Leopold of Loën

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Leopold August Gotthard Jobst Freiherr von Loën (born June 24, 1817 in Luckau , † February 26, 1895 in Morsbroich ) was a Prussian infantry general .

Life

origin

He was the son of Friedrich von Loën (born April 25, 1787; † August 14, 1868) and his wife Albertine Karoline Charlotte, born von Hedemann (born June 14, 1792; † April 2, 1869), a sister of August von Hedemann . His father was an Anhalt Chamberlain and Oberhofmarschall in Dessau as well as Major a. D. and legal knight of the Order of St. John .

Military career

Loën attended the Knight Academy in Brandenburg an der Havel until Easter 1834 . On October 1, 1834, he joined the 1st Guards Regiment on foot in the Prussian Army as a grenadier . He became Second Lieutenant in May 1836 and served in the Guard Landwehr Regiment from 1840. In 1842 he became a battalion adjutant and in 1845 a regimental adjutant. As such, Loën took part in the suppression of the barricade uprising in Berlin in 1848 . Promoted to Prime Lieutenant in May 1849 , he was transferred to the command of the Guard Infantry in the same year as adjutant . From December 2, 1851, he was assigned to serve with King Friedrich Wilhelm IV . With his promotion to captain on May 7, 1852, Loën was appointed wing adjutant to the king. In this position he rose to major by mid-October 1855 . On August 9, 1856, he became commander of the Guard Sergeant Company.

On July 27, 1857, he was ordered to carry out the business as a Plenipotentiary at the Imperial Russian Court in St. Petersburg until Loën was confirmed on November 5, 1857 at this post. In mid-March 1864 he received permission to go to the theater of war in Schleswig-Holstein for some time . In May 1865 he was released from his job at the Russian court and with his promotion to major general on June 18, 1865, he was appointed commander of the 4th Guard Infantry Brigade .

During the German War it was parts of his brigade that almost completely destroyed an Austrian brigade in the battle of Rudersdorf on June 28, 1866. In the battle of Königgrätz it was the avant-garde of his brigade who broke into the Austrian center with the capture of Lipa and held it until the entire brigade had approached. For participation in this campaign he received the swords for the Order of the Red Eagle, 2nd class with oak leaves. In addition, on June 14th, Loën was awarded the Grand Cross of the Duke of Saxony-Ernestine House Order and on June 25th, 1867 with the Order of St. Anne 1st Class.

From July 25, 1868 to June 17, 1869, Loën was a member of the Court of Justice for Conflicts of Competence and was then commander of Frankfurt am Main with an allowance of 1,000 thalers . At the beginning of the war against France he was given command of the Guard Landwehr Division and was in this position on July 26, 1870, Lieutenant General . With the large association Loën took part in the sieges of Strasbourg and Paris . After the preliminary peace at Versailles , he returned to his post as Commander of Frankfurt on March 25, 1871 and was appointed commander of the 21st Division two months later . On February 20, 1873 transferred to the army officers, Loën was then President of the General Order Commission.

On the occasion of the funeral of Queen Elizabeth of Prussia , Loën was given honorary service to Grand Duke Nicholas of Russia in mid-December .

On March 22, 1875 he was given the character of General of the Infantry. In the same year Loën was honored with the Grand Cross of the Order of Albrecht , in 1878 with the Grand Cross of the Order of the Sun and Lions and in 1879 with the Grand Cross of the Red Eagle Order with oak leaves and swords on the ring. Under appointed adjutant general of Emperor I. Wilhelm , he was on 13 May 1879 Pension for disposition made. In this position Loën received the patent for his rank on September 18, 1880 . After the death of Wilhelm I, he joined his successor Friedrich III as adjutant general . over.

family

He married on August 29, 1842 in Tegel Gabriele von Bülow (* January 7, 1822, † January 16, 1854), a daughter of Heinrich von Bülow and Gabriele von Bülow , and granddaughter of Wilhelm von Humboldt . The marriage had three children:

  • August (born August 29, 1843) ⚭ Viktoria von Humboldt, a daughter of Hermann von Humboldt
  • Therese (born August 28, 1846) ⚭ Bertram Graf von Brockdorff
  • Agnes Constanze (* December 8, 1851; † 1917) ⚭ Friedrich Freiherr von Diergardt, a grandson of Friedrich von Diergardt

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Friedrich Freiherr von Loën in edition-humboldt.de
  2. Jump up ↑ Berlinische Nachrichten von Staats- und learned things: 1815,1 / 6 . Haude & Spener, 1815 ( google.at ).
  3. ^ Anna von Sydow (Ed.): Gabriele von Bülow. Daughter of Wilhelm von Humboldt. A picture of life from the family papers of Wilhelm von Humboldt and his children 1791–1887. ES Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1913.
personal data
SURNAME Loën, Leopold von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Loén, Loepold August Gotthard Jobst Freiherr von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian general of the infantry
DATE OF BIRTH June 24, 1817
PLACE OF BIRTH Luckau
DATE OF DEATH February 26, 1895
Place of death Morsbroich