Joseph von Xylander
Joseph Carl August Anton Aloys Ritter and Edler von Xylander (born February 4, 1794 in Munich ; † November 2, 1854 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a Bavarian major general , authorized representative of the German Federal Military Commission and a member of the Frankfurt National Assembly . He was also a military writer , historian and a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Studies .
Life
origin
Joseph came from the noble family von Xylander in the Electoral Palatinate . He was the son of the Bavarian regimental quartermaster and hospital inspector Alois Edler and Ritter von Xylander and his wife Antonia, née Freiin von Pflumper. On July 4, 1792, in the Electoral Palatinate-Bavarian Imperial Vicariate , the father was raised to the rank of imperial nobility and knighthood as a "noble of" and on July 15, 1809 , he was enrolled in the Bavarian aristocratic register of the knightly class.
Military career
After visiting the Munich Cadet Corps , Xylander joined the engineering corps of the Bavarian Army in 1812 as a sub-lieutenant . From 1818 he taught at his cadet institute. He then became a captain in the Bavarian delegation of the German Federal Military Commission in Frankfurt am Main. In 1846 he became the first Bavarian representative on the commission. In December 1848 he was appointed Bavarian representative to the provisional central authority .
From April 13 to May 7, 1849, he was Carl Kleinschrod's successor for a short time as a non-attached MP for Bruck in the Frankfurt National Assembly .
After the end of the National Assembly he was appointed Bavarian Plenipotentiary to the Federal Central Commission and promoted to major general. From 1850 he was the Bavarian envoy to the German Confederation and at the same time envoy of Bavaria in the Grand Duchy of Hesse , the Electorate of Hesse and the Duchy of Nassau .
family
Xylander married Karoline von Tausch (1802–1878) in Munich on August 1, 1822, the daughter of the Bavarian Lieutenant General Georg von Tausch and Friederike Bissinger. The marriage had ten children. Of these, Robert (1830–1905) became Bavarian Lieutenant General, Emil (1835–1911) Bavarian Colonel General and Heinrich (1840–1905) Bavarian Infantry General .
Honors
- Honorary doctorate from the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich
- Commander's Cross of the Bavarian Order of Merit of St. Michael
- Commander's Cross of the Hessian Order of Wilhelm
- Commander's Cross of the Grand Ducal Hessian Order of Ludwig
- Knight's Cross of the Baden Order of the Zähringer Lion
- Golden medal for art and science by King Friedrich Wilhelm III. of Prussia
- Gold Medal of Merit of the Duke of Saxony-Ernestine House Order
- Commander's Cross of the Greek Order of the Redeemer
- Knight's Cross of the Swedish Order of the Sword
literature
- Bernhard von Poten : Xylander, Josef von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 44, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1898, p. 581 f.
- Heinrich Best , Wilhelm Weege: Biographical manual of the members of the Frankfurt National Assembly 1848/49. Droste, Düsseldorf 1998, ISBN 3-7700-0919-3 , p. 368.
- Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Briefadeligen houses. 1908. Second year, Justus Perthes, Gotha 1907, pp. 965–967.
Web links
- Literature by and about Joseph von Xylander in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature list in the online catalog of the Berlin State Library
Individual evidence
- ^ Order holders according to the obituary notice in the Bavarian Army Order of March 31, 1855, Government Gazette for the Kingdom of Bavaria. No. 19 of April 19, 1855.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Xylander, Joseph von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Xylander, Joseph Karl August Anton Alois Ritter and Edler von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bavarian major general and diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 4, 1794 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 2, 1854 |
| Place of death | Frankfurt am Main |