Hermann von Engelbrechten

Hermann Friedrich Christian von Engelbrechten , also von Engelbrecht , ( Swedish Herman Fredrik Christian von Engelbrechten ; * December 12, 1765 in Wismar , † April 5, 1818 in Kristianstad ) was a lieutenant general who had served in the Swedish and Prussian sectors.

Life

origin

Hermann von Engelbrechten was the son of the tribunal assessor Johann Gustav Friedrich von Engelbrechten (1733–1806) and his wife Regina Sophia Henrietta, nee. von Engelbrechten (born November 14, 1745; † November 26, 1792 in Stralsund), a daughter of the lawyer Hermann Heinrich von Engelbrecht .

Military career

After being brought up in his parents' house, Engelbrechten was enrolled as a ten-year-old in the Queen's body regiment (" Drottningens Livregemente till fot ") in Stralsund ( Swedish-Pomerania ) as "Förare" (non-commissioned officer, responsible for daily visits to the sick in a company) and began his active military service 1779. In 1782 he was due to his request by King Gustav III. on leave in order to be able to enter the Zietenchen hussar regiment in Prussian service as a cornet .

In 1787 he was recalled because of the conflict between Russia and Sweden. Engelbrecht's rapid military rise began with the Russo-Swedish War . In prepared for war free battalion of Hintzenstern he led the 3rd company. After the end of the war, the named battalion was distributed to the two regiments in the garrison in Stralsund, with Engelbrechten initially joining the Psilanderhielm Regiment as a full officer . Two months later he was given a captain's post in the King's Göta Guard regiment in Sweden. On May 6, 1792 he was first promoted to major in the army, on July 1, 1793 to major in the regiment and on June 24, 1794 to seconde major (ranked in the order of priority of a Swedish regiment after colonel, lieutenant colonel and premier major fourth). His official duties led to constant contact with the king. So in January and February 1792, at the request of the king, he commanded his bodyguard of 200 men during the Diet of Gävle . After Gustav III. Assassination appointed his successor, Gustav IV. Adolf or, while he was under age, the regent Karl (XIII.) Engelbrechten on June 15, 1795 as a wing adjutant . He was immediately assigned to attend the Danish maneuvers near Copenhagen and to draw up a report on his observations. For his services, he was promoted to Premier Major on February 3, 1796, to lieutenant colonel on May 11, and on October 19, 1796 the post of Colonel and Chief of the former Psilanderhielm Regiment in Stralsund, which from then on bore his name. He was honored with the title of “Second Chef” in the Göta Guard Regiment and on November 16, 1799 was appointed Knight of the Sword Order . Diplomatic missions led him as adjutant general in 1805 and 1806 to Lauenburg , Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Prussia .

During the Fourth Coalition War he became the Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm III in March 1807 . and commanded to the Russian headquarters of General Benningsen , then returned to Stralsund in June, only to be dispatched again on July 8, 1807 to the Prussian king on a royal mission. After his return to Stralsund he continued to serve as adjutant general to the king, while his regiment was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Carl Wilhelm von Gützkow during his frequent absences. After the fall of Stralsund, he followed the king back to Sweden. During the war against Russia he headed the northern group of the Swedish Army in Sweden and went again in 1809 on a diplomatic mission to Prussia. In recognition of his services, he was awarded the Commander's Degree of the Order of the Sword on July 3, 1809 . As part of the military reorganization of the Swedish troops in Swedish Pomerania, he was commander of the 1st Brigade in 1811 and was given the power of major general on January 14, 1812, although the salary of a colonel was retained. In 1813 he was appointed military commander in Swedish Pomerania on August 7th. On July 27, 1814 he was awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of the Sword and was promoted to Lieutenant General.

When the part of the country passed to Prussia, he was employed with this rank in the Prussian Army on November 4, 1815. On March 13, 1817, the king appointed him governor of Stralsund and on February 6, 1818, he was also responsible for the Landwehr inspection in the Stralsund administrative district.

During a diplomatic mission that was supposed to take him to the Swedish court, he died in Kristianstad in 1818 of a flux river . Engelbrechten was the commander of the Grand Cross of the Sword Order and Knight of the Red Eagle Order, 1st class, and since December 30, 1815 also chief of the 33rd Infantry Regiment of the Prussian Army.

family

Engelbrechten was married to Hedwig Dorothea Karoline von Behr . From this marriage there was a son:

• Gustav Karl Ludwig (* 1788 in Wendisch Baggendorf )

After divorcing his first wife, he married Marie Sophie Ohlsen from Ystadt . With her he had the son:

• Hermann Moritz (born September 22, 1800 in Rostock; † February 5, 1841 in Berlin), Prussian captain and company commander in the Kaiser Alexander Guard Grenadier Regiment No. 1

Pedigree

Pedigree of Hermann von Engelbrechten
Great grandparents	Georg Bernhard von Engelbrechten (1658–1719) ⚭ NN		NN ⚭ NN		Hermann Christoph von Engelbrecht († 1720) ⚭ Margarethe Sophia Hagemeister (1686–1720)		Adolph von Behrenfels ⚭ NN
Grandparents	Joachim Friedrich von Engelbrechten (* 1677) ⚭ Anna Margareta from Corswanten				Hermann Heinrich von Engelbrecht (1709–1760) ⚭ Ulrika Amalia von Behrenfels
parents	Johann Gustav Friedrich von Engelbrechten (1733–1793) ⚭ Regina Sophia von Engelbrecht (* 1745)
Hermann von Engelbrechten (1765-1818)

literature

• Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 4, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1937], DNB 367632799 , pp. 113-115, no. 1256.
• Freiherr von Zedlitz: The state forces of the Prussian monarchy and Friedrich Wilhelm III. Vol. 3, Maurersche Buchhandlung, Berlin 1830, p. 282 ( Google books ).
• Kongl.Maj: ts Förnyade Nådiga Förordning och Reglemente För Regementerne til Fot, Stockholm 1781.
• War Archives Stockholm, Meritförteckningar V. Värvade Regementen, Garrison Regementen i Stralsund Ba 280 (1768–1814).
• Stockholm War Archives, Ba 298 (1790–1791).

Web links

• Herman Fredrik Christian von Engelbrechten on adelsvapen.com (= Gustaf Elgenstierna : Den introducerade svenska adelns ättartavlor , Stockholm 1925–1936; Swedish).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Gabriel Anrep : Svenska Adelns Ättar-Taflor. Part 1, Norstedt & Söner, Stockholm 1858, p. 741 ( Google books ).