Lebrecht von Graevenitz

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Johann Christoph Leberecht von Graevenitz (born August 16, 1786 in Stettin , † February 23, 1841 in Breslau ) was a Prussian major general .

Life

origin

Lebrecht came from a branch of the Brandenburg noble family von Gravenitz , which provided high-ranking Prussian officers for generations. He was the son of Major a. D. Ludwig Hermann Leopold von Graevenitz (1740–1805) and his wife Albertine Charlotte Amalie, née von Hagen (* 1753).

Military career

Graevenitz entered on January 1, 1799 as a private corporal in the infantry regiment "Prince Heinrich" of the Prussian Army . There he was promoted to second lieutenant until mid-March 1805 . During the Fourth Coalition War Graevenitz took part in the siege of Küstrin and the defense of Kolberg . He was wounded several times and was awarded the order Pour le Mérite for his courage on June 30, 1807 .

After the Treaty of Tilsit he came on August 22, 1807 First Lieutenant in the newly formed infantry battalion of forest rock and provided the year after briefly serving in the 2nd Pomeranian Infantry Regiment before Graevenitz end of November 1808 in the abdomen Infantry Regiment (No. 8) was moved. On June 13, 1809 the Guard-Ulaneneskadron aggregated, he was there on May 28, 1811 staff commander . As Rittmeister , Graevenitz received his departure on November 10, 1812 with a waiting allowance and the assurance of a job in the forestry field.

When the Mecklenburg-Strelitz Hussar Regiment was set up in the spring of 1814, he reactivated and took over command of the 3rd Squadron as Rittmeister. He took part in the entire campaign, as a major from the beginning of 1814 . For his service in the Battle of Leipzig he received the Russian Order of St. Vladimir III. He had already received the Iron Cross 2nd class on September 28, 1813 . During the regiment's second campaign in 1815, he was given special command over the regiment in Aachen in mid-July .

After the end of the Wars of Liberation , Gravenitz returned to the Prussian army service. From 1818 to 1834 was the commander of the 4th Cuirassier Regiment , from 1828 as a colonel . On November 13, 1834 he was commander of the 11th Cavalry Brigade and promoted in this capacity on March 30, 1836 to major general. In 1839 he fell seriously ill and was thinking of saying goodbye. After improving his health, Graevenitz died while serving in Breslau, where he was buried in the local cemetery for invalids.

family

Graevenitz had married Charlotte Sophie Emilie von Heydebreck († 1816) in Berlin on April 29, 1813 . After her untimely death, he married Wilhelmine Freiin von Elverfeldt called von Beverfoerde zu Werries (1801–1876) on February 16, 1819 in Ostbevern . The marriages resulted in three sons.

literature

  • Karl von Bagensky : History of the 9th Infantry Regiment called Colbergsches. Post, Kolberg 1842.
  • F. Taeglichsbeck: The Fuesilier Regiment Prince Heinrich of Prussia (No. 35) 1740–1806. ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1891, p. 275.
  • August Milarch : Memories of the Meklenburg-Strelitz Hussar Regiment in the years of the liberation struggle from 1813 to 1815: written down from the diary of an old hussar and authentic sources. C Brünslow, Neubrandenburg 1854 ( digitized version )
  • Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 5, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1938], DNB 367632802 , pp. 284–286, no. 1551.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Karl-Friedrich Hildebrand, Christian Zweng: The knights of the order Pour le Mérite 1740-1918. Biblio 1998, ISBN 3-7648-2503-0 , p. 193
  2. ↑ Milarch (Lit.), p. 286.
personal data
SURNAME Graevenitz, Lebrecht von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Grävenitz, Leberecht von; Graevenitz, Johann Christoph Leberecht von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian major general
DATE OF BIRTH August 16, 1786
PLACE OF BIRTH Szczecin
DATE OF DEATH February 23, 1841
Place of death Wroclaw