George of the Blankets (General)

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Georg Julius Wilhelm Ludwig von der Betten , from 1835 Count von der Betten (born November 23, 1787 in Oederquart , † August 20, 1859 in Rumpenheim ), was a Hanoverian general of the cavalry .

Georg von der Betten, Hanoverian general of the cavalry
Georg's wife is Princess Luise of Hessen Kassel
The coat of arms of Count Georg von der Betten

Life

origin

His father was Otto Friedrich von der Betten , owner of Oerichsheil and Holenwisch . His mother was Sophia Juliane von Goeben, the second wife of the father. Georg had twelve siblings and five half-siblings. In addition, Georg grew up with his cousin Johann Friedrich because his parents could not afford a teacher for their children.

Career

In 1804 Georg joined the 1st light dragoons - (later hussars -) regiment of the King's German Legion as a flag junior . In this regiment he took part in the expeditions to Hanover in 1805 and to Copenhagen in 1807 . He fought with great personal distinction in Spain and Portugal from 1809 to 1814 , so that Beamish repeatedly mentions him as Lieutenant and Rittmeister , namely in the battle near Barouillet on September 10, 1813, where he led Portuguese on foot as a volunteer and was wounded . He received a second serious wound on February 27, 1814 at Orthez. In 1815 he fought at Waterloo . From 1816 he was a major in the Guards Hussar Regiment of the Hanover Army , rose to lieutenant colonel in January 1831 and was appointed regiment commander on February 1, 1838. As a colonel , he was given command of the 1st Cavalry Brigade at the beginning of January 1845 and in this capacity was promoted to major general at the beginning of June 1846 . When he was promoted to lieutenant general on May 5, 1851, he was appointed inspector general of the cavalry. Blankets became General of the Cavalry on May 30, 1855 and a year later a member of the Council of State.

family

Georg von der Betten had an illegitimate son named Georg Wilhelm Betten (born October 24, 1823). According to the church book in Hanover-Hainholz , the mother Marianne Samuel is a Jew from Pyrmont who worked as a maid in Hanover.

Georg married Luise Caroline Marie Friederike von Hessen-Kassel-Rumpenheim in 1833 , a daughter of Friedrich III. from Hessen-Kassel-Rumpenheim . The marriage remained childless. Her sister Auguste von Hessen was married to Adolphus Frederick, 1st Duke of Cambridge , who became Viceroy of Hanover in 1831 . The adjutant and later chief adjutant of Adolphus Frederick was Georg's cousin, Count Johann Friedrich von der Betten, for many years .

In January 1835 Georg von dercken was raised to the rank of count.

Count Georg and his wife Luise were buried in the mausoleum near the Rumpenheim Castle Church.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Herwart and Thassilo from the ceiling: family tables of the family from the ceiling. 1994, p. 46.
  2. ↑ Thassilo from the ceiling, Claudia bei der Wieden: goods and farms of the family from the ceiling. Stade 1998, pp. 288-294.
  3. ↑ Wilhelm von derdecke: The family from the ceiling in their various relationships ... 1865, family tables, p. 53.
  4. ↑ North Ludlow Beamish: History of the Royal German Legion. Volume 1 and 2
  5. ↑ Thassilo von der Betten comments on the 1998 family tables, there on page 315 below the note with footnote no. 533 see attachment. The attachment is probably the letter from Ilse Marquart -decke from 1936 and it is probably in the estate of Thassilo von der Betten (1911-1995) in the Stade State Archives
  6. ↑ Wilhelm von derdecke: The family from the ceiling in their various relationships ... 1865, documents, p. 150
  7. ^ Friedrich WBF von dem Knesebeck: Archive for history and genealogy. 1842 pp. 229–231 Count's diploma for Georg von derillen from January 30, 1835
  8. ^ Hermann Grote : Gender and coat of arms book 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
  9. ↑ World History: In the list of family members are Luise No. 8 and Georg No. 9. The mausoleum was cleared in 1964 and the bones were buried in a crypt on the south side of the Rumpenheim Castle Church.
personal data
SURNAME Blankets, Georg von der
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Blankets, Georg Julius Wilhelm Ludwig Graf von der
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hanoverian general of the cavalry
DATE OF BIRTH November 23, 1787
PLACE OF BIRTH Oederquart
DATE OF DEATH August 20, 1859
Place of death Rumpenheim