Ignaz Freyschlag von Freyenstein

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Ignaz Freyschlag von Freyenstein

Ignaz Johann Theodor Freiherr Freyschlag von Freyenstein (born July 12, 1827 in Landau an der Isar , † November 11, 1891 in Munich ) was a Bavarian lieutenant general and head of the secret chancellery of Prince Regent Luitpold .

Life

He came from a branch of the Catholic, Lower Austrian noble family Freyschlag von Freyenstein, who settled in Bavaria and had it registered in the kingdom's register of nobility in 1813. In 1887 the family rose to become barons .

Ignaz was the son of the regional court judge Johann Nepomuk Freyschlag von Freyenstein, attended high school and studied law at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich . In 1847 Freyschlag became a member of the Corps Bavaria Munich . In 1848 he joined the Bavarian Army . He was promoted to lieutenant , in 1859 to first lieutenant in the 1st Infantry Regiment "König" . In 1866 he was promoted to captain , in 1873 to major , in 1877 to lieutenant colonel and in 1882 to colonel . From 1886 he was major general and from 1889 lieutenant general.

Even as a subaltern officer, Freyschlag was the personal adjutant of Prince Luitpold and, after his assumption of office as Inspector General of the Army (1866), also as an adjutant of this department. In 1870/71 he took part in the Franco-German War as such . After Luitpold took office as Prince Regent, Freyschlag was appointed Adjutant General and head of the secret chancellery. In November 1891 he died of a stroke .

Awards

Freyschlag was raised to the hereditary baron status of the Kingdom of Bavaria on January 7, 1887. He was a treasurer , since 1886 Knight of the Order of Merit of the Bavarian Crown , since 1889 holder of the Order of Merit of St. Michael I Class and had received the Grand Commander of the Order of Military Merit . He also wore the Order of the Crown, First Class with diamonds, the Order of the Iron Crown, First Class, as well as other high orders and decorations .

literature

  • Academic monthly books 8 (1891/92), p. 399f. (Obituary)
  • Hans Heidelbach: Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria. 3rd edition, Reidelbachscher Verlag, Munich 1901, pp. 183-184 (with portrait photo).
  • Erika Bosl: Freyschlag von Freyenstein, Ignaz von. In: Karl Bosl (ed.): Bosls Bavarian biography. Pustet, Regensburg 1983, ISBN 3-7917-0792-2 , p. 221 ( digitized version ).
  • Walter de Gruyter: Large Bavarian Biographical Encyclopedia. KG Saur Verlag GmbH, 2005, ISBN 3110973448 . P. 566 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  • Ignaz Freyschlag von Freyenstein . In: Josef H. Biller: With the Prince Regent on you and you. In: Sheets of the Bavarian State Association for Family Studies , 75th year. 2012. p. 174 f.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ernst Heinrich Kneschke: New general German nobility lexicon. Leipzig 1861, Volume 3, p. 344.
  2. ↑ Kösener corps lists 1910, 170/505
  3. ^ Court and State Handbook of the Kingdom of Bavaria 1890. R. Oldenbourg Verlag, Munich 1890, p. 352.
personal data
SURNAME Freyschlag from Freyenstein, Ignaz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Freyschlag von Freyenstein, Ignaz Johann Theodor Freiherr
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bavarian Lieutenant General, head of the secret chancellery of Prince Regent Luitpold
DATE OF BIRTH July 12, 1827
PLACE OF BIRTH Landau on the Isar
DATE OF DEATH November 11, 1891
Place of death Munich