Johann Friedrich Wilhelm von Schoeler

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Johann Friedrich Wilhelm von Schoeler (born May 24, 1731 in Ohl , † March 6, 1817 in Kleve ) was a Prussian major general .

Life

origin

His father was the princely Wittgenstein bailiff Johann Jokob Wilhelm Schoeler, his mother his wife Anna Barbara, née von Rühl.

Military career

In his youth Schoeler attended schools in Wiehe and Laasphe . From 1750 to 1755 he was employed by the Ober-Deich-Inspection Wesel and then on February 4, 1756 he joined the engineer corps in Wesel as a conductor . During the Seven Years' War Schoeler was in the army of Duke Ferdinand von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel and took part in the battles near Bergen , Krefeld and Minden, as well as in 20 battles and two sieges. In the meantime, on November 25, 1762, Schoeler had become captain and company commander in the Freikorps "von Trümbach". After the end of the war he received the patent as an engineer officer and was transferred to Wesel.

Raised the rank of nobility by Frederick the Great on March 21, 1769 , he advanced in the engineering corps to major general and brigadier of the fortresses in the provinces of Mark , Magdeburg and Westphalia . In the First Coalition War against France of 1792/95 he worked as a Colonel and Sous-Brigadier in Wesel and received for his services on June 5, 1795 by King Friedrich Wilhelm II. The order Pour le Mérite , after dealing with a report on the Celebrating the conclusion of the Peace of Basel on May 16, 1795, he addressed the king with the following words: “[...] I also dare to take this opportunity to commend myself with the whole garrison to Dero Grace and Grace in deepest submission and I will Feeling indescribably happy if I succeeded in the past busy period, all of me to Your Royal Majesty. Greatest satisfaction […] ”The king then wrote the following to Schoeler's superior, Colonel von Tschirschky, on June 6, 1795:“ […] My dear, etc. […] I am glad that you trust Colonel v. Schoeler, for I cannot help but agree with you that he is a very active and eager officer. Accordingly, I grant the same the order plm […] ”In 1805 he became the commandant of the Wesel fortress , in 1806 he became the commandant of the Hameln fortress .

Because he surrendered to the French in 1806 and had given them the fortress Schoelerpark was posted on December 9, 1809 by a military court to life imprisonment sentenced and the Order Pour le Mérite denied him. In 1814 he was pardoned and died three years later.

family

Schoeler had married Freiin Charlotte Henriette von Pelden called von Cloudt (* 1744 in Moers ; † October 2, 1772 in Wesel) in Wesel on July 5, 1769 . The following children were born from the marriage:

  • Johanna Friedericke Wilhelmine (born June 3, 1770 in Wesel) ∞ NN von Alten , major in Hanover
  • Moritz Ludwig Wilhelm (born September 3, 1771 in Wesel; † March 15, 1855 in Berlin ), Prussian infantry general ∞ Countess Friederike Eleanore Sophie Helena zu Dohna-Lauck (born April 1, 1777; † April 7, 1855)
  • Reinhold Otto Friedrich August (born October 2, 1772 in Wesel; † October 28, 1840), Prussian infantry general ∞ Auguste Wilhelmine von Kunitzky (* December 25, 1776; † July 8, 1858)

His wife died giving birth to their third child. He married on March 4, 1793 with Elisabeth Robertine Agnes Freiin von Pelden called von Cloudt (* 1747 in Moers; † August 20, 1828 in Trier ). She was the widow of Lieutenant Colonel Reinhard Otto von Kinsky and Tettau. The later major general Franz Friedrich von Kinski and Tettau (1789-1845) thereby became his stepson. This marriage remained childless.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Newspaper for the German nobility, volume 1, p. 367, digitized
  2. ^ Gustav Lehmann: The knights of the order "pour le mérite" , vol. 1, p. 403, no. 993, Berlin, 1913.
personal data
SURNAME Schoeler, Johann Friedrich Wilhelm von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian major general
DATE OF BIRTH May 24, 1731
PLACE OF BIRTH Ohl
DATE OF DEATH March 6, 1817
Place of death Kleve