Karl von Toll (General, 1801)

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Heinrich Ferdinand Karl von Toll (born March 25, 1801 in Herford , † June 7, 1869 in Görlitz ) was a Prussian lieutenant general .

Life

origin

Heinrich Ferdinand Karl was a member of the Baltic noble family Toll . His parents were Lieutenant General Ludwig Ernst Philipp von Toll (1775-1851) and his first wife Christiane Marie Sophie, née Liebrecht (1770-1805).

Career

Toll joined the 33rd Infantry Regiment of the Prussian Army as a musketeer on May 1, 1818, and was promoted to Second Lieutenant on November 21, 1819 . From 1824 to 1835 he was used as a battalion adjutant. On May 16, 1835 he was promoted to Prime Lieutenant and from that point on he served as a regimental adjutant . On November 25, 1840 he became a captain and company commander . With his promotion to major on June 13, 1848, he was transferred to the 22nd Infantry Regiment . From there Toll came on February 20, 1849 as commander of the 1st battalion in the 10th Landwehr Regiment. He rose to lieutenant colonel on March 22, 1853 , before being transferred to the Glatz fortress as commandant on May 4, 1854 . In this position he was placed on July 6, 1854 à la suite of the 10th Infantry Regiment . On October 15, 1856 he was promoted to colonel and on May 7, 1857 appointed commander of the 6th Infantry Regiment . On May 31, 1859 he was promoted to major general and on October 13, 1859 appointed commander of the 26th Infantry Brigade . On 25 May 1860 he was awarded the Red Eagle II. Class with oak leaves and received on October 14, 1862 his farewell as a lieutenant general with board . He died on June 7, 1869 in Görlitz.

family

Toll married Henriette Schwucht von Zinken (* 1818 - 20 May 1853) in Graudenz on October 27, 1835. The couple had several children:

  • Friederike (* September 12, 1836; † August 7, 1909) ⚭ Benno von Massow (1827–1904), Lieutenant General
  • Ernst Anton Karl Julius (* February 18, 1840; † February 23, 1879), Oldenburg Chamberlain and Court Marshal ⚭ Magarethe (Mary) Charlotte von Padberg (* July 7, 1847; † April 20, 1901)
  • Marie (* September 4, 1841) ⚭ Rudolf von Lieres and Wilkau († December 12, 1895), major
  • Anna Auguste Amalie Fanny Frida (born August 10, 1847)
⚭ Viktor Barkly (Bartzky) († January 19, 1871), Saxon captain, killed near St. Quentin
⚭ 1872 Adolf Christoph Josef Alfons von Zezschwitz (born August 13, 1843), Saxon colonel
  • Paul Hermann Gustav Lucas (1849–1924), Prussian major general ⚭ Ella von Padberg (born October 1, 1844), sister of Mary
  • Margarethe (* May 30, 1851) ⚭ Josef Statinsky († August 13, 1890), K. k. Captain

After the death of his first wife, he married Luitgarde von Langen on March 11, 1857 (* April 22, 1831 - † January 6, 1897)

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Yearbook of the German Nobility . Tape. 3, 1899, p. 971.
personal data
SURNAME Great, Karl von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Great, Heinrich Ferdinand Karl von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian lieutenant general
DATE OF BIRTH March 25, 1801
PLACE OF BIRTH Herford
DATE OF DEATH June 7, 1869
Place of death Goerlitz