Julius of Vallet des Barres

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Friedrich Hermann Julius des Barres , since 1893 von Vallet des Barres (born August 5, 1820 in Mainz , † December 17, 1897 in Wiesbaden ) was a Prussian infantry general .

Life

origin

Julius was a son of the Prussian captain Adolf des Barres (1788-1828) and his wife Wilhelmine, née Luedemann (1790-1835). The Prussian major general Adolf des Barres was his older brother.

Military career

Barres attended high school in his hometown as well as the cadet houses in Potsdam and Berlin . On August 15, 1838 he was transferred as a second lieutenant to the 35th Infantry Regiment (3rd Reserve Regiment) of the Prussian Army in Mainz . From the end of May 1841 he was in the garrison for a year in the Reserve Pioneer Company. From mid-May 1844 to mid-October 1846 he was assigned to the Kadettenhaus Bensberg as an educator and then as a teacher of mathematics to the Kadettenhaus Kulm . There Barres rose to Prime Lieutenant in December 1850 and on February 10, 1851, under position à la suite of his regiment, he was commanded back to the cadet house in Bensberg as head of department. With his appointment as chief of the 10th Company he returned on December 7, 1854 as a captain in the troop service. In this capacity he took part in the battle of Missunde during the war against Denmark in 1864 and received the Order of the Red Eagle, IV class with swords. With promotion to major , Barres was transferred to the 5th Brandenburg Infantry Regiment No. 24 on April 5, 1864 , with which he stormed the Düppeler Schanzen a few days later .

After the war, Barres was appointed commander of the Bensberg Cadet House on December 24, 1864. During the mobilization on the occasion of the German War in 1866 he was the commander of the 4th Battalion in the 4th Guard Grenadier Regiment "Queen" , which belonged to the 2nd Reserve Corps under the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg . After the peace agreement, Barres was ordered to serve in the cadet corps at the end of November 1866, and on July 20, 1867 he was appointed commander of the Berlin cadet house. In this capacity he was also a member of the study commission for the cadet corps from the beginning of August and in March 1868 advanced to lieutenant colonel . Barres received the rank and powers of regimental commander on November 13, 1869, and rose to colonel in late July 1870 . On April 7, 1874 he was transferred to the army officers wearing the uniform of the cadet corps and appointed director of the senior military examination committee. At the same time he was also a member of the study commission for the war schools from mid-April 1874 . As Major General, Barres succeeded Hermann von Holleben as President of the Upper Military Examination Commission on September 27, 1877 . He was released from his relationship as a member of the study commission for the war schools on December 11, 1877 and promoted to lieutenant general in mid-November 1880. In recognition of his services, Barres was awarded the Order of the Crown, First Class in January 1885 and the Order of the Red Eagle, First Class with Oak Leaves and Swords on the Ring in January 1887. After being awarded the character of General of the Infantry on April 23, 1888, Emperor Wilhelm II honored him with the Grand Commander of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern on August 15, 1888 to celebrate his 50th anniversary in service . With the instruction of his residence in Wiesbaden he was convicted on April 20, 1889 the officers of the army, on 21 August 1889 Pension for planning and deliver both à la suite of the cadet corps.

The surviving members of the family of the Barres were Wilhelm II. On November 6, 1893 as "Vallet des Barres" the hereditary Prussian nobility raised . Among them was the son of his brother, who died in 1873, who later became the Prussian infantry general Karl von Vallet des Barres (1855-1919).

family

Barres had married Auguste Strüpf (1823-1892) in Munich on December 2, 1846, a daughter of the glass manufacturer from Schleichach near Bamberg Ludwig Aloys Strüpf (1763-1821) and Agnes Nau. The marriage produced three sons:

  • Adolf (1847–1882), Prussian captain and company commander at the Potsdam NCO School
  • Karl (1851–1900), Prussian lieutenant colonel and head of the Secret War Chancellery in the War Ministry
  • Hermann (* 1854), Prussian lieutenant colonel ⚭ 1884 Toni Grüttner (* 1863)

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A. Freiherr von Seld: The Fusilier Regiment Prince Heinrich von Preußen (Brandenburgisches) No. 35. Verlag Karl Siegismund, Berlin 1900, p. 143.
personal data
SURNAME Vallet des Barres, Julius of
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Vallet des Barres, Friedrich Hermann Julius von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian general of the infantry
DATE OF BIRTH August 5, 1820
PLACE OF BIRTH Mainz
DATE OF DEATH December 17, 1897
Place of death Wiesbaden