Karl von Büllinger

Karl Joseph Theodor Ludwig Franz Ignaz Vincenz von Büllinger (born October 4, 1768 at Haus Raedt, Tönisvorst ; † December 24, 1832 in Passau ) was a royal Bavarian officer, most recently in the rank of major general . From 1806 he was a knight of the Military Max Joseph Order .

Life

family

Karl von Büllinger came from the Rhineland von Büllingen family, who had provided numerous senators for the city of Cologne for a long time . Karl's grandfather Franz Ignaz von Büllingen (* 1693; † 1748) was a privy councilor and councilor of the Electoral Palatinate as well as a fiefdom director of Jülich-Berg . He was born on March 22, 1724 to Laxenburg in the kingdom nobility raised. Karl Joseph Arnold von Büllingen (* 1732; † 1803), Karl's father, received Haus Raedt from Vorst as a fief in May 1785 . His mother Karoline Marie Adolfine Elerta († 1813) was born from Weyenhorst. Karl was one of the couple's two children, his younger sister Antoinette († 1852) married the royal chamberlain Karl Joseph Anton Freiherr von Wevelinghoven-Sittert .

Military background

On April 18, 1784, Büllinger joined the "Campana" infantry regiment as a cadet and was promoted to ensign there on December 18, 1785 . After he had acquired a second lieutenant in the 4th Grenadier Regiment "Baden" on September 13, 1790 , he was transferred to the 7th Fusilier Regiment "Zedtwitz" in the same position on June 14, 1792. On January 23, 1793, Büllinger bought a first lieutenant in the 4th Fusilier Regiment "Delamotte", but was transferred as such to the Leib Regiment on July 24, 1799 and promoted to staff captain on August 31, 1800 in this unit .

Büllinger, who took part in all campaigns of the first and second coalition war against France from 1793 to 1800 and was badly wounded by a bayonet stab in the battle near Lorch am Rhein in 1795, received the Electoral Palatinate-Bavarian military by cabinet order of June 13, 1801. Badge of honor .

On October 23, 1805 Büllinger was promoted to captain in the 1st Infantry Body Regiment, where he received a company. With this unit he took part in the campaign against Austria in the same year . With the foundation of the Military Max Joseph Order on March 1, 1806, Büllinger was accepted as a knight in the order. During the following campaign against Prussia from 1806 to 1807 he led the 1st captain and grenadier company until he was promoted to major in the 10th Infantry Regiment "Junker" on June 1, 1807. 1809, during the campaign against Austria, he was in Tirol in various battles easily bounce shots and during the Russian campaign in the battle of Polotsk on August 18, 1812 by a musket-ball in hand and shortly afterwards by a shrapnel ball severely wounded in the hip and in the abdomen.

On September 15, 1812 promoted to lieutenant colonel and on June 23, 1815 to colonel in the 10th Infantry Regiment, Büllinger did not take part in the campaigns from 1813 to 1815. Transferred to the 8th Infantry Regiment "Duke Pius" as a colonel on February 3, 1818, in 1823 he commanded the 2nd Brigade of the 1st Division in the training camp near Ingolstadt because of General von Deroy's illness . Büllinger that the Cross of Honor of the November 26, 1827 Louis-order had been given, was on 1 January 1832 awarding the character retired a major general.

Karl von Büllinger died on December 24, 1832 at the age of 64 in Passau.

Marriage and offspring

Karl von Büllinger married Therese Freiin von der Rhoer († 1833) in 1803. They had three children, two daughters and a son. The eldest daughter Karoline Klementine (* 1806) married Ernst von Salomon , Herr auf Haus Grotelaer in the former district of Geldern , in 1839 and the youngest daughter Klementine Karoline (* 1811; † 1889) married the royal Prussian captain Robert von Haeften in 1839 .

Ludwig Florentin Max von Büllingen (* 1808), the couple's only son, became the lord of Haus Raedt and died as a royal Prussian major in the Landwehr cavalry . From his marriage to Berta Maria Filitia Freiin von Eerde in 1864, he left behind the son Karl Florentin Felix von Büllingen (* 1865). He was Lord of Wolfskuhlen (Wolfskuhlen Castle), Honorary Mayor of Budberg and Knight of the Order of Malta . On October 10, 1892 in Potsdam , Karl Florentin Felix received a Prussian name and coat of arms as von Büllingen-Wevelinghoven.

literature

• Baptist Schrettinger: The Royal Bavarian Military Max Joseph Order and its members. Oldenbourg, Munich 1882; Volume 1, pages 85-86.
• Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Briefadeligen houses 1916. Tenth year. Justus Perthes, Gotha 1916; Pages 110–111.

annotation

1. ↑ The year of birth for Schrettinger is The Royal Bavarian Military Max Joseph Order and its members. Indicated in 1773, the Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Briefadeligen houses 1916. mentions 1768.