Johann Caspar von Boddien

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Johann Caspar von Boddien , also Johann Kaspar v. B. (born June 14, 1772 in Danneborth ; † May 9, 1845 in Ludwigslust ) was a German officer and most recently a major general in Mecklenburg-Schwerin .

Life

Johann Caspar von Boddien was a son of August Gotthard Boddien (1732–1795) on Danneborth, who was raised to the nobility in 1787. He joined the Gluer infantry regiment as a secondary lieutenant in 1788 . In 1797 he was promoted to staff captain and in 1801 transferred as a major to the bodyguard on horseback. In 1808 Duke Friedrich Franz I appointed him commandant in Ludwigslust and ducal adjutant . From 1812 he also served as inspector of the rural gendarmerie . In 1813 he was promoted to colonel and in 1822 to major general and adjutant general. In 1840 he was appointed head of the gendarmerie. As adjutant to three dukes ( Friedrich Franz I , Paul Friedrich and Friedrich Franz II ), Boddien was a key figure at the court of Mecklenburg-Schwerin .

From 1819 to 1837 he was the owner of Gut Weisin near Passow (Mecklenburg) , where he stayed for a long time. In 1821 he was accepted into the Mecklenburg Knighthood.

Johann Caspar von Boddien was married to Henriette, b. von Dewitz (1772–1857), a daughter of the Mecklenburg-Strelitzschen Oberhofmarschall Bodo (Christoph) Balthasar von Dewitz (1734–1792) and his wife Auguste von Brauchitsch (1753–1820) and sister of Otto von Dewitz (politician) . The couple had nine children, including the Prussian officer and member of the Frankfurt National Assembly , Alfons von Boddien , the Mecklenburg-Strelitz court marshal Adolph von Boddien (1812–1885) and the chief forest master Gustav von Boddien (1814–1870), also known as a poet has been.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Benthen parish archives, Chronicle of the Benthen parish 1939, 1995.
  2. ↑ Mecklenburg-Schwerin State Calendar 1834, p. 10
personal data
SURNAME Boddien, Johann Caspar von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Boddien, Johann Kaspar von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer and major general
DATE OF BIRTH June 14, 1772
PLACE OF BIRTH Danneborth
DATE OF DEATH May 9, 1845
Place of death Ludwigslust