Joseph Karl Johann de Finance

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Joseph Karl Johann de Finance (also: Ludwig Joseph * October 18, 1784 in Rawa in Poland; † August 3, 1851 in Bonn ) was a Prussian lieutenant general .

Life

origin

His parents were the country gentleman Johann Karl Engelbert de Finance from Pont-à-Mousson and his wife Marianne Therese, née von Meunier. He had two brothers: Engelbrecht Johann (1781–1821) died as captain of the gendarmerie, Johann Friedrich (born March 31, 1788; † January 12, 1838) died as a major a. D.

Military career

Finance visited the cadet houses in Kalisch and Berlin . On April 11, 1800 he was employed as a private corporal in the infantry regiment "von Natzmer" of the Prussian army and advanced to the position of second lieutenant in the III. Battalion. In the Fourth Coalition War , Finance fought in the defense of Graudenz .

After the Peace of Tilsit he was employed in the 2nd West Prussian Infantry Regiment on January 1, 1808 , and his patent was backdated to May 26, 1803. On June 27, 1813, he was promoted to prime lieutenant and on September 28, 1813 to staff captain . During the Wars of Liberation Finance fought at Großgörschen and earned the Iron Cross, 2nd class , at Bautzen . Then fought in the Battle of Kulm . In the 1815 campaign , Finance received the Iron Cross First Class and the Order of St. Vladimir IV Class for his behavior in the Battle of Ligny . Then he fought at Waterloo . He was also in the battles of Danigkow, Alsleben, Colditz, Königswartha, Compiegne, Sevres and Iffy. Before taking Paris , he was appointed captain and company commander on April 10, 1815 .

After the war, Finance joined the 2nd Rhenish Landwehr Infantry Regiment as a major on January 24, 1817, and on March 26, 1820, he became the commander of the Landwehr battalion in the 40th Infantry Regiment . In 1825 he was awarded the service cross . From there he was on March 30, 1829 as commander of the Landwehr battalion in the 35th Infantry Regiment in Düsseldorf . In this position promoted to lieutenant colonel on March 30, 1833 , he joined the 13th Infantry Regiment as battalion commander a year later . From there, on March 30, 1836, he was commissioned as a colonel to lead the 35th Infantry Regiment and on October 17, 1836, he was appointed regiment commander. This was followed by a position as commander of the 15th Landwehr Brigade in Cologne on March 25, 1841, and Finance was aggregated to the 35th Infantry Regiment on May 19, 1814 . On April 7, 1842 he became major general and on September 12, 1842 with the Order of the Red Eagle III. Excellent with a bow. Finance received on 23 March 1847 his farewell to the character as a lieutenant general and a pension of 2250 thalers.

Finance died unmarried on August 3, 1851 in Bonn and was buried there on August 6.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Directory of all teachers and students of the Royal. Prussia. Pforta State School from 1543 to 1843. Volume 2, p. 340.
  2. ^ Acta scholastica. 1741, Volume 3, p. 534.
  3. ^ New German necrology for the year 1851. Part 1, p. 1253.
  4. ↑ Bayreuther Zeitung. 1851, 7/12, p. 830.
personal data
SURNAME Finance, Joseph Karl Johann de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Finance, Ludwig Joseph de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian lieutenant general
DATE OF BIRTH October 18, 1784
PLACE OF BIRTH Rawa in Poland
DATE OF DEATH August 3, 1851
Place of death Bonn