Karl du Jarrys Freiherr von La Roche

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Karl du Jarrys Freiherr von La Roche (born March 2, 1811 in Bruchsal , † August 13, 1881 in Karlsruhe ) was a lieutenant general and historian from Baden .

Life

origin

La Roche comes from a French aristocratic family known since the 14th century who were wealthy in the Limousin and Anjou . The family came to Baden and Bavaria via Liège and the Electoral Palatinate . He was the son of the Chamberlain of the Baden Hereditary Princess Amalie von Baden , Franz Amour du Jarrys Freiherr von La Roche. His cousin was Franziska du Jarrys von La Roche (1809–1848), wife of the Bavarian State Minister Alexander von Feilitzsch (1803–1873) and mother of the Bavarian Interior Minister Maximilian von Feilitzsch (1834–1913).

Military career

Coming from the Cadet Corps , La Roche was transferred to the 1st Infantry Regiment of the Baden Army on October 17, 1828 as a Second Lieutenant . Transferred to the Leib Infantry Regiment in mid-June 1832, he became Premier Lieutenant here on June 2, 1835 and served as a regimental adjutant until 1842. In 1842 he became a captain in the 2nd Infantry Regiment. La Roche published military instructions and works on war history. In 1844 he came back to the Leib-Infanterie-Regiment, with which he was involved in the battle for Staufen in 1848 . In 1852 he became a major , in 1855 a lieutenant colonel and in 1860 a colonel and commander of the Leib-Infanterie-Regiment. In 1865 he was promoted to major general and commander of the 1st Infantry Brigade. La Roche took part in the 1866 war against Prussia as a brigade commander in the Baden division in the Main Campaign and led his large unit in the unfortunate battle near Hundheim . In 1868 he was promoted to Lieutenant General and received the Commander's Cross 1st Class of the Order of the Zähringer Lion with Swords for his services . At the beginning of the Franco-Prussian War in 1870 he was entrusted with the leadership of the Baden division and took part with it in the siege of Strasbourg . However, La Roche had to say goodbye during the siege for health reasons.

family

In 1838 he married Elvira Jägerschmidt (* January 13, 1813 - January 18, 1858), with whom he had the following children:

  • Elvira Caroline Ernestine (born November 10, 1838 - † January 6, 1860)
  • Max Karl August Heinrich (* August 15, 1841; † July 28, 1916), Prussian Lieutenant Colonel ∞ Freiin Helene von Bodenhausen (* May 9, 1854)

In his second marriage, he married Freiin Mathilde von Adelsheim on September 6, 1859 (born June 11, 1836). From this marriage a daughter was born:

  • Mathilde Amalie Ernerstine Maximiliane (born August 17, 1866 - † September 3, 1943) ∞ Karl von Grolman (born April 26, 1862 - † September 3, 1890)

Works

  • The German Upper Rhine during the wars from the Peace of Westphalia to 1801. Stuttgart and Tübingen 1842 online in the Google book search
  • Thoughts on the arrangement and execution of field exercises of small infantry piles as well as larger combined troop bodies. Bielefeld 1859.
  • History of the art of war since the 19th century. 1844 online in Google book search
  • The Thirty Years War illuminated from a military point of view.
  • History of tactics. 1840
  • Attempt of a compact overview of the service in the infantry in fixed places during a violent attack. From the author of the combat theory of the three weapons.
  • Thoughts on the arrangement and execution of field exercises of small infantry piles as well as larger combined troop bodies. 1859

literature

Web links

Wikisource: Karl du Jarrys Freiherr von La Roche  - sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Family history website
  2. ↑ Court and State Handbook of the Grand Duchy of Baden 1880. Karlsruhe 1880. P. 119.
  3. ↑ Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the baronial houses for the year 1860. Tenth year, p. 461.
  4. ↑ Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the baronial houses for the year 1861. Eleventh year p. 222.
  5. ↑ Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the baronial houses for the year 1862. Twelfth year p. 445.
  6. ↑ Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the baronial houses for the year 1866. Sixteenth year p. 3. Family Adelsheim
  7. ↑ Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the baronial houses for the year 1873. Volume three and twentieth, p. 373.
  8. ^ Genealogical handbook of the nobility 1989. p. 100.
personal data
SURNAME La Roche, Karl du Jarrys Freiherr von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES La Roche, Carl Franz du Jarrys Freiherr von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Baden lieutenant general, historian
DATE OF BIRTH March 2, 1811
PLACE OF BIRTH Bruchsal
DATE OF DEATH August 13, 1881
Place of death Karlsruhe