Heinrich von Seydewitz
Hans Heinrich Wilhelm von Seydewitz (born October 15, 1799 in Gera , † April 19, 1868 in Halle (Saale) ) was a Prussian major general .
Life
origin
Heinrich was a son of the Russian court marshal Hans Heinrich von Seydewitz (1760-1809) and his wife Eva Margarethe Antonie Auguste, born von Ryssel (1765-1829). His father died as a princely Russian major in the siege of Saragossa .
Military career
Seydewitz visited the Cadet House in Dresden and was employed as a Sousleutnant in the Wittenberg Landwehr Regiment of the Saxon Army during the Wars of Liberation on May 1, 1814 . On June 5, 1815, he changed to Prussian service and came as a second lieutenant in the Upper Saxon Landwehr Infantry Regiment. At the beginning of August 1816 he was transferred to the 26th Infantry Regiment and from the beginning of April to the beginning of July 1822 he was assigned to the rifle factory in Suhl . By mid-December 1833, Seydewitz advanced to captain and company commander . He was promoted to major on March 21, 1848, transferred to the 25th Infantry Regiment and on March 1, 1849 appointed commander of the Fusilier Battalion. In this capacity Seydewitz took part in the battle near Bischweier in 1849 during the suppression of the Baden Revolution . Promoted to lieutenant colonel on March 22, 1853 , he joined the 1st Infantry Regiment as commander on June 10, 1856 . There he was on 15 October 1856 Colonel promoted before his on May 17, 1859 farewell as a major general with pension received. He died on April 19, 1868 in Halle (Saale).
family
He married Klementine von Schlieben (1811-1892) on June 21, 1848 in Flößberg . The couple had several children:
- Hugo (1849–1915), Prussian Major General ⚭ Helene Hirsch (* 1854)
- Hans Heinrich Max (1850-1850)
- Karoline Klementine Tuiska (* 1851) ⚭ 1871 Roderich von Bescherer (1841–1913)
- Hans Heinrich Bernhard Albert (* 1852) ⚭ 1896 Jenny Marie Elise Kuhne (* 1862)
- Adeline Klementine Kamilla (1854-1854)
literature
- Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 6, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1938], DNB 367632810 , p. 485, no. 2103.
- Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the primeval noble houses. 1908 . Justus Perthes , Gotha 1907, p. 724.
Individual evidence
- ↑ JM Meinhard: History of the Reussischen Militairs up to the year 1815. S. 221.
- ^ Military weekly paper . Volume 43, p. 116.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Seydewitz, Heinrich von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Seydewitz, Hans Heinrich Wilhelm von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian major general |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 15, 1799 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gera |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 19, 1868 |
| Place of death | Halle (Saale) |