Konrad von Carnall

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Arvid Konrad von Carnall also Arwid Conrad (born January 23, 1760 in Stralsund , † September 8, 1840 in Tarnowitz ) was a Prussian major general .

Life

origin

Konrad comes from a noble family from Courland that was naturalized in Sweden in 1751 under the name de Carnall . His parents were the Swedish captain Henning von Carnall and Freiin Anna von Krassow .

Military career

Carnall became a cadet in Berlin in 1772 and a private corporal in infantry regiment No. 47 of the Prussian Army in 1776 . In 1777 he advanced to the position of portepeef ensign in the regiment , took part in the War of the Bavarian Succession and became an ensign in 1781 . His promotion to secondary lieutenant took place in 1786. In 1792 Carnall became adjutant general to the regiment chief major general Karl von Hertzberg . In the First Coalition War he took part in the cannonade of Valmy , the battles of Pirmasens and Kaiserslautern , the sieges of Longwy and Mainz, the blockade of Königstein and the battle of Kettich. As early as 1792 he was promoted to prime lieutenant and in 1793 was awarded the order Pour le Mérite for his behavior in front of Pirmasens . In 1794 he rose to staff captain and in 1801 to captain and company commander , and in 1806 to major .

In the Fourth Coalition War he was seriously wounded in the battle of Jena and Auerstedt by a bullet in the neck and was temporarily no longer usable in the field. Thereupon he was commanded in 1808 to the service management in the Gouvernement Glatz . In 1809 Carnall was transferred to the 2nd Silesian Infantry Regiment . In 1810 he was at Glatz Fortress either as assistant to the commandant or as interim commandant . In 1811 he was given the command of the 1st Silesian Infantry Regiment and in 1812 he was also the leader of the 6th combined field regiment for the Russian campaign . Carnall took part in battles at Grünental, St. Annen and Klievenhoff. In 1813 he was used again as the commander of the 1st Silesian Infantry Regiment and was promoted to lieutenant colonel .

He took part in the Wars of Liberation, in particular the battles at Großgörschen , around Dresden , at Kulm , at Leipzig , at Paris and at Belle Alliance . Carnall was wounded again near Großgörschen and received the Iron Cross II. Class , after the Battle of Nations he was awarded the Cross I Class and, according to the Belle Alliance, the Order of St. Stanislaus II. Class. He had already received his promotion to colonel in 1813 and at the same time became brigade leader in the 1st Army Corps . After all, he was still in 1815 Inspector of the Silesian Landwehr reserve battalions and received with the character as a major general with a pension of 1000 thalers his farewell .

family

Carnall married Mathilde Le Cointe (1771-1859) in Nimpsch in 1795 , a daughter of the Prussian major Friedrich Wilhelm Le Cointe and Dorothea Marie Rolbusch. The marriage resulted in the following five children:

  • Karoline Friederike Franziska (1796–1803)
  • Albertine (1799–1885) ⚭ Florian Bittner (1788–1844), owner of Gut Altheide
  • Konrad (1801-1803)
  • Heinrich Arvid Felix (1803–1830), Dr. med. and squadron surgeon in the 4th Hussar Regiment
  • Rudolf (1804–1874), mining engineer ⚭ Emilie von Büttner (1808–1863),

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Wilhelm Pieper:  Carnall, Rudolf von. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1957, ISBN 3-428-00184-2 , p. 150 f. ( Digitized version ).
  2. ↑ Gustaf Lehmann: The knights of the order pour le mérite. Volume 1, Mittler , Berlin 1913, p. 281, no. 500 .
  3. ↑ Priesdorff (lit.).
  4. ^ Leopold von Zedlitz-Neukirch : The state forces of the Prussian monarchy under Friedrich Wilhelm III. Volume 3, Berlin 1830, p. 201.
  5. ^ Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Briefadeligen houses. 1908. Second year, Justus Perthes, Gotha 1907, p. 146.
personal data
SURNAME Carnall, Konrad von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Carnall, Arvid Konrad von (full name); Carnall, Arwid Conrad of
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian major general
DATE OF BIRTH January 23, 1760
PLACE OF BIRTH Stralsund
DATE OF DEATH September 8, 1840
Place of death Tarnowitz