Johann Ludwig von Ingersleben
Johann Ludwig von Ingersleben (born October 16, 1703 in Lippehne , † November 22, 1757 near Breslau ) was a Prussian major general . He belonged to the immediate environment of Frederick the Great .
Life
origin
He came from the noble family of Ingersleben . His father Kaspar Heinrich von Ingersleben (born January 29, 1672, † January 10, 1739) was chief forest master in Mansfeld and owner of the order de la Générosité . The mother was Wilhelmine von Lautensack (born May 14, 1685 in Braunschweig). His brother was Colonel Rudolf August von Ingersleben .
Military career
Initially educated by private tutors, Johann Ludwig attended the pedagogy in Halle from 1718 to 1721 . In 1722 he joined the Infantry Regiment "Anhalt-Dessau" of the Prussian Army as a private corporal , from where he, promoted to ensign , transferred to his "Tall Guys" - the royal regiment in Potsdam - in 1723 at the request of King Friedrich Wilhelm I. Second lieutenant since 1726 , Ingersleben was part of the personal contact of Crown Prince Friedrich in the residence and was involved in his escape plan in 1730. He came before the court martial in Köpenick , which sentenced him to six months in prison. Friedrich Wilhelm, who liked him, released him from the sentence and wrote to him “he should let this serve as a warning”. The king pulled Ingersleben close to him and sent him to the Netherlands and the empire as a recruiter . After the death of his father, he awarded Ingersleben his order De la Générosité in 1739.
After Friedrich II ascended the throne on May 31, 1740, Ingersleben, in contrast to which Friedrich had maintained the friendly attitude, went through a career in the 1st Battalion of the Guard Regiment in the same year from prime lieutenant to company commander and captain . He also received the post of governor of Kolberg . As an officer of the Guard Battalion, Ingersleben was now a constant companion of the king, even on his travels. Occasionally, Friedrich sent him to the Reich with special assignments. In the First Silesian War Ingersleben fought in the battle of mollwitz and distinguished himself in the Second Silesian War variously made. In 1747 the king promoted him to colonel of the army. In 1754 he appointed him Chief of the Feldjägerkorps and Hofjägermeister . A year later he rose to the position of colonel and commander in the 1st Guard Battalion and in May 1756 became major general with an annual allowance of 1200 thalers.
During the Seven Years' War , Ingersleben took part as a troop leader in the siege near Pirna and the battle near Lobositz and was commandant of Dresden for three months . From December 1756 the king granted him an additional pension of 500 thalers. He was shot through the body in the battle of Prague . In the Battle of Kolin , one shot struck his wallet and another shot into his foot. On November 22nd, 1757 he was seriously wounded in the Battle of Breslau and died of a leg amputation on November 27th, 1757.
He was a knight of the order Pour le Mérite . Prince Heinrich of Prussia dedicated a plaque on his Rheinsberg obelisk to him .
family
On July 11, 1742, he married Charlotte Dorothea von Herold (* September 4, 1712; † 1777), widowed von Platen, daughter of the secret finance councilor Christian von Herold . With her he had two sons and four daughters:
- Christina Wilhelmine (born September 3, 1745) ⚭ Hans Friedrich von Krusemarck (1720–1775)
- Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Ferdinand (1746–1814), Prussian Colonel, who was sentenced to death in absentia in 1807 for the surrender of the Küstrin Fortress .
- ⚭ NN von Brösigke († 1796)
- ⚭ NN from Massow
- Charlotte Luise Wilhelmine (April 11, 1749 - May 13, 1831) ⚭ August 26, 1769 Hans Friedrich Heinrich von Borstell (1730–1804)
- Karl Heinrich Ludwig (1753–1831), Prussian Colonel ⚭ Ulrika Albertine Sophia Ottilie Adamine von Brause (born March 23, 1765; † April 28, 1846) (daughter of Karl Wilhelm von Brause )
- Amalia Albertine Wilhelmine (January 24, 1755 - July 6, 1796) ⚭ 1772 (divorced 1783) Friedrich Ludwig II. Count Truchsess zu Waldburg (1741–1807), Prussian chamberlain
literature
- Johann Samuelersch , Johann Gottfried Gruber : General Encyclopedia of Sciences and Arts . Second section, part 18, Leipzig 1840, p. 249 ( digitized version )
- Anton Balthasar König : Johann Ludwig von Ingersleben . In: Biographical lexicon of all heroes and military figures who made themselves famous in the Prussian service . tape 2 . Arnold Wever, Berlin 1789, p. 207 ( Johann Ludwig von Ingersleben at Wikisource [PDF]).
- Karl Friedrich Pauli : Life of Sr. Hochwohlgebohrnen Graces, of Mr. Johann Ludwig von Ingersleben, Königl. Prussian major general of the infantry . In: Lives of Great Heroes of the Present War . Volume 2, Hall 1758, pp. 91–110 ( digitized version )
- Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 1, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1937], DNB 367632764 , p. 413f., No. 428.
- Leopold von Zedlitz-Neukirch : New Prussian Nobility Lexicon . Volume 3, Leipzig 1837, p. 37 ( digitized version )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Priesdorff: p. 412 (lit.).
- ↑ Großer Generalstab (Ed.): 1806. The Prussian officer corps and the investigation of the war events. ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1906, p. 49f., 268–277, especially on Ingersleben p. 273.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Ingersleben, Johann Ludwig von |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian major general |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 16, 1703 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Lippehne |
DATE OF DEATH | November 22, 1757 |
Place of death | Wroclaw |