Heinrich von Knobelsdorff

Heinrich Ludwig Georg von Knobelsdorff (born December 18, 1775 in Wuthenow , Soldin district , † September 11, 1826 in Berlin ) was a Prussian major general and inspector of the guard cavalry.

Life

origin

His parents were Friedrich Wilhelm von Knobelsdorff (1744-1813) and his wife Amalie Luise, born von Schmiedeberg (1746-1796) from the Zeinicke family.

Military career

Knobelsdorff was brought up on his parents' farm and joined the Prussian Army's "von Wylich and Lottum" dragoon regiment as a private corporal in 1790 . There he became an ensign on May 4, 1792 and during the First Coalition War took part in the cannonade of Valmy , the battles of Stromberg, Kettrich, the battles at Pirmasens and Kaiserslautern and the sieges of Verdun and Landau . During that time he became second lieutenant on December 19, 1793 .

After the war, Knobelsdorff was transferred to the Regiment of the Gardes du Corps on July 17, 1798 , and on July 8, 1799 he was promoted to Premier Lieutenant and Regimental Adjutant . On February 2, 1803 he was staff captain and in the run-up to the Fourth Coalition War on September 20, 1806 Rittmeister and company commander . During the war he fought in the battle of Auerstedt . After the war he rose to major .

In the Wars of Liberation he fought in the battles near Großgörschen , Bautzen , Haynau , Leipzig , Brienne and Arcis-sur-Aube . On May 19, 1813 Knobelsdorff received the Iron Cross II. Class for Großgörschen and the Order of the Sword III for Arcis-sur-Aube . Class and the Order of St. Vladimir II. Class. On June 18, 1813 he was appointed commander of the Garde du Corps and in this position on August 11, 1813, lieutenant colonel . On January 14, 1814 he was promoted to colonel . On January 26, 1815, he received the Knight's Cross of the Leopold Order .

After the war, Knobelsdorff became the commander of the 1st Guard Cavalry Brigade on April 11, 1815 . During the spring inspection in 1816 he was awarded the Order of the Red Eagle III on May 22, 1816 . Class. On December 22nd, 1816, he was entrusted with running the business as brigade chief of the Guards and Grenadier Corps with an allowance of 1200 thalers. On March 30, 1817 Knobelsdorff was promoted to major general with a patent from April 9, 1817. On May 1, 1820 he was appointed inspector of the guard cavalry. In addition, he received the Order of the Red Eagle, 2nd class with oak leaves, on January 18, 1821.

He died of exhaustion in Berlin on September 11, 1826 and was buried in the garrison cemetery on September 13, 1826 . In 1855 he was reburied in the Dyrotz cemetery, where he was given a grave next to his daughter.

family

Knobelsdorff married on November 16, 1802 in Potsdam Friederike von Rauch (1783-1810), a daughter of Major General Bonaventura von Rauch and his wife Johanna, née Bandel. Friederike von Rauch was the sister of the Prussian Minister of War and General of the Infantry Gustav von Rauch and the Prussian Generals Leopold and Friedrich Wilhelm von Rauch .

The couple had two daughters:

• Cäcillia (1803–1825) ⚭ August von Hobe (1791–1867), district administrator , Rittmeister a. D.
• Luise Friederike (1810–1811)

literature

• Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of noble houses 1902 . Third year, Justus Perthes, Gotha 1901, p. 463 f.
• Wilhelm von Knobelsdorff : To the history of the family von Knobelsdorff. Volume 4, p. 199 ff.
• Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 4, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1937], DNB 367632799 , pp. 221-223, no. 1296.

Web links

• Heinrich Ludwig Georg von Knobelsdorff at online-ofb.de