Karl Heinrich Emil Alexander von Borstell

Karl Heinrich Emil Alexander von Borstell (born February 2, 1778 in Tangermünde , † July 11, 1856 in Stralsund ) was a Prussian general of the cavalry .

Life

origin

His parents were General Hans Friedrich Heinrich von Borstell and his wife Charlotte Luise Wilhelmine, née von Ingersleben. His brother Ludwig also became a general of the cavalry.

Military career

On March 1, 1791 Borstell came as a Junker in the Dragoon Regiment "von Ansbach and Bayreuth" . There he became an ensign on October 12, 1792 . During the First Coalition War he fought in the cannonade of Valmy and in the battle of Kaiserslautern , the battles near Hochheim, Kreuznach, Alzey, Frankenthal and the sieges of Longwy, Verdun, Mainz and Landau. In the meantime, Borstell was promoted to Second Lieutenant on April 25, 1794 . After the war he was transferred to the "von Borstell" cuirassier regiment on January 6, 1800 . There he became Premier Lieutenant on March 1, 1803 and came to General von Elsner on December 31, 1804 as an adjutant inspection . On September 21, 1805 he became staff assistant master and adjutant to General Ernst von Rüchel . During the Fourth Coalition War Borstell fought in the Battle of Jena and a battle near Königsberg . On March 17, 1807 he became Rittmeister before he was passed away on July 14, 1807 with the authorization to wear the uniform of his old regiment.

On January 12, 1808, Borstell received the approval to enter into foreign service and was then employed in the Württemberg army . Fighting in association with the French army, he was wounded in 1809 in a battle against the Black Crowd near Braunschweig . His troops were transferred to Spain and took part in the campaign there in 1810/11 . Borstell fought in the sieges of Gerona and Tarragona and took part in the battle of Lerida on April 23, 1811 . In 1812 he was promoted to major in Kassel . He took part in the Russian campaign in 1812 and fought in the battles near Smolensk , Borodino and Krasnoye . He was wounded in Borodino and Krasnoye and received the Legion of Honor for the latter .

After the collapse of Württemberg , Borstell switched to Prussian services on September 24, 1813 . There he became a brigadier of the Bergische troops with a patent from February 7, 1814. On June 8, 1815, he joined the V Army Corps as a brigade commander. On September 24, 1815 he was appointed commander of the 11th Brigade and on February 7, 1816, commander of the reserve cavalry of the Mobile Army Corps in France. On October 9, 1817, he received approval to wear the Commander's Cross of the Legion of Honor. Borstell was promoted to major general on March 30, 1818 and after the dissolution of the corps on October 26, 1818 appointed commander of the 6th Cavalry Brigade . He received the service cross on July 14, 1825 and the Order of the Red Eagle III on September 28, 1826 . Class. On July 9, 1829 he was given permission to wear the Russian Order of St. Stanislaus, 1st class. He was then appointed commander of Stralsund on 30 March 1830 and received on 30 March 1831 character as a lieutenant general . In this capacity Borstell was awarded the Red Eagle Order II. Class with Oak Leaves on January 17, 1838 . He also received the patent for his rank on June 11, 1839 . On July 22, 1841 he was awarded the star for the Order of the Red Eagle, 2nd class with oak leaves. On January 18, 1845 Borstell was, at its request with the character as a cavalry general and statutory board for disposition made. On June 8, 1847, he was allowed to leave .

family

Borstell married Henriette Adelheid Freiin Oest von Drießen on October 16, 1803 at Löbichau Castle in Altenburg (* September 10, 1783; † March 7, 1853). She was the daughter of the Russian Lieutenant General von Drießen. The couple had several children:

• Luise Alexandrine Dorothea Johanna (7 September 1804 - 9 March 1889) ∞ Karl Friedrich David von Lindheim (1791–1862), general of the infantry
• Paul Wilhelm Ludwig Hans Heinrich Albert (born July 9, 1806), Councilor
• Ida (born July 24, 1808)
• Louis Ernst Eduard (born July 9, 1812) ∞ Karoline Marianne von Lambert (born December 28, 1808), widowed Countess von Kesselstatt

literature

• Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 4, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1937], DNB 367632799 , pp. 264-265, no. 1318.