Karl August Alexander von Drigalski

Karl August Alexander von Drigalski (born January 24, 1779 in Berlin , † September 14, 1840 in Posen ) was a Prussian major general and commander of the 10th Landwehr Brigade.

Life

origin

His parents were Bernhard August von Drigalski (1751-1818) and his wife Marie Charlotte, née Steinert († 1824), widowed Rolla du Rosey, widowed Heinski. His father served as a captain in the "von Zweiffel" infantry regiment and was later postmaster in Grünberg in Silesia .

Military career

Drigalski visited the Berlin cadet house and was aggregated on March 28, 1797 as an ensign with a patent from February 9, 1797 in the infantry regiment "von Lattorff" of the Prussian army . On January 18, 1798 he was promoted to second lieutenant and took part in the defense of Glatz in 1806 during the Fourth Coalition War. After the Peace of Tilsit he was commissioned on January 18, 1809, Prime Lieutenant and on September 23, 1809 with the management of the business as place major of Glatz. On November 15, 1810, he was transferred to the brigade of Colonel Below in Königsberg as adjutant , rose to staff captain in October 1811 and took part in the campaign against Russia in 1812 . There he fought in the battles near Eckau and Friedrichstadt.

On March 10, 1813, he joined Colonel Pirch I as an adjutant and became captain on July 1, 1813. During the Wars of Liberation Drigalski took part in the Battle of Großgörschen and received the Iron Cross II. Class and the Order of St. Vladimir IV. Class for Bautzen . He fought near Kulm and received the Iron Cross 1st class near Leipzig . He was also with Laon , received the Order of Saint Anne II for Paris , fought near Waterloo and in the battles near Haynau , Nollendorf, Jeanvillers, Claye and the siege of Erfurt . On July 12, 1814, he became a major and on March 8, 1815, he joined General Bülow von Dennewitz as adjutant general .

In 1816 he joined the Adjutant General of the 1st Army Corps in Königsberg as an adjutant . On July 7, 1818, he was transferred to the 3rd Infantry Regiment and appointed battalion commander on August 27, 1818. At the same time Drigalski acted from the end of July 1821 to mid-August 1823 as president of the examination commission and director of the division school in the 1st division . On March 30, 1824 he was with patent from 1 April 1824. Lieutenant Colonel and on March 30, 1829 Patent of 5 April 1829 Colonel promoted. On March 30, 1829 he was initially assigned to lead the 5th Infantry Regiment and on March 30, 1830 Drigalski was appointed regiment commander. This was followed by a position as commander of the 10th Landwehr Brigade from March 30, 1834. In this position he was given the order of St. Vladimir III on the occasion of the Kalisch revue at the end of September 1835. Class awarded. On March 30, 1836, he got his promotion to major general. Drigalski fell seriously ill in 1839 and had to take a long cure. On January 18, 1840 he received the Red Eagle Order II. Class with Oak Leaves and on May 4, 1840 another 600 thalers from the king for his cure. However, he died on September 14, 1840 in Posen and was buried there on September 16, 1840. In addition to her widow's pension, the widow received an additional 300 thalers from King Friedrich Wilhelm IV .

family

Drigalski married Friederike Philippine Sophie von Leipziger (1788–1811), the daughter of the captain of Leipziger , on July 5, 1808 . After her death, he married August Wilhelmine Mayburg (1781–1855) in Grünberg on September 3, 1816. The following children emerged from the marriages:

• Heinrich August Bernhard (1809-1892), Major a. D.
• Twins (* 1811; † young)
• Friederike (* 1817)
• Wilhelm Karl August Johann Heinrich (1818–1819)
• Albert (1822-1830)

literature

• Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 5, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1938], DNB 367632802 , pp. 304-306, no. 1561.
• Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the noble houses. 1930, part 2, pp. 188ff.