Digitized version )
- ↑ This was legitimized on November 7th, 1795 and later worked as a Prussian landscape councilor.
- ^ Paul Theodor Hoffmann: The Elbchaussee. Your country estates, people and fates , page 41f., Verlag Broschek, 2nd edition 1937 ( excerpt )
- ^ Matthias Rohlfs (ed.): Royal Danish court and state calendar , on the 1776th year of Christ. Altona 1776, p. 11
- ↑ H. Schulze: Chronicle of all known knight orders and decorations , which are awarded by sovereigns and governments, together with illustrations of the decorations, Volume 1 Moeser, Berlin 1855, p. 213 digitized
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Köller-Banner, Georg Ludwig von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Köller, Georg Ludwig von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish general and Pomeranian landowner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1728 |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 30, 1811 |
| Place of death | Altona |