Karl Anton von Bila
Karl Anton Ernst von Bila (born May 28, 1741 in Hainrode ; † January 22, 1820 in Burg (near Magdeburg) ) was a Prussian major general , head of the Magdeburg fusilier brigade and master of Hainrode.
Life
origin
Karl Anton came from the Thuringian nobility of the von Bila family . He was the son of the chamberlain and captain a. D. Alexander Reinhard Ernst von Bila and his wife Veronika Elisabeth, née von Rüxleben. Major General Rudolf Ernst von Bila was his brother.
Military career
In 1755 Bila became a cadet in the Guard Regiment of the Prussian Army and on June 26, 1756 avantageur in the grenadier battalion "von Kahlden" No. 1. With the battalion fought during the Seven Years' War from 1756 to 1763 in the battles of Prague , Kolin , Reichenbach and at he was wounded during the siege of Breslau , in the battles near Leuthen , Torgau and Moys . On June 28, 1778 he was promoted to captain and appointed company commander . For his achievements in the war against revolutionary France, Bila received the order Pour le Mérite on July 13, 1794 . As a colonel , he was a brigadier of the Kurmark Fusilier Brigade from September 12, 1797.
Promoted to major general on May 20, 1801, Bila received a brigadier salary of 2,180 thalers . A year and a half later he became head of the Magdeburg fusilier brigade and, in the autumn of 1806, commander of Hanover. His withdrawal after the defeat of Jena and Auerstedt failed at Anklam with a surrender.
Bila was retired on January 19, 1813 with half pay as a grace salary and put up for disposition on September 2, 1813 .
family
Since September 29, 1775 he was married to Wilhelmine Auguste, born von Bomsdorff, widowed von Buchholz († November 1, 1815 in Burg). The marriage had four children:
- Wilhelmine Ernestine (born September 9, 1777 in Treuenbrietzen)
- Auguste Ernestine (* December 4, 1779 in Treuenbrietzen; † 1852) ⚭ Christoph Lebrecht von Manteuffel called Zoege († December 4, 1813), captain of the gendarmerie
- Karl Alexander Ernst (born July 10, 1784 in Hainrode; † December 30, 1846)
- Ernst Anton Ludwig (born October 25, 1785 in Treuenbrietzen; † March 2, 1814), captain ⚭ 1811 Frederike Henriette Konstanine von Bibra (born June 10, 1782; † April 1, 1864)
literature
- Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 3, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1937], DNB 367632780 , pp. 110–111, no. 1022.
- Gothaisches Genealogical Pocket Book of Noble Houses , Justus Perthes , Gotha 1902, p. 97 .
- Gerhard Johann David von Scharnhorst : Private and official writings , Volume 4, p. 139
- Yearbook of the German Nobility , p. 213, digitized
- Berlinische Nachrichten von Staats- und schultetenachen 1820, obituary notice
Web links
- by Bila
- Karl Anton von Bila at online-ofb.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bila, Karl Anton von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bila, Karl Anton Ernst von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian major general and chief of the Magdeburg fusilier brigade |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 28, 1741 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hainrode |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 22, 1820 |
| Place of death | Castle (near Magdeburg) |