Johann Ludwig von Seibert

Johann Ludwig von Seibert (* 1744 in Frankfurt am Main ; † May 23, 1810 in Berlin ) was a Prussian lieutenant general and most recently inspector general of advertising in the Reich, based in Frankfurt.

Life

He was trained at the Wilhelmstein Fortress of the Counts of Schaumburg-Lippe in the Steinhuder Meer . In 1764 he went into Portuguese services. On November 15, 1780, through the mediation of Count Philip II , Seibert was employed as a major by the army in the Prussian army . He was offered the prospect of setting up a free battalion in the event of an outstanding war. From November 24, 1780, however, he initially received a pension of 300 thalers, on November 1, 1786 this was increased to 600 thalers. On May 20, 1789, Seibert was promoted to lieutenant colonel with a patent from June 12, 1789. On June 2, 1790 he was ordered to the headquarters of King Friedrich Wilhelm II in Silesia and at the end of November 1790 was appointed a wing adjutant of the infantry with an allowance of 360 thalers.

On May 20, 1791, Seibert became a colonel with a patent from June 5, 1791. When Friedrich August, Duke of York and Albany visited Potsdam and Berlin on July 30, 1791, Seibert was assigned to accompany him. The duke was supposed to marry the Prussian princess Friederike . On May 8, 1792, he received a further allowance of 400 thalers. On June 14, 1792 he succeeded Friedrich Wilhelm von Lengefeld as General Inspector of the advertising business in the Reich based in Frankfurt am Main with a salary of 3000 thalers. In addition, on February 13, 1793, he received the entitlement to the prebend at the cathedral monastery of Cammin and the permission to wear the medal. On January 1, 1796, he was named major general with a patent dated January 4, 1796. On May 20, 1805 he was promoted to lieutenant general. The occupation of Frankfurt by French troops in August 1806 ended Seibert's advertising activities. First he received an order to go to Erfurt. After the Peace of Tilsit he went to Berlin and dimitted on September 5, 1807 with an annual pension of 1000 thalers. Due to the lost war , however, Seibert only received half.

literature

• Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 2, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1937], DNB 367632772 , pp. 456f., No. 932.