George of O'Byrn

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Grave of Georg Baron O'Byrn in the Old Catholic Cemetery in Dresden

Friedrich Eduard Georg Baron O'Byrn (born August 10, 1864 in Dresden , † July 1, 1942 ibid) was a Saxon major general and head of cabinet .

Life

The Barons of O'Byrn come from the Irish nobility . In the Electorate or Kingdom of Saxony they had good relations since 1747 and held various state offices. Their successful services earned them a high reputation. Familiarly they branched out with the families Karl von Amira and Bernhard von Lindenau , among others . Georg was a son of the Saxon Lieutenant General Johann Nepomuk von O'Byrn (1829–1909) and his wife Johanna Maria, born von Treitschke (1833–1913), sister of the historian Heinrich von Treitschke .

O'Byrn joined the 2nd Grenadier Regiment "Kaiser Wilhelm, King of Prussia" No. 101 of the Saxon Army in 1884 as an officer candidate . In the further course of his military career he was a major (since September 21, 1907) wing adjutant of King Friedrich August III. as well as military governor of the princes Friedrich Christian and Ernst Heinrich . After the end of the First World War, he remained in service until 1921, when he was retired as major general. For his services O'Byrn u. a. the house order of the diamond crown .

In 1899 O'Byrn married Maximilie Marie Gabriele von der Planitz (1874–1954), a daughter of the Saxon Minister of War Paul von der Planitz . He died on July 1, 1942 in Dresden and was buried in the Old Catholic Cemetery. The Dresden sculptor Georg Wrba created a bronze bust for his tomb. O'Byrn's grave is a listed building.

Detail of the tombstone and bust

Entries in the Saxon Nobility Book

  1. Decision of the Royal Saxon Ministry of the Interior, Dresden, April 21, 1904: Admission of the O'Byrn family to the Saxon nobility book .
  2. Decision of the Royal Saxon Ministry of the Interior, Dresden, August 12, 1904: The O'Byrn family is included in the Saxon nobility book.
  3. Certificate of the marriage of Friedrich Konstantin Wenzeslaus O'Byrn and Laura Klara von Ziegesar, Dresden, October 18, 1902.
  4. Certificate of the baptisms of Friedrich August, Alfred Karl and Johann Nepomuk O'Byrn, Dresden, April 15, 1847.
  5. Certificate of the marriage of Johann Nepomuk and Johanna Maria O'Byrn, Dresden, October 4, 1895.
  6. Baptism certificate Friedrich Eduard Georg O'Byrn, September 29, 1900.
  7. Baptism certificate Johann Jakob O'Byrn, Dresden, September 28, 1875.
  8. Marriage certificate Friedrich Eduard Georg O'Byrn and Maximiliane von der Planitz, Dresden, October 18, 1902.
  9. Certified copy from the Book of Nobility for the Kingdom of Saxony, Dresden, August 11, 1904.
  10. Decision of the Royal Saxon Ministry of the Interior, Dresden, July 8, 1905: The O'Byrn family is included in the Saxon nobility book.
  11. Death certificate Johanna Maria O'Byrn, Dresden, March 14, 1913.

(Reproduction according to the family estate in the Main State Archives Dresden )

Fonts

  • To commemorate the 250-year foundation of the Saxon Grenadier Brigade. Dresden 1920.
  • The festivities in Dresden on February 22nd and 23rd, 1932. [Manuscript] Dresden 1932.

(Reproduction according to the family estate in the Main State Archives Dresden )

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ clanbyrne.com
  2. ↑ a b c Main State Archive Dresden : Entry 12603 - O'Byrn Family Estate ( Memento of the original from August 21, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. and online search book  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.archiv.sachsen.de@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.archiv.sachsen.de  
  3. ^ Saxon War Ministry, Department for Personal Affairs (ed.): Ranking list of the Royal Saxon Army for the year 1912. C. Heinrich, Dresden 1912, p. 7.
  4. ↑ See dresdner-stadtteile.de .
personal data
SURNAME O'Byrn, Georg von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Friedrich Eduard Georg Baron O'Byrn (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Saxon major general and head of cabinet
DATE OF BIRTH August 10, 1864
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden
DATE OF DEATH July 1, 1942
Place of death Dresden