Gustav from the Chevallerie

Gustav Adolf Erdmann from the Chevallerie (born July 3, 1825 in Magdeburg , † July 19, 1912 in Stralsund ) was a Prussian lieutenant general .

Life

origin

Gustav came from the Brandenburg line of the original French noble family Chevallerie . He was the son of the Prussian Colonel Friedrich von der Chevallerie (1790–1850) and his second wife Wilhelmine, née Voigtel (1794–1863).

Military career

After visiting the cadet houses in Potsdam and Berlin , Chevallerie was transferred to the Prussian Army's 2nd Engineer Inspectorate on August 9, 1842 as an aggregated Second Lieutenant . For further training, he completed the United Artillery and Engineering School from October 1842 to July 1844 . At the end of June 1844 he was transferred to the first engineer inspection and assigned to the second pioneer department in Stettin . At the end of February he was classified and from the beginning of May 1848 Chevallerie was subsequently assigned to the fortifications in Stralsund, Posen and Schweidnitz . On April 12, 1851, he was transferred to the 2nd engineer inspection and at the end of March 1852 he was commanded as adjutant to the 3rd fortress inspection in Neisse . In this capacity he was promoted to prime lieutenant at the end of June 1852 , on April 4, 1855 he was transferred to Magdeburg to the 3rd pioneer department and was again commanded to Fortification Schweidnitz from June to October 1855. After his promotion to captain , Chevallerie was appointed chief of the 1st company on March 29, 1856 . This was followed in mid-October 1862 by his transfer to the 3rd engineer inspection and a position as commander of the 1st Reserve Engineer Company in the Federal Fortress of Luxembourg . With promotion to major , he was appointed commander of the Brandenburg Pioneer Battalion No. 3 in Torgau on September 12, 1865 , which he led in the war against Austria in the battle of Königgrätz in 1866 .

Awarded the Red Eagle Order IV. Class with Swords for his work , Chevallerie rose to lieutenant colonel after the peace treaty at the end of March 1868 . On May 5, 1870, he became an engineer officer from the square in Saarlouis and had to defend the fortress that was enclosed by the French at the beginning of the war . After the war Chevallerie received the on August 10, 1871 character as a colonel and two months later the Order of the Crown III. Class. He was transferred to Rastatt on April 6, 1872 as commander of the Baden Pioneer Battalion No. 14 , which shortly thereafter moved into his new garrison in Strasbourg . On January 9, 1873, when he was granted a patent for his rank, he was entrusted with running the business as inspector of the 1st Pioneer Inspection in Berlin. At the same time, from mid-February 1873, he was also a member of the engineering corps examination committee . Two months later he was appointed inspector of the 1st Pioneer Inspection. In the same capacity, he took over the 4th fortress inspection on March 11, 1876, which included the area of ​​responsibility of the fortresses in Küstrin , Spandau , Magdeburg and Torgau . At the end of March 1876 he was promoted to major general and on June 12, 1877, he became the inspector of the 3rd engineer inspection in Mainz . A month later he was released from his position as a member of the examination board. Under awarded the Red Eagle II. Class with oak leaves and swords on rings Chevallerie was on 12 November 1878 board for disposition made.

After his departure he moved to Stralsund and got involved in the war club and fire extinguishing system . On September 17, 1887, Kaiser Wilhelm I gave him the character of Lieutenant General.

family

Chevallerie married on October 16, 1856 in Magdeburg with Julia Horch (1838-1919), the daughter of the judiciary Ludwig Horch. The following children were born from the marriage:

• Hans (1857–1946), Prussian major general ⚭ Margarethe Schulz (1866–1945), parents of the German infantry general Kurt von der Chevallerie
• Anna (* 1859)
• Elisabeth (1862–1934)
• Rudolf (1865–1920), Prussian lieutenant colonel
• Emma (* 1868) ⚭ October 17, 1927 Max von der Chevallerie (1866–1945), Colonel a. D.

literature

• Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 9, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1941], DNB 986919780 , pp. 148-149.
• Genealogical paperback of the knights and Noble families. 1880. Fifth year, Buschak & Irrgang, Brünn 1879, pp. 74–75.