Gustav von Wartensleben (General, 1774)
Gustav Hermann August Graf von Wartensleben (born October 25, 1774 in Marienburg , † April 10, 1834 in Schweidnitz ) was a Prussian major general .
Life
origin
His parents were the later Prussian Lieutenant General Leopold Alexander von Wartensleben and his wife Karoline Luise Dorothea, born von der Recke (born August 8, 1753 in Prussian Holland ; † April 3, 1825 in Breslau ).
Military career
Wartensleben came to the 1st Battalion of the Guard of the Prussian Army on November 7, 1789 as a private corporal, and was also inspected on November 18, 1789 as a Knight of St. John . On November 28, 1790 he was promoted to ensign and took part in the First Coalition War. He fought in the sieges of Mainz and Landau and in the battle of Kaiserslautern . In the battle of Trippstadt Wartensleben was wounded and for his bravery he received the entitlement to the Domherrenstelle in Brandenburg .
On January 12, 1795 he was promoted to Second Lieutenant and on July 15, 1795 appointed Knight of St. John. On July 24, 1798 he was then aggregated as a first lieutenant in the fusilier battalion "von Pelet" and on December 14, 1798 was assigned. Waiting life rose on November 12, 1801 to the redundant staff captain and was transferred to his father's regiment on January 24, 1803 as adjutant general . In the Fourth Coalition War he fought in the battle of Auerstedt and on the retreat near Nordhausen . The surrender of Magdeburg made waiting life inactive. On October 23, 1807 he retired from active service, but received permission on December 12, 1807 to wear the uniform of his last regiment. In addition, on June 23, 1809, Wartensleben received the character of a major . After his departure, he lived in private life in Dresden and Gotha .
Shortly before the Wars of Liberation , on March 20, 1813, Wartensleben was employed as a company commander in the 4th Reserve Battalion of the 1st Silesian Infantry Regiment . On June 16, 1813 he was appointed as a major in command of the reserve battalion in the 1st East Prussian Infantry Regiment . On December 6, 1813, he was transferred to the 9th Silesian Landwehr Regiment as commander. During the war he then fought at the siege of Erfurt .
After the war, Wartensleben was promoted to lieutenant colonel on October 24, 1815 , and on June 8, 1816, he joined the 2nd Reichenbacher Landwehr Regiment as a commander. On March 12, 1820 he came as a commander in the 7th Landwehr Regiment, where he became a colonel on March 30, 1822 . On June 18, 1825, he received the Service Cross and on 30 March 1827 his farewell as a major general with board . In addition, he became canon in Brandenburg an der Havel on April 21, 1827 and died on April 10, 1834 in Schweidnitz.
family
Wartensleben married on May 24, 1797 in Potsdam Friederike Wilhelmine Charlotte Countess von Pinto (* July 15, 1776, † August 26, 1839), a daughter of General Franz Ignatz von Pinto . The marriage was divorced on December 6, 1803. She then married General Eugen Maximilian von Roeder . The couple nevertheless had several children:
- Wilhelmine Rudolfine Alexandrine Marianna Albine (March 4, 1798 - November 27, 1812)
- Gustav Alexander (* May 12, 1800 - May 21, 1836) ⚭ 1828 Ottilie Karoline Hermine Auguste von Schwemmler (* 1808 - January 9, 1879) (married as widow Karl von Wartensleben (* October 24, 1807; † 9. March 1881))
- Karoline Emilie Klara Pauline (born August 20, 1803; † January 23, 1862), canon of the Fräuleinstift in Camin
On September 24, 1804, Wartensleben married Philippine Wilhelmine Teutscher von Lisfeld (* 1771; † January 22, 1849) in Gotha.
literature
- Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the count's houses , Justus Perthes Gotha 1861, pp. 934–935.
- Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 5, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1938], DNB 367632802 , pp. 48-49, no. 1420.
- Julius von Wartensleben : News from the family of the Counts of Wartensleben , p. 233ff.
Individual evidence
- ^ According to reports from the Count von Wartensleben family , his name was Gustav Adolph Hermann .
- ^ Ernst Heinrich Kneschke : New general German nobility lexicon . Volume 1, Leipzig 1859, p. 406. Schwemmler
- ↑ She was the daughter of Major General Teutscher von Lisfeld from Coburg, who was chief of the Saxe-Gotha regiment in the service of the Batavian Republic.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Waiting life, Gustav von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wartensleben, Gustav Hermann August von (full name); Waiting life, Gustav Adolph Hermann von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian major general |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 25, 1774 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Marienburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 10, 1834 |
| Place of death | Schweidnitz |