Konstantin von Twardowski

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Konstantin von Twardowski (* 1760 in Gollmitz ; † October 6, 1830 in Beynuhnen, Darkehmen district ) was a Prussian major general and inspector of the immobile line and Landwehr cavalry squadrons during the Wars of Liberation .

Life

origin

The Twardowski family was a Polish, Protestant noble family that traditionally had good contacts with the Prussian court. His parents were Andreas Alexander von Twardowski (1720-1806) and his wife Petronella Hedwig, born von Kassinowska († 1775), widowed von Zychlinska. His father was the heir to Owietzki, Strychowo, Myslecin and Nowawies, a royal Polish colonel and a Prussian chamberlain under Frederick II and a judge in Gnesen .

Military career

Twardowski came in 1774 as a Junker in the Dragoon Regiment "von Meyer" of the Prussian Army . On March 7, 1776 he became an ensign and on September 5, 1777 second lieutenant . As such, he took part in the War of the Bavarian Succession . On May 21, 1788 Twardowski was Premier Lieutenant and Regimental Adjutant, on September 7, 1793 then captain of the staff and on September 10, 1800 major . In addition, he became squadron chief on January 2, 1802 . During the Fourth Coalition War he fought in the defense of Danzig and the battle near Marienwerder.

On September 14, 1807, Twardowski received the message that he and his brother could stay with the army despite the defeat of Prussia. So on November 8, 1807 he was appointed commander of the 6th Dragoon Regiment. On January 22, 1808 he was appointed a member of the commission of inquiry of the last war and subsequently awarded the order Pour le Mérite for Danzig on May 16, 1808 . On September 7, 1808 he was appointed commander of the East Prussian Cuirassier Regiment. In this position Twardowski was promoted to lieutenant colonel on May 20, 1809 with a patent dated June 5, 1809 . From December 4, 1809, he was no longer a member of the investigative committee, but on January 19, 1810, he came to the military school in Königsberg as director . On February 8, 1810, he was promoted to colonel by patent from February 18, 1812.

As for the campaign of 1812 mobile was made Twardowski was given command of the remaining 1st East Prussian Grenadier Battalion, East Prussian Cuirassiers and the West Prussian Lancers on 14 April 1812th From December 3, 1812 he also took over the brigade business in Breslau , until the recalled Colonel von Roeder could take over. During the Wars of Liberation , Twardowski fought in the Battle of Großgörschen , for which he received the Iron Cross 2nd class on May 19, 1813 . Released on July 4, 1813 by the service at the front, Twardowski received the character as a major general and became inspector of the property line and Landwehr cavalry squadrons. On October 3, 1815, he received his departure with a pension of 1000 thalers. He died on October 6, 1830 on Beynuhnen (Darkehmen district) and was buried in Krempen.

family

Twardowski married Henriette von Hirschfeld (1778-1860) in Königsberg on April 18, 1800. The couple had several children:

  • Friedrich Heinrich Konstantin (1801–1876), Prussian Lieutenant General ⚭ Auguste Friederike von Studnitz (1817–1854)
  • Konstanze Amalie Friederike (1804–1833) ⚭ 1832 Konstanz Eduard Adolf von Saucken (1802–1880)
  • Friedrike Amalie Konstantine (* 1804)
  • Luise Karoline Franziska (* 1808)

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ also: August 10, 1830, according to: Vaterländisches Archiv für Wissenschaft, Kunst, Industrie und Agrikultur or Prussische Provinzial-Blätter. Volume 13, p. 364.
  2. ↑ At Priesdorf it is called the Cuirassier Regiment. Obviously there is a mix-up. The "von Zieten" dragoon regiment became the foundation of the cuirassier regiment No. 3 and 4.
  3. ↑ Gustaf Lehmann: The knights of the order pour le mérite. Volume 1, p. 582.
  4. ^ Yearbook of the German Nobility . Volume 3, 1899, pp. 385f.
personal data
SURNAME Twardowski, Konstantin von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian major general, inspector of the immobile line and Landwehr cavalry squadrons
DATE OF BIRTH 1760
PLACE OF BIRTH Gollmitz
DATE OF DEATH October 6, 1830
Place of death Beynuhnen, Kreis Loans