Hugo von Knobloch

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Paul Heinrich Martin Hugo von Knobloch (born November 10, 1823 in Koenigsberg , † March 15, 1896 in Charlottenburg ) was a Prussian major general and commander of the 12th Cavalry Brigade .

Life

origin

Hugo was a son of Heinrich von Knobloch called Freiherr von Hausen-Aubier (1791–1881) and his wife Pauline, née Countess von Kalckreuth (1802–1882). His brother Arthur (1825–1901) was a Prussian district administrator and his sister Alexandra (* 1829) was married to the Prussian infantry general Eberhard von Hartmann .

Military career

After attending the Kneiphöfisches Gymnasium and the military school of Dr. In autumn in his hometown, Knobloch joined the Prussian Army's 2nd Guard-Uhlan Regiment as Ulan on December 21, 1840 and was promoted to aggregate second lieutenant by the end of July 1842 . From mid-June 1844 to the end of July 1847 he was part of the 4th Uhlan Regiment and then the 3rd Cuirassier Regiment , before he was posted there on May 13, 1851. During a command from July 16, 1852 to May 12, 1860 as a squadron leader in the 3rd heavy Landwehr-Reiter-Regiment in Königsberg, Knobloch rose to Rittmeister until mid-April 1858 . Subsequently, he was assigned as a squadron leader to the 4th Combined Uhlan Regiment in Insterburg , from which the Litthau Uhlan Regiment No. 12 was formed in early July 1860 . Knobloch became chief of the 2nd squadron with which he took part in the battles near Trautenau and Königgrätz in 1866 during the war against Austria .

After the war, Knobloch was promoted to major as a regular staff officer in the Dragoon Regiment No. 9 in Osnabrück at the end of October 1866 . When mobilizing on the occasion of the war against France , he was initially commissioned with the command of the Thuringian Uhlan Regiment No. 6 under position à la suite and on July 14, 1870 he was appointed regimental commander. In this capacity he took part in the battles near Weißenburg , Haguenau , Vitry-le-François , Frénois , Sedan , Artenay , Orleans , Varize, Chartres , Illiers, Vendôme , La Fourche and Le Mans . Awarded the Iron Cross and the Mecklenburg Military Merit Cross II. Class as well as the Commander II. Class of the Duke of Saxony-Ernestine House Order with Swords, Knobloch was promoted to lieutenant colonel on January 18, 1871 .

After the peace agreement , Knobloch rose to colonel at the end of March 1873 . On June 12, 1877, with his regimental uniform and the rank and fees of a brigade commander, he was transferred to the officers of the army and assigned to represent the commander of the 12th Cavalry Brigade in Neisse . In position à la suite of his regiment, he was given command of the brigade on March 12, 1878 and advanced to major general in mid-January 1879. On 7 December 1880 he was charged with board for disposition and after its adoption on 12 October 1882 the Red Eagle Award II. Class with oak leaves.

He died on March 15, 1896 in Charlottenburg and was buried three days later in the Invalidenfriedhof .

family

Knobloch married Ida von Wernsdorff (1832–1885) on October 18, 1850 . After her death he married Luise Waagen, widowed Jäger, in Berlin. The following children were born from the first marriage:

  • Lia (1851–1897) ⚭ 1886 Carl von Oertzen (1845–1903) on Rütschow
  • Paul (* 1853)
  • Erhard (* 1854)
  • Nanny (* 1855) ⚭ 1880 Hugo Zenkner, Prussian artillery officer
  • Hans (* 1856)
  • Ida (* 1857) ⚭ 1885 Alexander von Knobloch (* 1851)
  • Hugo (* 1862), Rittmeister in the 8th Uhlan Regiment
  • Maximilian (* 1866), lieutenant in the 44th Infantry Regiment
  • Paula (* 1866)
  • Richard (* 1868), Prussian major in the Jäger Regiment on Horseback No. 9

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Freiherrlichen Häuser. 1894. Fourth and thirtieth year, Justus Perthes, Gotha 1893, p. 1021.
  2. ^ Ida Emilie Luise Leontine von Wernsdorf . In: Marcelli Janecki , Deutsche Adelsgenossenschaft (Hrsg.): Yearbook of the German nobility . Third volume. WT Bruer's Verlag, Berlin 1899, p. 785-786 ( dlib.rsl.ru ).
  3. ^ Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Nobeligen houses. 1903 . Fourth year, Justus Perthes, Gotha 1902, p. 642.
personal data
SURNAME Knobloch, Hugo von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Knobloch, Paul Heinrich Martin Hugo von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian major general and commander of the 12th Cavalry Brigade
DATE OF BIRTH November 10, 1823
PLACE OF BIRTH Koenigsberg
DATE OF DEATH March 15, 1896
Place of death Charlottenburg