Johann August Karl zu Wied
Johann August Karl zu Wied , also Johann August Carl zu Wied (born May 26, 1779 in Neuwied ; † April 21, 1836 ibid) was a Prussian lieutenant general and from 1802 to 1824 the third Prince of Wied-Neuwied and from 1824 to his Death of the first prince of the united principality of Wied . His full name after 1824 was Johann August Karl Fürst zu Wied, Graf zu Isenburg, Herr zu Runkel and Neuerburg .
Life
origin
Johann August Karl was the son of Prince Friedrich Karl zu Wied-Neuwied (1741–1809) and his wife Maria Luise Wilhelmine, born von Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1747–1823).
Career
Wied had been in Dutch service since 1794 . On March 7, 1797, he joined the Prussian Army , was aggregated into the Guard Regiment and in mid-February 1798 was assigned as the second staff captain . He was promoted to captain and company commander on September 9, 1800 . On September 20, 1802, he followed the call of the estates to take over the government from his father. His father was mentally unstable and years ago they tried in vain to have him incapacitated. At first he remained under the tutelage of his mother. On July 13, 1804, Wied actually took over the government. In the army he became a major on March 5, 1805 . Since the prince had to look after his country, he retired from active military service. With the Rheinbundakt signed on July 12th 1806, the principality was mediatized and came to the Duchy of Nassau . On July 15, 1806 he was knight of the House Order of the Golden Lion and the Order of the Red Eagle .
When the Allies reached the Rhine during the Wars of Liberation , he was given the character of Major General by the Prussian King on July 9, 1814 . After the Congress of Vienna in 1815, the principality fell to Prussia . He became the prince on March 30, 1817 chief of the 1st Koblenz Landwehr Regiment and in the same capacity he received the 29th Landwehr Regiment on March 22, 1820.
In 1824 he inherited his fourth nephew, the imperial field marshal lieutenant Friedrich Ludwig, Prince of Wied-Runkel, and united the noble principality of Wied before it was finally dissolved in 1848.
The Prussian king appointed him knight of the Black Eagle Order on January 18, 1831 . On March 30, 1833, he was also given the character of Lieutenant General.
family
On June 11, 1812, in Braunfels , he married Princess Sofie Auguste zu Solms-Braunfels (1796–1855), daughter of Prince Wilhelm zu Solms-Braunfels . The couple had the following children:
- Luitgarde Wilhelmine Auguste (1813–1870) ⚭ September 11, 1832 in Neuwied Count Otto zu Solms-Laubach (1799–1872)
- Hermann 4. Prince of Wied (1814–1864) ⚭ in Biebrich June 20, 1842 Princess Marie of Nassau-Weilburg (1825–1902), daughter of Wilhelm I.
- Luise Wilhelmine Thekla (1817–1867)
- Otto Friedrich Albrecht (1818–1835)
He was also in a relationship with Henriette von Dorbenck (1781–1846). The couple had a son:
- Friedrich August von Pelken (1809–1885) ⚭ Leopoldine Kalthoff (1827–1907)
literature
- Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 4, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1937], DNB 367632799 , pp. 106-107, no. 1251.
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Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wied, Johann August Karl too |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wied, Johann August Carl too; Runkel and Neuerburg, Johann August Karl Prince of Wied, Count of Isenburg, Lord of (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian lieutenant general |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 26, 1779 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Neuwied |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 21, 1836 |
| Place of death | Neuwied |