Heinrich of Prussia (1781–1846)
Friedrich Heinrich Karl of Prussia (born December 30, 1781 in Berlin , † July 12, 1846 in Rome ) was a Prussian prince, general of the infantry and grand master of the Order of St. John .
Life
Heinrich was a son of King Friedrich Wilhelm II of Prussia (1744–1797) from his second marriage to Friederike (1751–1805), daughter of Landgrave Ludwig IX. from Hessen-Darmstadt .
Heinrich was hired on September 5, 1795 as an ensign in the personal company of the 1st Guard Battalion. In the further course of his military career he took part as a colonel in the 1806/07 campaign against the French. In the battle of Auerstedt , Gerhard von Scharnhorst left his horse to him because his own was killed. In 1807 he became chief of the "von Schöning" infantry regiment . The prince took part in the 1813 campaign at the headquarters of the Russian general Wittgenstein . After the end of the war, he was promoted to General of the Infantry on May 31, 1815.
Heinrich had already acted as coadjutor of the last Lord Master of the Brandenburg Ballei of the Order of St. John in Sonnenburg, Prince August Ferdinand of Prussia . The Ballei was dissolved in 1811. Heinrich's brother Friedrich Wilhelm III. The following year founded the Royal Prussian Order of St. John . In 1813 Heinrich became master master of the Evangelical Brandenburg Ballistic of the knightly Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem . Under Heinrich, the hospital in Jüterbog and a deaconess institution in Bucharest were established.
Heinrich lived permanently in Rome from 1819. The king only approved the trip because Heinrich, who was always ailing, passed out at a soirée . He spent the last 20 years of his life bedridden. His adjutant was Major General Count Friedrich Wilhelm von Lepel (1774–1840). From 1845, the future General Field Marshal Helmuth Karl Bernhard von Moltke acted as his adjutant.
He was a knight of the Black Eagle Order , the Iron Cross , the Russian Order of St. Andrew , the Order of St. George and the Grand Cross of the Order of Vladimir .
Heinrich was buried in the Berlin Cathedral . In Berlin-Kreuzberg , Heinrichplatz was named after him.
literature
- Richard von Meerheimb : Heinrich Friedrich Karl, Prince of Prussia . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 11, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1880, p. 569 f.
- Heinrich Haeser: History of Christian nursing and care for the sick. W. Hertz , 1857, p. 55 f.
- Leopold von Zedlitz: The Prussian state in all its relationships. August Hirschwald, 1835, p. 149
- Theodor Fontane : Walks through the Mark Brandenburg , Volume 1 ( Grafschaft Ruppin ) "Ruppiner Garrison" - The Prince Ferdinand Regiment (near Auerstedt)
- Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 3, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1937], DNB 367632780 , pp. 265-266, no. 1122.
Individual evidence
- ^ CCC Gretschel, Friedrich Bülau : History of the Saxon People and State. Volume 3, Reinhold Beyer, 1853, p. 410.
- ^ Heinrichplatz. In: Street name lexicon of the Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein (near Kaupert )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Prussia, Heinrich von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Prussia, Friedrich Heinrich Karl von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian Prince, General of the Infantry and Grand Master of the Order of St. John |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 30, 1781 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 12, 1846 |
| Place of death | Rome |