Johann Karl Christoph von Seybold

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Johann Karl Christoph Seybold , von Seybold from 1812 , (born November 12, 1777 in Grünstadt ; † May 17, 1833 in Heilbronn ) was a major general in Württemberg .

Life

Origin and family

Johann Karl Christoph was a son of the Lutheran theologian , university teacher and poet David Christoph Seybold (1747–1804) and Friederike Charlotte Keller. The delegate Ludwig Georg Friedrich Seybold (1783-1843) was his brother, the economic theorist Friedrich List (1789-1846) was his brother-in-law.

He married Louise Caroline Haussmann in 1819. A daughter, who died young, and the son Julius von Seybold (* 1823), Württemberg colonel , emerged from the marriage.

Career

At the instigation of his father, who wanted to withdraw him from the French military, Seybold first learned cameralistics from 1792 . In 1800 he decided to become an officer and became a cornet in the cavalry . In the same year he was promoted to sub-lieutenant in the infantry . He took part in the campaign , but was captured when crossing the Danube and was a prisoner of war in Nancy until the peace agreement . By the fourth coalition he had risen to lieutenant , and now took part in the siege of Kolberg on the French side . He was promoted to staff captain in 1807, and to real captain in 1808. In 1809 he took part in the campaign against Tyrol . After he rose to major in 1811 , he took part in the Russian campaign. Here he was wounded near Smolensk , for which he received the Knight's Cross of the Württemberg Military Merit Order in 1812 . In 1813 he became a Knight of the Legion of Honor . In the Wars of Liberation he first moved into Saxony under Napoleon and then withdrew to France with the Grande Armée after the Battle of the Nations . Here he took part in the Battle of Brienne and that of Paris . After his promotion to lieutenant colonel and shortly thereafter to colonel and battalion commander , he also took part in the summer campaign in 1815 . In 1831 he was promoted to major general and at the same time became brigadier and governor of Heilbronn.

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  1. ^ General Military Newspaper , No. 6, January 18, 1834, column 44
personal data
SURNAME Seybold, Johann Karl Christoph von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Seybold, Johann Karl Christoph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Württemberg major general
DATE OF BIRTH November 12, 1777
PLACE OF BIRTH Grünstadt
DATE OF DEATH May 17, 1833
Place of death Heilbronn