Karl Ludwig von Pritzelwitz (Major General, 1768)

Karl Ludwig von Pritzelwitz

Karl Ludwig Heinrich Gottlob von Pritzelwitz (born May 4, 1768 in Wittendorf , † April 1, 1839 in Berlin ) was a Prussian major general .

Life

origin

He was the son of the district administrator of Rosenberg Caspar Joachim von Pritzelwitz (1728-1812) and his wife Eva Maria Therese, nee Freiin von Stechow (1744-1822) from the Plawnowitz house.

Military career

Pritzelwitz first visited the cadet house in Berlin and was employed on April 11, 1784 as a private corporal in the infantry regiment "von Bornstedt" of the Prussian army . There he was promoted to ensign on March 29, 1787 and to second lieutenant on February 17, 1789 . As such, he took part in the suppression of the uprising in Poland in 1794/95 and during this time acted as an adjutant to General von Kunheim . With the promotion to staff captain , Pritzelwitz was transferred to the infantry regiment "von Braunschweig" in Halberstadt on March 24, 1801 . With this regiment he took part in the Battle of Auerstedt during the Fourth Coalition War against Napoleon Bonaparte , was wounded in the process and initially made inactive after the defeat of Prussia.

Due to his bravery shown in the battle of Auerstedt, Pritzelwitz was ordered by King Friedrich Wilhelm III. Re-employed in the army and came on August 31, 1808 as a captain with a patent from October 14, 1806 to the regiment of the guard on foot . On December 26, 1808, he was promoted to major with a patent from November 13, 1808. On December 15, 1810, Pritzelwitz was appointed director of the Secret War Chancellery. He held this post for the next 28 years, advanced to colonel and, on the occasion of his 50th anniversary of service, received the Order of the Red Eagle, 2nd class with oak leaves. While retaining his full salary, Pritzelwitz was granted his farewell on March 18, 1839 with the character of major general .

After his death he was buried in the Invalidenfriedhof in Berlin. The tomb has not been preserved.

family

Pritzelwitz married Henriette Luise Friederike von Schladen (1773-1859) on November 20, 1792 in Berlin . The following children were born from the marriage:

• Karl Friedrich (1794–1870), Prussian lieutenant colonel, court master of Prince Friedrich of Prussia

⚭ 1825 Lyda von Hagen († 1828)

⚭ 1832 Agnes Ernestine Leopoldine Henriette von Holtzendorff (1798–1835), daughter of Karl Friedrich von Holtzendorff

⚭ 1836 Franziska Jeanette von Winterfeld (1813–1888)

• Ferdinand Franz (1796–1846), Prussian major ⚭ 1835 Elisabeth Charlotte Henriette Georgine von Dalwigk zu Schauenburg (1799–1853), divorced Erhardt , daughter of Major General Georg Ludwig Friedrich von Dalwig
• Henriette Luise (1798–1864) ⚭ 1825 Count Felix von Königsdorff (1791–1836)
• Wilhelmine Henriette (* / † 1798)
• Ernst Karl (1799–1801)
• Leopold Ernst (1800-1853), Prussian lieutenant colonel ⚭ 1841 Luise von der Hagen († 1879?)
• Luise Henriette (1802-1813)
• Caroline (1804-1807)
• Emilie Mathilde (1806–1881) ⚭ Leopold von Ledebur (1799–1877), Privy Councilor
• Sophie Laura (1807-1891), canon in Geseke-Keppel
• Albert Karl Friedrich (1809-1903)
• Gustav (1813–1895), Prussian general of the infantry oline Karoline von Wrochem (1821–1907)
• Maria Henriette (1815-1857)
• Luise Lydia (1818–1895) ⚭ Wilhelm Freiherr von Boenigk (1806–1870)
• Charlotte Ida (* / † 1818)

literature

• Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 5, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1938], DNB 367632802 , pp. 393-394, no. 1612.
• Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the noble houses. 1906. Seventh year, Justus Perthes, Gotha 1905, p. 611.