Karl von Voigt
Karl Gottlieb Reinhold Edmund Hans Heinrich Ferdinand Voigt , von Voigt since 1896 , (born March 12, 1841 in Mainz , † September 3, 1911 in Honnef ) was a Prussian lieutenant general .
Life
origin
He came from a Kurland family from Libau and was the son of the Prussian major Carl Gottlieb Reinhold von Voigt (1802-1857) and the widowed from his first marriage Kathinka (Katharina) Freiin von Fechenbach (house Sommerau; † 1853). Like all descendants of the Prussian major a. D. Gottlieb von Voigt († 1809) - raised to the hereditary Prussian nobility on September 25, 1896 with a diploma from January 11, 1897 .
Military career
Voigt embarked on an officer career in the Prussian Army . He took part in the war against France in 1870/71 and received the Iron Cross, 2nd class. From April 18, 1893 to June 15, 1896 he was in command of the 16th Cavalry Brigade in Trier . In this position, Voigt was awarded the Order of the Red Eagle, 2nd Class with Oak Leaves, on January 24, 1896 .
family
Voigt married Marie Haldy (* 1851 in Saarbrücken; † August 10, 1873 there) in his first marriage on November 20, 1871 in Saarbrücken . In his second marriage he married Bertha Wutzer on December 2, 1875 in Bonn (born September 27, 1846 in Bonn; † November 25, 1913 in Honnef). The third child of this second marriage is the all-round artist and poetry translator Hans-Henning von Voigt (1887–1969), also known under his pseudonym “Alastair”.
Voigt was very attached to his homeland and after the death of the founder Adolf Dronke, he was the main chairman of the Eifelverein from 1898 to 1904 .
literature
- Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels , Adelige Häuser B Volume XXI, p. 546. Volume 108 of the complete series, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 1995, ISBN 3-7980-0700-4 .
Remarks
- ↑ who had already been raised to the Prussian personal nobility in 1802
- ^ The document was exhibited in the New Palace near Potsdam .
- ↑ Dermot Bradley (Ed.), Günter Wegner: Occupation of the German Army 1815-1939. Volume 1: The higher command posts 1815-1939. Biblio Publishing House. Osnabrück 1990. ISBN 3-7648-1780-1 . P. 449.
- ^ Military weekly paper . No. 6 of January 22, 1896. p. 146.
- ^ Daughter of the royal Prussian secret senior medical adviser Prof. Dr. med. Carl-Wilhelm Gerhard Wutzer and the Anna Maria Bertha Freiin von Collenbach
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Voigt, Karl von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Voigt, Karl Gottlieb Reinhold Edmund Hans Heinrich Ferdinand (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian lieutenant general |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 12, 1841 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mainz |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 3, 1911 |
| Place of death | Honnef |