Heinrich Hellmuth von Hadeln
Heinrich Hellmuth von Hadeln (born July 22, 1796 in Landau ( Waldeck ), † March 18, 1867 in Wiesbaden ) was a Nassau lieutenant general .
Life
Heinrich Hellmuth von Hadeln was the son of the Royal Westphalian (formerly Dutch) Brigadier General Heinrich Friedrich August von Hadeln, who fell on September 1, 1809 before Gerona , and his wife Johanna Cornelia Chassé, daughter of the Dutch major Carel Johan Chassé (1724-1793).
He got to know the life of a soldier firsthand as a boy in 1804 and 1805, when he lived with his father in the army camp near Zeist of the French general Marmont , witnessed the construction of the so-called pyramid of Austerlitz , and then his father on Marmont's march to Ulm accompanied.
After his father's death, he was earmarked for a career in forestry , so he lived with Hoffmann von Fallersleben in the house of a Waldeck forester until 1812 . After his sister married the Franco- Westphalian General Jacques Alexandre Allix (1768–1836) in 1812 , Allix persuaded his young brother-in-law to join the artillery school of the Westphalian army. In the same year, on September 30th, he saw the short bombardment of the city by Alexander Tschernyschow Cossacks and then the end of the Kingdom of Westphalia .
On December 29, 1813 he was taken over as a lieutenant in the Hessian artillery . He took part in the campaign against France in the Wars of Liberation in 1814 . On November 1, 1816, he became a first lieutenant in the General Staff of the Duke Nassau Army . In 1819 he was commissioned to set up the Nassau military school of artillery in Wiesbaden. On October 8, 1821 he became captain and chief of the artillery, on October 1, 1818 major and on August 28, 1837 lieutenant colonel . On March 28, 1843, he was promoted to colonel . After the March Revolution he took part in the campaign against Baden and on May 6, 1850 was appointed head of the war department of the government of the Duchy of Nassau . On July 22, 1850, he became the general commander of the Nassau troops.
On July 26, 1854 he was appointed adjutant general (deputy to the duke as commander in chief) and head of the military chancellery. On December 12, 1860, he received the title of Real Privy Councilor with the predicate of excellence . On February 2, 1862, now at the age of 65, he was put up for disposition as lieutenant general .
He was buried in the old cemetery in Wiesbaden. His grave no longer exists.
Awards
- Military and community service medals of Adolph von Nassau , Grand Cross
- Nassau badge of honor for officers after 25 years of service
- Nassau badge of honor for officers after 50 years of service
- Baden Order of the Zähringer Lion , Commander 1st Class
- Grand Ducal Hessian campaign medal from 1814/1815
- Military Wilhelms Order , Commander
- Luxembourg Order of the Oak Crown , Grand Cross
- Austrian Imperial Leopold Order , Commander
- Order of the Iron Crown , Knight I class
- Prussian Order of the Red Eagle , 2nd class
- Swedish Order of the Sword Grand Cross
- Royal French Order of Fleur de Lys
Remarks
- ↑ Her younger brother David Hendrik Chassé was as a general in Napoleon's services in 1810 by Lodewijk Napoleon , from 1806 to 1810 King of Holland , the Baron raised.
literature
- Peter Wacker: The ducal-Nassau military 1813–1866. Volume 2, 1998, ISBN 3-922027-85-7 , p. 449.
- General military newspaper. Volume 42, 1867, pp. 132-133, online
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hadeln, Heinrich Hellmuth from |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hadeln, Heinrich Hellmuth Freiherr von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Nassau Lieutenant General |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 22, 1796 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Landau |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 18, 1867 |
| Place of death | Wiesbaden |