Karl von Forstner (General, 1790)

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Karl von Forstner

Friedrich Karl Peter Gottlob Freiherr von Forstner (born September 16, 1790 in Ludwigslust ; † May 20, 1857 at Neuhaus Castle near Lübben ) was a Prussian major general .

Life

Charles was the son of the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg Chamberlain and upper Schenk Wilhelm Joachim von Forstner Jasper (1751-1813) and his wife, God love, nee von Storch (1760-1794).

Military career

Forstner joined the Mecklenburg footguard as a flag junior in 1804 and was promoted to secondary lieutenant at the end of February 1808 . In 1809/10 he then studied at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen . On October 8, 1807 he became the 7th member of the (Lower) Swabian Landsmannschaft - Corps Suevia (I) (Inferior). Founded on January 7, 1807, it is regarded as the forerunner of the Corps Rhenania Tübingen . He moved to the University of Leipzig . On 26 March 1810, he took his farewell from Mecklenburg services and joined three months later in the Leib-Cuirassier Regiment of the Saxon army . On the side of France, the Saxon troops took part in the Russian campaign in 1812 . Forstner served as the orderly officer of Napoleon Bonaparte during this time . In this position he took part in the battles at Borodino , Smolensk , Kaluga, Vitebsk, Krasnoi and Marislovitz. Napoleon personally awarded him the Cross of the Legion of Honor on August 18, 1812 in Moscow . Forstner was promoted to Prime Lieutenant by early March 1813 , before retiring from the Saxon Army on May 15, 1813.

He returned to the Mecklenburg-Schwerin service and was hired on May 22, 1813 as a staff commander in the voluntary hunter corps on horseback. During the Wars of Liberation he took part in the battle near Rostock and in the blockade of Lübeck. At Sehestedt , Forstner was wounded so badly in the head that he was later given permission to always wear a shako because of his head wound . He was also awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of the Sword and the Mecklenburg Medal of Merit in gold.

On June 1, 1815, he volunteered in the Prussian Army , fought in the battle of Ligny and Namur , for which Forstner received the Iron Cross II. Class. He was transferred to the Elb Landwehr Cavalry Regiment on September 3, 1815 as Rittmeister and on March 18, 1816, he was aggregated into the Dragoon Regiment ("Queen") . In mid-April 1818 he was assigned to the General Command of the II Army Corps , where he met Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm , with whom he was a friend throughout his life. Under the aggregation of the 8th Uhlan Regiment , Forstner was appointed adjutant on July 1, 1820, and at the end of March 1823 he was assigned to the 8th Hussar Regiment . After receiving the Order of St. George V in September 1823 , Forstner was appointed head of the 2nd Squadron in Düsseldorf in early May 1824 . With the promotion to major, he moved up to the regiment staff on April 11, 1827 and was also the director of the division school of the 14th division from July 22, 1827 to October 14, 1830 . On November 13, 1834, he was commissioned to lead the 11th Hussar Regiment in Münster and on March 30, 1836, Forstner was appointed regimental commander. With patent of 14 April 1839, he was on 30 March 1839 Lieutenant Colonel transported before Forstner with pension for because of his head injury on July 14, 1839 Disposition presented.

King Friedrich Wilhelm III. approved him to continue to wear the regimental uniform and expressed the hope of a speedy recovery. After Forstner had reported usable again, he was taken back into active service on March 30, 1840 as commander of the 6th Hussar Regiment . In mid-October 1840 he was promoted to colonel in this position and in September 1841 he was awarded the Order of St. John . Due to a further deterioration in his health as a result of his head injury, Forstner was retired on March 10, 1842, conferring the character of major general.

On March 30, 1844, Forstner was re-employed by the king's generals à la suite and, from April 6, 1844, had to wear the uniform of the adjutants with the general's epaulettes in his position . In mid-June 1845 he was awarded the Grand Cross of the House Order of the Golden Lion and, on the occasion of the festival in January 1846, the Order of the Red Eagle, 2nd class with oak leaves. At the end of March 1847, he also received the patent for his rank. During the barricade fighting in Berlin, Forstner was wounded on May 9, 1848 by a blow shot in the left leg and then retired on May 9, 1848.

He died on May 20, 1857 in Neuhaus near Lübben and was buried in the Steinkirchen cemetery.

family

Forstner married on May 26, 1817 in Stargard in Mecklenburg Johanna Friederike Charlotte von Gentzow (1794–1873). The couple had several children:

  • Therese Magdalena Friederike Wilhelmine Adolfine (1818–1881) ⚭ Louis Otto Bonaventura von Katzler († 1869), Prussian chamberlain, lord of Nistiz near Glogau
  • Veronika Maria Magdalena Johanna Gottliebe (1820–1913) ⚭ Karl von Houwald (1816–1883), district administrator
  • Reimar Karl Rudolf Friedrich Wilhelm (* 1823), Prussian captain
⚭ 1864 Auguste Vogeler (1836–1877)
⚭ 1879 Emilie Moldenhauer widowed Starklof (1839–1884)
⚭ 1887 Anna Mactuck
  • Siegfried Richard Friedrich Christoph (* 1828), Prussian lieutenant, later American engineer-lieutenant colonel
⚭ Hermine Molly from Hugo (divorced)
⚭ 1864 Marie-Adelaide Earley, of Bristol, Pennsylvania

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Rainer Assmann , Ernst Napp, Ingo Nordmeyer: The Tübinger Rhenanen (corps list and corps history). 5th edition, 2002, p. 379.
  2. ↑ Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Freiherrlichen Häuser. 1883. Appendix p. 9.
personal data
SURNAME Forstner, Karl von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Forstner, Friedrich Karl Peter Gottlob Freiherr von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian major general
DATE OF BIRTH September 16, 1790
PLACE OF BIRTH Ludwigslust
DATE OF DEATH May 20, 1857
Place of death Neuhaus near Lübben