Karl von Lehndorff (Lieutenant General)

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Karl Friedrich Ludwig Reichsgraf von Lehndorff (born September 17, 1770 in Königsberg ; † February 7, 1854 ibid) was a Prussian lieutenant general and court master in Prussia .

Life

origin

He was a member of the Prussian noble family Lehndorff and the eldest son of the Prussian court master Ernst Ahasverus Heinrich Graf von Lehndorff (1727-1811), chamberlain to Queen Elisabeth Christine of Prussia , and Amalie Karoline Countess von Schmettau (1751-1830).

Career

Lehndorff began his career in 1784 at the Ecole militaire . In 1786 he was a private corporal in the 1st Guard Battalion (No. 15a) and in 1789 advanced to ensign . He took part in the First Coalition War , in particular the sieges of Mainz , Landau and the battles near Weißenburg , Trippstadt and Johanniskreuz. In 1794 he was promoted to secondary lieutenant and was invested as a Johanniter knight in 1795 . His promotion to Prime Lieutenant came in 1800 when he was aggregated to the Regiment of the Gardes du Corps . In 1801 he was aggregated staff assistant master and rose in the same year, only one month later to captain and squadron chief in the dragoon regiment "von Rouquette" (No. 13) . Lehndorff advanced to major in 1804 and took part in the Fourth Coalition War in 1806/1807 , particularly in the battle near Marienwerder, where he suffered a cut on the head before he was taken prisoner. In 1807 he was already scheduled for replacement, was set to half the salary in the same year and is finally dimitted .

In agreement with the Prussian estates, he set up the East Prussian National Cavalry Regiment in the spring of 1813 , which, like the East Prussian Landwehr , distinguished itself against the Napoleonic occupation in the wars of liberation in 1813 . He took part in the battles at the Katzbach , Leipzig , Laon , Paris and the battles near Bunzlau, Bischofswerder, Roth-Rauschitz, Freyburg an der Unstrut, La Chaussée, Châlons, Montmirail , Château-Thierry , Meaux and Claye . At the Katzbach he earned the Iron Cross 2nd class and the Order of St. Stanislaus , at Leipzig the Order of St. George IV. Class and finally the Order of St. Anna II. Class at Paris . In 1813 he was assigned to General Yorck and advanced to lieutenant colonel . In 1815 Lehndorff was awarded the Iron Cross 1st Class, assigned to General Zieten and rose to the rank of Colonel .

In 1817 he became the brigade commander of the 2nd Cavalry Brigade and received the Grand Cross of the French Legion of Honor . The following year he was commander of the 15th Cavalry Brigade. In 1820 he was promoted to major general. He returned to the 2nd Cavalry Brigade in Gdansk in 1824 and received the service cross in 1825. 1832 Graf Lehndorff was as a lieutenant general from active service adopted . He was a member of the Königsberg Freemason Lodge to the three crowns .

In 1840 he received the Order of the Red Eagle, 1st class . From 1843 he was Chief Marshal of the Kingdom of Prussia and in 1853 became a Knight of the Black Eagle Order . Lehndorff was the master of Steinort in East Prussia .

family

On August 26, 1823, he married Countess Pauline von Schlippenbach (1805–1871), the daughter of Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Graf von Schlippenbach, landlord on Schönermark , and Friederike Caroline Countess von Beust . The couple had the following children:

literature

  • Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 4, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1937], DNB 367632799 , pp. 338-340, no. 1342.
  • Maximilian Schultze: Christian Friedrich Carl Ludwig Reichsgraf Lehndorff-Steinort because. Kgl. Prussia. Lieutenant General a. D., Landhofmeister of the Kingdom of Prussia, Knight of the High Order of the Black Eagle etc. September 17, 1770 - February 8, 1854. A picture of life based on papers left behind . Publisher R. Eisenschmidt, Berlin 1903

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Jürgen von Henninges:  Lehndorff, Georg Graf von. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 14, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1985, ISBN 3-428-00195-8 , p. 105 ( digitized version ). (Mention)
personal data
SURNAME Lehndorff, Karl von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lehndorff, Karl Friedrich Ludwig von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian general
DATE OF BIRTH September 17, 1770
PLACE OF BIRTH Königsberg (Prussia)
DATE OF DEATH February 7, 1854
Place of death Königsberg (Prussia)