Lazarus Henckel von Donnersmarck (General)

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Lazarus Aloisius Adam Emanuel Count Henckel von Donnersmarck (born April 12, 1785 in Beuthen , † August 15, 1876 in Berlin ) was a Prussian lieutenant general and commandant of the Schweidnitz fortress .

Life

origin

His parents were Gabriel Ludwig Henckel von Donnersmarck (1750–1798) and his wife Maria Theresia, born von Gruttschreiber and Czopkendorff (born March 29, 1745, † May 27, 1792) from the house of Krolkwitz-Gläsen. The father was a lieutenant . D. , most recently in the cuirassier regiment "von Mengden" , as well as district administrator of the district of Strehlen.

Military career

On September 1, 1800, Donnersmarck joined the "von Wagenfeld" cuirassier regiment of the Prussian Army as an Estandartenjunker. On May 30, 1801, he was appointed to the redundant cornet and on January 2, 1802 he was classified. At the beginning of February 1804 he was promoted to second lieutenant . In the Fourth Coalition War , Donnersmarck fought at the Gollau cannonade and the Battle of Prussian Eylau . After the Peace of Tilsit he was adopted on November 12, 1807 and now had to devote himself to agriculture.

In the run-up to the Wars of Liberation , he came to the Adjutantur of the 1st Army Corps on April 17, 1813 as a second lieutenant . During the war he fought in the siege of Glogau and in the battles on the Katzbach , Leipzig , Laon and Paris . For Leipzig he was proposed to the Iron Cross First Class, but was instead promoted to Prime Lieutenant on November 23, 1813 . He also fought in the battles near Freyburg (Unstrut) , Eisenach , Thionville , Vitry, Montmirail , Chateau-Thierry , Coulommiers, La Fere-Champenoise and Trilport . At the crossing near Wartenburg , Donnersmarck was wounded and awarded the Iron Cross, 2nd class. During that time he was promoted to Rittmeister on December 8, 1813 and to major on June 16, 1815 .

After the war, Donnersmarck was aggregated to the 7th Uhlan Regiment (Rheinisches) on March 6, 1817 and commanded to serve with the 25th Infantry Regiment on October 20, 1819 . This was followed by a position as commander of the 1st battalion in the 23rd Landwehr Regiment from March 30, 1822, and on June 18, 1825, Donnersmarck received the service cross . With a patent from April 1, 1830 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel on March 30, 1830 and to colonel on March 30, 1833. On April 25, 1833 he was commissioned to lead the 11th Infantry Regiment and on March 30, 1834, Donnersmarck was appointed regimental commander. On September 30, 1835, he received permission to wear the Order of St. Anne II class. On February 9, 1840 he was appointed commander of the Schweidnitz Fortress , on February 27, 1840, aggregated to the 11th Infantry Regiment, and on March 30, 1840, promoted to major general. From April 7th to 19th, 1842 Donnersmarck was in command of the Glatz Fortress . In approval of his leave request Donnersmarck was born on March 5, 1846 by awarding the character as a Lieutenant General with the statutory board for disposition made.

He was an honorary knight of the Order of St. John and after his departure he received the Order of the Red Eagle, 2nd class with oak leaves. After his death, Donnersmarck was buried on August 17, 1876 in the Invalidenfriedhof . The tomb has not been preserved.

Brigadefuhrer General von Lucadon wrote about him in 1838: “A scientifically trained staff officer who distinguished himself in the war and, through particular diligence and seldom effort, is very useful in his current employment, in which he keeps the regiment in excellent order. Because of his character he is just as respectable as recommended in his private life. He is suitable for a higher sphere of activity and, since he knows the conditions of the Landwehr very well, in my opinion would be very useful there. Recommended for promotion, he was nevertheless passed over by younger officers at the brigade command. In this respect he deserves full recognition for the fact that, despite this painfully insulting feeling, he has neither slacked off in his duties nor in his praiseworthy zeal for service, but rather has continued to work very seriously and usefully with redoubled efforts for the best of the highest service. "

family

On June 22, 1815 he married Luise Antoinette Benediktine Friederike Sophie Karoline Freiin von Wildungen (* December 22, 1797 - December 18, 1857), a daughter of the major Karl Friedrich von Wildungen († 1816) of the Grand Duke of Saxony-Weimar . The couple had two children:

  • Hermann Lazarus Gotthard Ernst (born April 24, 1818 - March 13, 1847), Prussian Legation Councilor in Paris
  • Luise Therese Karoline (* September 17, 1820 - January 30, 1902) ∞ Felix Graf von Voss (* August 15, 1801 - February 26, 1881), District Administrator Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lord of Klein- and Groß Gievitz

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the baronial houses for the year 1861. Eleventh year. P. 245.
  2. ^ Maximilian von Koenig: The chiefs and officers of the 2nd Silesian Infantry Regiment, today's Grenadier Regiment King Friedrich III. (2. Silesian) No. 11. 1808-1908. Verlag Wilhelm Korn, Breslau 1908, p. 133.
  3. ^ Genealogical paperback of the German count's houses. 1846. p. 670.
  4. ^ Carl Eduard Vehse : History of the German courts since the Reformation. P. 180.
personal data
SURNAME Henckel von Donnersmarck, Lazarus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Henckel von Donnersmarck, Lazarus Aloisius Adam Emanuel Graf (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian lieutenant general, commander of the Schweidnitz fortress
DATE OF BIRTH April 12, 1785
PLACE OF BIRTH Bytom
DATE OF DEATH August 15, 1876
Place of death Berlin