Karl von Freystedt

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Karl Friedrich Hermann Freiherr von Freystedt (born December 11, 1776 in Karlsruhe ; † August 29, 1851 ) had been lieutenant general of Baden since 1832 and one of the members of the first chamber of the Baden Estates' assembly appointed by the Grand Duke from 1819–1845 . He was a grandson of the first Grand Duke Karl Friedrich from an illegitimate sideline.

Origin, marriage and offspring

Karl was the only son of Carl Friedrich Hermann von Freystedt and Sofie Götz. He married Luise Julie Hauchecorne (1772–1858) in 1807 and had two children with her:

  • Hermine Caroline Luise (* 1808) ⚭ Karl Theodor Graf von Kageneck
  • Heinrich (1809–1885), Prussian lieutenant general

Military career

Karl began his military career in 1787 with the Dragoons of the Swabian Empire and was involved in the 1796 campaign on the Rhine during the first coalition war . 1804–1807 he served in the Prussian army and attended the war school in Berlin. In 1808 he became the commander of a Baden dragoon regiment, which he led in the 1809 campaign against Austria . He was assigned to the avant-garde of the Masséna division and was wounded in the Battle of Wagram . In 1812 he became a member of the Baden War College (since 1813 in the rank of major general) and in 1815 general inspector of the Baden cavalry . In 1832 Karl von Freystedt became the first chief of the permanent Baden General Staff (with the rank of lieutenant general), a position he held until 1836. Until his retirement in 1845 he was serving adjudant general.

On behalf of the Grand Duke

From 1819 (first session of the assembly of estates) to 1845, Karl von Freystedt was one of the members appointed by the Grand Duke in the first chamber of the assembly of estates in Baden. In 1830 he was sent to a number of European capitals on diplomatic missions.

The lord of the castle

His father had received a capital of 20,000 guilders from Margrave Karl Friedrich - Karl's grandfather - in 1778 . With this fortune, Karl bought the Dinghof in Istein in 1811 , which he renovated and expanded into a small castle.

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  1. Baden had joined the Rhine Confederation and had to provide auxiliary troops to the Napoleonic army