Johann Eberhard Rudolf Hiller von Gaertringen

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Johann Eberhard Rudolf Hiller von Gaertringen (born January 13, 1735 in Gärtringen ; † February 12, 1799 in Fraustadt ) was a Prussian major general , chief of infantry regiment No. 37 and heir to Lenki and Marczenin in South Prussia .

Life

origin

His parents were the Württemberg government councilor and chief magistrate Johann Hiller von Gaertringen (born September 3, 1687; † June 15, 1756) and his wife Anna Sophie, née Freiin von Preysing (born November 7, 1696; † December 16, 1755).

career

In 1750 he became a cadet in Stuttgart and in 1755 a lieutenant . During the Seven Years' War he fought against the Prussians in the battles of Breslau and Leuthen as well as in the siege of Schweidnitz. In 1764 he became a major in the Leibregiment and took his leave in 1765 .

He went into Prussian service , where he came on May 7, 1767 as a captain in the grenadier regiment "Wallenroth" . In 1778 he was transferred as a major to the von Petersdorff infantry regiment . He took part in the War of the Bavarian Succession and in 1782 became commander of the 2nd battalion. In 1787 he became a lieutenant colonel and took part in the campaign in Holland . In the same year he received the order Pour le Mérite . In 1789 he was promoted to colonel and in 1790 was promoted to regimental commander in Bielefeld .

During the First Coalition War , he took part in the Valmy cannonade . In 1794 he became major general and in 1799 chief of the infantry regiment "von Wolfframsdorff" . He died as such in the same year.

family

He married Juliane Dorothea von Hagen (1745–1786) from the Naulin family in Magdeburg in 1770. The couple had the following children:

∞ Adelgunde Wilhelmine Philippine Antoinette von Hellen (1777–1822)
∞ Mathilde Emilie Wilhelmine von Mutius (1792–1869)

literature

  • Karlheinz Gerlach: The Freemasons in Old Prussia. ISBN 3706540371 .
  • Historical and genealogical book of nobility of the Kingdom of Württemberg. P. 228, digitized by Hiller
  • Johann Jacob Moser: Johann Jacob Moser's Genealogical Messages, from his own, also from many other respected Würtemberg families, partly also from foreign families. P. 215, digitized siblings
  • Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 2, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1937], DNB 367632772 , p. 405, no. 889.
  • Carl Friedrich Schilling von Canstadt: Gender description of those families of Schilling. P. 355, digital copy of the Hiller family tree
  • Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the baronial houses for the year 1857. Seventh year, p. 322.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ family.
personal data
SURNAME Hiller von Gaertringen, Johann Eberhard Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian Major General, Chief of Infantry Regiment No. 37
DATE OF BIRTH January 13, 1735
PLACE OF BIRTH Garden rings
DATE OF DEATH February 12, 1799
Place of death Woman city