Karl Wilhelm von Bünting
Karl Wilhelm Bünting , von Bünting since 1768 (born November 1, 1738 in Königshof near Elbingerode , † January 20, 1809 in Ratibor ) was a Prussian major general and chief of the cuirassier regiment No. 12 .
Life
origin
His parents were the Prussian head forester and forester of the Hohenstein County Johann Gottfried Bünting and his wife Katharine Dorothea Oppermann.
Military career
During the Seven Years' War , Bünting came into the cuirassier regiment No. 5 of the Prussian army in 1759 . So he took part in the battles of Kunersdorf , Liegnitz , Torgau , Freiberg as well as the battle near Brandt and the siege of Schweidnitz . He became a cornet on January 17, 1760 and a lieutenant on May 24, 1763.
On November 2, 1768, he was raised to the nobility for his achievements in the war . On June 15, 1772 was Staff Captain and on September 16, 1778 captain and company commander in the regiment of cuirassiers # 5. He took the 1778/79 War of Bavarian Succession in part, was on November 18, 1786 Major and on February 9, 1793 Lieutenant Colonel . In addition, Bünting received on May 16, 1793 the order Pour le Mérite . As such, he took part in the fighting in Poland in 1794/95 . On February 3, 1795 he became a colonel and on October 14, 1800 commander of the cuirassier regiment. On May 20, 1803 he became major general with a patent from May 22, 1803. On December 12, 1803 he was appointed chief of the cuirassier regiment No. 12. During the Fourth Coalition War , Bünting was wounded in the Battle of Auerstedt . He died after the war on January 20, 1809 in Ratibor.
family
Bünting was married several times. First he married on July 13, 1775 in Belgard at the Persante Charlotte Luise Henriette von Zitzewitz (* March 5, 1759, † February 14, 1784) from the house of Zitzewitz. Then he married on June 28, 1792 in Culp Friederike Amalie Tugendreich von Diethert from the House of Hohengrape (born November 28, 1753). The following children were born from the first marriage:
- Ernst Friedrich Wilhelm (born April 21, 1776 - † June 25, 1795), second lieutenant in the cuirassier regiment No. 5
- Luise Charlotte (born July 11, 1777)
- Karl Wilhelm (* May 14, 1779; † May 9, 1860), Lieutenant in Hussar Regiment No. 8 , 1821 Intendant of the V Army Corps , Knight of the Red Eagle Order II. Class with Oak Leaves, ⚭ Antonie von Bork, parents of Lieutenant General Franz Michael Oswald von Bünting (1827–1906)
- Maximilian Karl (* May 20, 1780 - † September 8, 1804), Second Lieutenant in the 1st Battalion of the Guard (No. 15)
literature
- Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 3, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1937], DNB 367632780 , pp. 138-139, no. 1045.
- Leopold von Zedlitz-Neukirch : New Prussian Nobility Lexicon . Volume 1, Leipzig 1836, p. 331 ( digitized version ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Maximilian Gritzner : Chronological register of the Brandenburg-Prussian class elevations and acts of grace from 1600–1873. Berlin 1874, p. 35.
- ^ Andreas Arndt, Simon Gerber: Friedrich Schleiermacher. Correspondence 1806-1807.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bünting, Karl Wilhelm von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian Major General, Chief of the Cuirassier Regiment No. 12 |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 1, 1738 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Königshof near Elbingerode |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 20, 1809 |
| Place of death | Ratibor |