Hans Joachim Friedrich von Sydow

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Hans Joachim Friedrich von Sydow (born May 13, 1762 in Zernikow ; † April 27, 1823 ibid) was a Prussian lieutenant general and knight of the order Pour le Mérite .

Life

origin

He was the son of the Prussian lieutenant a. D. Georg Friedrich von Sydow (1705–1771) and his second wife Charlotte Beate Louise, née von Holtzendorf (1733–1790).

Military career

Sydow entered 1775 as Junker in the hussar regiment "Belling" the Prussian army and took 1778/79 during the Bavarian Succession war to the battles in Zwickau part and fork. By June 1792 he was promoted to prime lieutenant . During the First Coalition War , Sydow fought against the French troops on the Rhine in 1793/95 in the battles near Edesheim , Deidesheim , Kirrweiler and the siege of the Landau fortress . In the battle of Kaiserslautern , Sydow was wounded as a staff cavalry officer and awarded the order Pour le Mérite for his behavior. Promoted to major in 1800 , he was wounded again during the battle of Auerstedt on October 14, 1806 and rendered inactive by Ratekau's surrender .

In February 1809, Sydow was commander of the Pomeranian Hussar Regiment . Due to his injuries sustained in Auerstedt wounds he did not occur this command to but dimittierte on March 22, 1809 Lieutenant Colonel .

After the wars of liberation began , Sydow made himself available again and was given command of the Pomeranian National Cavalry Regiment. From June 1813 he was brigadier of the Kurmärkische Landwehr cavalry. As such, he took part in the battles near Großbeeren , Dennewitz and the Battle of Nations near Leipzig . For his services in the battle at Wittstock, he received the Iron Cross 2nd class. His promotion to colonel with simultaneous appointment to brigade commander in the reserve cavalry of the IV Army Corps took place on December 8, 1813. During the siege and capture of Zutphen , for which he was decorated with the Iron Cross 1st class, and the storm Arnheim , for which he received the Order of the Sword II. Class, Sydow was able to distinguish himself again. During the winter campaign, Sydow fought in the battles of Laon and Paris in 1814 and was promoted to major general at the end of May 1815 . During the summer campaign in 1815 he was brigade chief in the IV Army Corps and took part in the battle of Waterloo , after which he was awarded the oak leaves for the Pour le Mérite.

After the peace treaty, Sydow acted from November 1815 to February 1820 as inspector of the Kölin Landwehr and then as commander of the 4th Landwehr Brigade in Stargard . On April 23, 1822 he took his leave as lieutenant general with a pension of 1000 thalers . Sydow died on April 27, 1823, at the age of 60, on his home estate in Zarnikow in the Uckermark .

family

Sydow married on September 19, 1786 Josepha Johanna Peyrennit de Lescun (l'Escun), divorced from Monhart (de Monbart) (1761-1829). The couple had several children:

  • Charlotte (1787–1839) ⚭ 1803 Georg August Sigismund von Erich Ribbentrop (1777–1843), Real Privy Councilor (from 1826 von Ribbentrop)
  • Hans Ludwig (1790–1853), Major General ⚭ Nannette Henriette Emilie von Zawadzki (1796–1882)
  • Bertha (1909-1810)

He divorced his first wife and then married on January 17, 1808 Wilhelmine von Versen († June 7, 1844), widowed von Wolki.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Marie-Josephine de l'Escun Monbart, writer, friend of Jean Paul, cf. Jörg Paulus: Philology of Intimacy: Love Correspondence in the Jean-Paul Circle. P. 303. She already had two sons from her marriage to Louis Joseph de Monbart: Friedrich Wilhelm Josef (1782–1821) and Heinrich Karl (1784–1808), both Prussian officers.
personal data
SURNAME Sydow, Hans Joachim Friedrich von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sydow, Johann Joachim Friedrich von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian lieutenant general
DATE OF BIRTH May 13, 1762
PLACE OF BIRTH Zernikow
DATE OF DEATH April 27, 1823
Place of death Zernikow