Karl von Wolff

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Karl Wilhelm von Wolff (born February 16, 1785 in Berlin , † November 29, 1873 in Frankfurt (Oder) ) was a Prussian lieutenant general .

Life

origin

Karl Wilhelm was the son of Paul Benedikt Philipp Bernhard von Wolff (* January 2, 1744 - January 8, 1805) and his wife Maria Katharina, née Schmitz (* December 29, 1759 - November 2, 1840). His father was a Prussian Privy Councilor and a gentleman on Haselberg , Frankenfelde and Rädickow. The family was in Prussia on October 20, 1786 ennobled .

Military career

Wolff was employed in January 1799 as a junker in the "von Rudorff" hussar regiment of the Prussian Army and in March 1803 advanced to the cornet . At the beginning of the Fourth Coalition War to second lieutenant promoted Wolff participated in the fighting at Criewitz and Lübeck part and was with the surrender of Ratekau made inactive. After the Peace of Tilsit , he resigned from service on May 8, 1811, with the right to wear his uniform. In the run-up to the Wars of Liberation , he was reinstated in the army as Rittmeister and Squadron Chief in the 2nd Courland Landwehr Cavalry Regiment on June 1, 1813 . During the war Wolff fought in the battles near Großbeeren , Dennewitz , Leipzig , Laon , Ligny and Belle Alliance . He was also in the battles of Wittstock and Meudan and the sieges of Wittenberg, Gorkum and Soissons. Wolff received the Iron Cross II. Class for Laon and the Order of St. Vladimir IV. Class in 1814 .

On May 2, 1815 he was promoted to major and aggregated to the 3rd Hussar Regiment on May 8, 1816 . At the end of March 1823 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel . In this capacity Wolff received the service cross in mid-July 1825 . On March 30, 1830, he was initially commissioned to lead the 12th Hussar Regiment , before Wolff was appointed commander on June 6, 1831. On March 30, 1832 he was promoted to colonel , was accepted as a Knight of Honor in the Order of St. John on September 15, 1838 , and was awarded the Order of St. Anne II on October 5, 1838 . With his promotion to major general on March 30, 1839, he was appointed commander of the 15th Cavalry Brigade in Cologne . For his achievements in the command of the troops, King Friedrich Wilhelm IV recorded him on September 12, 1842 with the Order of the Red Eagle II class with oak leaves. Under awarding of the character as a Lieutenant General Wolff received his on May 22, 1845 farewell with board .

family

Wolff married Dorothea Annette Sophie Friederike Georgine Countess von Hardenberg on September 1, 1816 in Haselberg (* January 11, 1796; † March 25, 1872). She was a relative of Minister Karl August von Hardenberg . The couple had several children:

  • Walpurgis Hedwig Auguste Maria (* July 23, 1817 - † March 24, 1820)
  • Agnes Thekla Helene Pauline (born October 7, 1818)
  • Ida Maria (December 2, 1819 - March 14, 1868) ⚭ 1841 Ludwig von Schlotheim (1818–1889)
  • Anna Karoline Cäcilie Auguste (* April 1, 1821) ⚭ 1852 Otmar Freiherr von Münchhausen († April 7, 1889)
  • Adalbert Hermann Max (* July 20, 1822; † March 28, 1869), Second Lieutenant in Infantry Regiment No. 25 ⚭ 1855 Wilhelmine Sophie Helene Countess of Pinto (* October 24, 1822; † 1907)
  • Harald Arthur Wolf (1824–1900), President of the Senate at the Imperial Court
  • Karoline Adelheid Mathilde (* August 18, 1825 - † August 9, 1826)
  • Laura Karoline Alexandrine Cäcilie (born May 15, 1826)
  • Karoline Adolfine Anna Walpurgis (* November 12, 1827 - June 23, 1828)
  • Karoline Elise Auguste Adelheid Anna (born September 7, 1829), canoness in Geseke-Keppel
  • Albert Ferdinand Karl (born May 4, 1832), Colonel a. D. ⚭ 1867 Agnes Louise Davide von Kirchbach (born April 25, 1845), daughter of Hugo von Kirchbach
  • Antonie Emma Karoline (born July 1, 1833 - † November 6, 1842)
  • Karl August Richard (born November 24, 1836 - † March 15, 1837)
  • Karl Wilhelm Günther (born October 11, 1838 - † March 17, 1839)
  • Marie Clementine (February 3, 1842 - October 3, 1849)

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the count's houses for the year 1871. P. 339.
  2. ↑ Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the count's houses for the year 1856. P. 552.
personal data
SURNAME Wolff, Karl von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wolff, Karl Wilhelm von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian lieutenant general
DATE OF BIRTH February 16, 1785
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH November 29, 1873
Place of death Frankfurt (Oder)