Kurd Gottlob von Knobelsdorff

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Kurd Gottlob von Knobelsdorff , also Karl Gottlob von Knobelsdorff (born June 26, 1735 in Kossar , † February 24, 1807 in Berlin ) was a Prussian major general and commander of the Stettin fortress .

Life

origin

He came from the first noble family von Knobelsdorff and was the son of Johann Friedrich von Knobelsdorff (1693–1760), Prussian chief forest master and heir to Kunow, Bobersberg and Kuckedel, and his wife Wilhelmine Charlotte, née von Kalkreuth (1705–1761) from the house of Ogersitz . His brother August Rudolf (1727–1794) also became a Prussian general, his brother Alexander even field marshal .

Military career

Knobelsdorff came in 1749 as a page to the Prussian King Friedrich II. On November 30, 1752 he came as an ensign in the infantry regiment "Prince Heinrich" with a patent from November 11, 1752. On October 2, 1756 he was second lieutenant before joining the Seven Years' War pulled. Knobelsdorff fought near Prague , Kolin , Roßbach , Leuthen and Torgau . During this time he was on February 7, 1758 Prime Lieutenant and on January 9, 1762 staff captain .

On May 29, 1765 he became captain and company commander . As such, he took part in the War of the Bavarian Succession . On May 24, 1781 Knobelsdorff was transferred to a major and on June 15, 1785 as a commander in a grenadier battalion. On August 13, 1790 he became a lieutenant colonel and on May 24, 1791 came as a commander in the depot battalion of the infantry regiment "von Tiedemann" . A little later on June 14, 1791, he was promoted to colonel . On July 20, 1792 he came as a commander to the depot battalion of the infantry regiment "Crown Prince" .

On August 4, 1797 he was appointed commander of the fortress Stettin with a salary of 1,100 thalers and rose in this position to major general on September 2, 1798.

When the French advanced on Stettin in the Fourth Coalition War and the Prussian field army was largely in disintegration after the battle of Jena and Auerstedt and the surrender of Prenzlau the day before, Stettin surrendered - like a number of other Prussian fortresses - under its governor, the 77th year old Lieutenant General Friedrich Gisbert Wilhelm von Romberg , on October 30, 1806. No officer had previously spoken out in a council of war against the surrender of the city. Knobelsdorff, as commandant of the fortress Stettin, as well as the commandant of Fort Prussia, Major General Bonaventura von Rauch , agreed to the surrender despite their military superiority over the 800 French horsemen under the leadership of their general Antoine Charles Louis de Lasalle .

Knobelsdorff was therefore made inactive and released on December 1, 1806 without saying goodbye . King Friedrich Wilhelm III had comparable penalties . with his "Ortelsburger Publicandum" of December 1, 1806 against all generals and staff officers who had behaved similarly to Knobelsdorff.

Knobelsdorff died on February 24, 1807 in Berlin and was buried four days later in the Berlin garrison cemetery.

family

Knobelsdorff married Karoline Helene von Oppen († 1780) in Spandau in 1765 . The couple had the following children:

  • Heinrich Alexander Karl (1764–1807), Prussian major a. D.
⚭ Sophie Frederike Johann von Knobloch (1766–1798) from the house of Pessin
⚭ November 1, 1798 Luise von Lobenthal (1768–1839)

After the death of his first wife, he married Wilhelmine Friederike Sophie von Kropff (1755-1835) in Nauen on March 6, 1786 . The following children were born from this marriage:

⚭ 0May 1, 1815 Alexandra von Gäfertsheim (1796–1828)
⚭ August 23, 1830 Ulrike Eleonore von Hünerbein (1804–1832), cousin, daughter of Friedrich Heinrich Karl von Hünerbein
⚭ 0October 2, 1834 Auguste von Beust (1810–1887)
  • Karl Wilhelm August Ernst Emil (1792–1877), Prussian Colonel ⚭ October 18, 1823 Klara Müllner (1805–1883), parents of the Prussian major general and heraldist Wilhelm von Knobelsdorff

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personal data
SURNAME Knobelsdorff, Kurd Gottlob von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Knobelsdorff, Karl Gottlob von; Knobelsdorff, Kurt von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian major general, commandant of the fortress Stettin
DATE OF BIRTH June 26, 1735
PLACE OF BIRTH Kossar
DATE OF DEATH February 24, 1807
Place of death Berlin