List of Prussian generals in the Napoleonic Wars
This list enumerates Prussian generals during the Prussian participation in the coalition wars (1792–1795, 1806–1807, 1812–1815) and aims to be complete in the long term. The highest rank that the general held during the Prussian participation is entered as the rank. Generals who retired at the beginning of the coalition wars are ignored. All appointments to the Demittierung are irrelevant to the list, so be officers who during the war generals adopted , have not been disregarded, as such, were active. The same applies to titular officers.
Field Marshals General
infantry
Surname | Lifetime | period of service | Awards | Remarks |
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Ferdinand of Braunschweig | 1735–1806 ( ‡ Auerstedt ) | 1773-1806 | HBO | Trigger of the Tuileries Storm |
Wilhelm Magnus von Brünneck | 1727-1817 | 1744-1805 | PlM, RAO , SAO | Retired as General Field Marshal in 1805 |
Wilhelm René de l'Homme de Courbière | 1733-1811 | 1758-1811 | PlM, SAO, RAO | French by birth, gained great fame in the defense of Graudenz, previously in Dutch service, Governor General of West Prussia |
Friedrich Adolf von Kalckreuth | 1737-1818 | 1752-1818 | Governor of Breslau, Koenigsberg and Berlin | |
Ludwig Karl von Kalckstein | 1725-1800 | 1742-1800 | SAO | Governor of Magdeburg, not involved in any battles |
Alexander von Knobelsdorff | 1723-1799 | 1741-1799 | SAO | F , Governor of Küstrin |
Wichard von Möllendorff | 1724-1816 | approx. 1740-1816 | PlM, EL | played an unfortunate role in the battle of Jena and Auerstedt |
cavalry
Surname | Lifetime | period of service | Awards | Remarks |
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Gebhard von Blücher | 1742-1819 | 1760-1773, 1787-1819 | PlM, EK , SAO, OHG , EO | F , nickname "Marshal Forward", conqueror of Napoleon in his last battle , previously in Swedish service |
Ludwig of Württemberg | 1756-1817 | 1775-1800 | OHA , MVO , SAO, WAO | F , later in Russian and Württemberg service |
Infantry Generals
Surname | Lifetime | period of service | Awards | Remarks |
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Johann Georg of Anhalt-Dessau | 1748-1811 | 1768-1779, 1789-1808 | SAO | |
Gottlieb Ludwig von Beville | 1734-1810 | 1749-1806 | PlM, SAO | Governor of Neuchâtel |
Heinrich Gottlob von Braun | 1717-1798 | 1734-1794 | PlM, SAO | |
Friedrich August of Braunschweig and Lüneburg | 1740-1805 | 1763-1794 | SAO | F , previously in service in Brunswick |
Jakob von Colong | 1724-1806 | 1745-1806 | RAO1 | |
Friedrich Wilhelm von Bülow | 1755-1816 | 1768-1816 | PlM, MWO, EK , MMTO, SAO, RAO1 | Victorious in all battles |
Franz Andreas von Favrat | 1730-1804 | 1759 (?) - 1804 | PlM, RAO , SAO | previously in French, Spanish and Austrian services, known for his exceptional physical strength |
Karl Friedrich von Hirschfeld | 1747-1818 | 1762-1815 | PlM, RAO1 | meanwhile in captivity , involved in the formation of the Landwehr |
Friedrich Ludwig zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen | 1746-1818 | 1766-1806 | SAO | previously opponent of Prussia in the imperial armies |
Friedrich von Kleist | 1762-1832 | 1778-1823 | PlM, EK , RAO1, OHW | F. |
August of Prussia | 1779-1843 | 1797 / 8-1843 | HH, EK2, ÖkLO, SAO | richest landowner in the Prussian state, inspector general and chief of the artillery |
Heinrich of Prussia | 1781-1846 | 1795-1846 | SAO, OHG , OHW | |
Ernst von Rüchel | 1754-1823 | 1770-1809 | PlM, SAO | F. |
Bogislav of Tauentzien | 1760-1824 | 1776-1824 | PlM, GKEK, RAO , SAO, MMTO | F , Ambassador to Russia |
Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg | 1759-1830 | 1772-1780, 1787-1830 | PlM, EK , RAO1, SAO | meanwhile in Dutch service; Signatory of the Tauroggen Convention |
Christian Ludwig von Winning | 1736-1822 | 1752-1812 | PlM, RAO |
Generals of the cavalry
Surname | Lifetime | period of service | Awards | Remarks |
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Ernst Johann Sigismund von Boyen | 1730-1806 | 1746-1783, 1791-1806 | RAO | |
Georg Oswald von Czettritz | 1728-1796 | 1745-1796 | PlM, RAO | |
Anton Wilhelm of L'Estocq | 1738-1815 | 1757-1814 | PlM, EK am white band, SAO | F , governor of Wroclaw and Berlin |
August Neidhardt von Gneisenau | 1760-1831 | 1785-1831 | PlM, MMJO , MMTO, SAO | F , important army reformer, previously in Austrian, Brandenburg-Ansbach and British services |
Karl August of Saxe-Weimar | 1757-1828 | 1787 (?) - 1822 (?) | SAO, WAO | F. |
Johann Adolf von Thielmann | 1765-1824 | 1815-1824 | RAO1, MHO, OHA , EL | also active in Saxon and Russian services |
Lieutenant General
infantry
Surname | Lifetime | period of service | Awards | Remarks |
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Friedrich Erdmann from Anhalt-Koethen-Pless | 1731-1797 | 1751-1755, 1793-1797 | SAO, WAO | meanwhile in French service, after the execution of Louis XVI. he laid down all French military dignity |
Alexander Wilhelm von Arnim | 1738-1809 | 1753-1807 | PlM, RAO1, wounded near Auerstedt, mistakenly believed to be dead | |
Matthias Wilhelm von Below | 1722-1798 | 1740-1798 | PlM, RAO1 | |
Friedrich Adrian von Borcke | 1734-1806 | 1742-1806 | PlM | |
Dietrich Eugen Philipp von Bornstedt | 1726-1793 | 1742-1793 | ||
Hans Ehrentreich von Bornstedt | 1722-1807 | 1739-1807 | ||
Ludwig Matthias Nathanael Gottlieb von Brauchitsch | 1757-1827 | 1772-1827 | PlM, RAO1, OHA | Governor of Berlin |
Friedrich Otto von Diericke | 1743-1819 | 1760-1819 | PlM, SAO, RAO1, OHA | |
Ludwig Wilhelm August von Ebra | 1759-1818 | 1774-1811, 1813-1815 | PlM | |
Johann Wilhelm von Ernest | 1741-1817 | 1786-1813 | PlM | previously in English, Dutch and Brunswick services |
Karl Ludwig Bogislav von Goetze | 1743-1806 | 1758-1806 | PlM, RAO | |
Franz Ludwig von Hatzfeldt | 1756-1827 | 1795-1827 | SAO | previously in the service of the Electorate of Mainz, no active Prussian employment in the coalition wars |
Ludwig of Hessen-Homburg | 1770-1839 | 1788-1839 | RAO , SAO, GHL, GO, MMTO, SSO | Governor of Luxembourg |
Wilhelm II of Hessen-Kassel | 1777-1847 | 1804 (?) - 1814 (?) | SAO, EO | did not act gloriously as a military |
Johann Christian von Hundt | 1730-1815 | 1745-1807 / 15 | PlM | His son fell as a major at Claye |
Karl Friedrich von dem Knesebeck | 1768-1848 | 1782-1847 | EPlM, EK1, SAO, MMJO , ÖkLO , OHAE, OHW, SO , MMJO | |
Heinrich von der Lahr | 1734-1816 | 1756-1810 | PlM, RAO1 | |
Wilhelm Christian von Larisch | 1743-1823 | 1761-1813 | Unfit for duty due to a wound since 1806, captured near Lübeck | |
Karl of Mecklenburg | 1785-1837 | 1799-1837 | ♣ PlM, SAO, MMTO, EK1 | wounded near Leipzig |
Christian Friedrich Wilhelm von Ploetz | 1745-1816 | 1759-1814 | PlM | Brother of Franz von Ploetz |
Franz Heinrich Christian von Ploetz | 1741-1819 | 1755-1807 | PlM | |
Louis Ferdinand of Prussia | 1772–1806 ( † Saalfeld ) | 1789 (?) - 1806 | Importance as a musician | |
Friedrich Ludwig Wilhelm Otto Gans zu Putlitz | 1750-1828 | 1770-1812, 1813-1815 | PlM, EK2 | strongly divergent role in war |
Eugen von Raumer | 1756-1823 | 1773-1815 | PlM | |
Friedrich Karl Ludwig of Schleswig-Holstein | 1757-1816 | 1777-1781, 1786-1797 | RAO1, HO, ANO, EO | then in Russian service |
Carl von Schmettau | 1743–1806 ( ‡ Auerstedt ) | 1756-1778, 1787-1790, 1797-1806 | recognized cartographer, possibly father of Louis Ferdinand of Prussia | |
Friedrich Schuler from Senden | 1753-1827 | 1786 (?) - 1825 | PlM, RAO1 | previously in Brunswick and Dutch services |
Karl von Steinmetz | 1768-1837 | 1787-1817 | ♣ PlM, OHA1, OHG3, RAO3 | Surveyor of Westphalia |
Ludwig August von Stutterheim | 1751-1826 | 1763-1811, 1813-1825 | PlM, SAO, RAO1 | |
August von Thümen | 1757-1826 | 1769-1820 | ♣ PlM, EK1, SO1, OHA , RAO | turned the battle at Dennewitz |
Wilhelm Karl von Treuenfels | 1740-1813 | 1774-1808 | previously in service in Hesse, wounded near Warsaw | |
Friedrich Wilhelm Christian von Zastrow | 1752-1830 | 1766–1807, 1813 (?) - 1830 | PlM, SAO, HO |
cavalry
Surname | Lifetime | period of service | Awards | Remarks |
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Karl August von Backhof | 1720-1807 | 1734-1796 | PlM, RAO | |
Georg Friedrich Christoph von Bardeleben | 1734-1801 | 1752-1801 | PlM | |
August Adam Heinrich von Bismark | 1739-1813 | 1753-1805 | PlM, RAO1 | |
Ludwig von Borstell | 1773-1844 | 1788-1840 | PlM, EK1, SAO, RAO1, GO, KSO, OZL | Member of the Prussian State Council |
Carl Adolph von Brühl | 1742-1802 | 1782-1802 | previously in Saxon service | |
Karl Friedrich von Brüsewitz | 1738-1811 | 1753-1806 | PlM | |
Karl Adolf August von Eben and Brunnen | 1734-1800 | 1751-1794 | PlM, RAO | |
Karl Friedrich von Elsner | 1739-1808 | 1754-1806 | PlM, SAO | |
Karl Gustav von Erichsen | 1743-1827 | 1762-1813 | PlM | previously in Russian service, severe wound near Jena |
Karl Gottlob Ludwig Sylvius von Frankenberg and Ludwigsdorf | 1732-1795 | 1765-1795 | PlM | previously in the service of Hesse-Kassel |
Sylvius von Frankenberg and Proschlitz | 1732-1795 | 1752-1795 | PlM | |
Friedrich Eberhard Siegmund Günther von Goeckingk | 1738-1813 | 1757-1805 | PlM, RAO | retired as general of the cavalry |
Ludwig Ferdinand Friedrich von Heising | 1738-1809 | 1753-1807 | PlM | |
Jakob Friedrich von Holtzendorff | 1741-1820 | 1756-1814 | PlM, RAO1 | wounded at Jena |
Friedrich Heinrich Karl von Hünerbein | 1762-1819 | 1778-1819 | PlM, EK1, OHA , RAO1 | Governor of Wroclaw |
Karl Leopold von Köckritz | 1744-1821 | 1761-1814 | PlM, SAO | jointly responsible for the Prussian isolation |
Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig von Krusemarck | 1767-1822 | 1784-1822 | PlM, EK2, RAO, SO | Prussian envoy in Vienna |
Friedrich von Massenbach | 1753-1819 | 1766-1815 | PlM, RAO, officer of the EL | Governor between the Vistula and Russia |
Hans Stephan of Rouquette | 1742-1813 | 1758-1813 | In 1811 two months in prison | |
Moritz von Prittwitz | 1747-1822 | 1762-1813 | PlM, OHA , RAO | demitted as major general, later given the character of lieutenant general |
Christoph Johann Friedrich Otto von Zieten | 1747-1817 | 1762-1817 | PlM, RAO1, OHA | wounded at Zehendick and Heilsberg |
artillery
Surname | Lifetime | period of service | Awards | Remarks |
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Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich von Decker | 1744-1828 | 1763-1815 | PlM, OHG, EK2 | |
Gerhard von Scharnhorst | 1755–1813 ( ‡ Großgörschen ) | 1778-1813 | PlM, RAO2, OHW, EK | F , army reformer |
Major generals
infantry
Surname | Lifetime | period of service | Awards | Remarks |
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Ludolf August Friedrich von Alvensleben | 1743-1822 | 1758 (?) - 1809 | PlM | sentenced to two years of imprisonment |
Benjamin of Amaudruz | 1735-1797 | 1748-1797 | PlM | previously in Dutch service |
Albrecht of Anhalt | 1735-1802 | 1752-1800 | PlM | previously in service in Hessen |
August Christian von Anhalt-Koethen | 1769-1812 | 1798-1812 | RAO , SAO, WAO | |
Ferdinand of Anhalt-Koethen | 1769-1830 | 1786-1830 | PlM, SAO, EK2, CO, OGV | F. |
Ludwig I of Baden | 1763-1830 | 1787 (?) - 1793 | SAO, OZL , EO, KSO, HO, BTE | initially a good relationship with Napoleon |
Ehrenreich Wilhelm Gottlieb von Besser | 1740-1807 | 1756-1806 | PlM | |
Karl Anton von Bila | 1741-1820 | 1755-1813 | PlM | |
Rudolf Ernst von Bila | 1743-1808 | 1759-1808 | PlM | |
Johann Eberhard Ernst Herwarth von Bittenfeld | 1753-1833 | 1773 (?) - 1815 | EK on the white ribbon | |
Wilhelm Johann Maria von Blumenstein | 1768-1835 | 1792-1821 | PlM, RAO3, EK2 | in French service until the French Revolution |
Ernst Friedrich von Bockelberg | 1727-1796 | 1743-1796 | PlM | |
Carl Andreas von Boguslawski | 1758-1817 | 1776-1817 | PlM | |
Philipp Julius Leopold von Boineburg and Lengsfeld | 1738-1816 | 1748-1804 | PlM | |
Bogislav Ernst von Bonin | 1727-1797 | before 1758-1794 | ||
Otto Heinrich Friedrich von Borch | 1723-1799 | 1740-1794 | PlM | |
Karl von Borcke | 1776-1830 | 1790-1830 | PlM, EK1, SO, OHW | until 1817 part of the occupation forces in France |
Karl August Joseph Friedrich von Bose | 1763-1826 | 1815-1825 | MHO, RAO1 | previously in Saxon service |
Hermann von Boyen | 1771-1848 | 1784-1848 | PlM, RAO1, SAO, ONL , GO, SO, EK1 | F , two-time Prussian war minister , military reformer, wounded near Auerstedt |
Friedrich Wilhelm of Braunschweig | 1771–1815 ( † Quatre-Bras ) | 1789-1815 | As the founder of the black crowd, a leading figure in the wars of liberation | |
Christian Wilhelm von Chlebowsky | 1755-1807 | 1767-1807 | PlM, RAO1 | Died of exhaustion |
Franz Peter von Cornerut | 1734-1808 | 1754-1808 | For surrender to a court martial | |
Carl Adolf von Carlowitz | 1771-1837 | 1815-1837 | MHO, OEK1, OHA , RAO1 | F , previously fought for Russia and Saxony, |
Carl von Clausewitz | 1780-1831 | 1792-1831 | RAO2, OHW, OHA , OHG | important military theorist, meanwhile in Russian service, signatory of the Convention of Tauroggen , one year in captivity |
Daniel Ludwig of Crousaz | 1746-1811 | 1766-1800 | PlM | previously in Sardinian service |
Johann Georg Ferdinand von Damm | 1717-1797 | 1736-1797 | PlM | |
Johann Anton von Dessaunieres | 1731-1802 | 1761-1802 | PlM | previously in French and Dutch service |
August von Dohna-Lauck | 1728-1796 | 1744-1796 | ||
Wilhelm Ludwig Viktor Henckel von Donnersmarck | 1775-1849 | 1789-1849 | F , commander of the occupation forces | |
Karl von Esebeck | 1745-1809 | 1760-1808 | PlM | |
Christian Moritz Alexander von Frankenberg and Ludwigsdorf | 1732-1794 | 1749-1794 | PlM | |
Friedrich Wilhelm Leopold by Gaudi | 1765-1823 | 1779-1819 | PlM, RAO1, EK2 | Governor General of Silesia |
Karl August von Greiffenberg | 1738–1807 ( ‡ Auerstedt ) | 1756-1807 | ||
Karl Georg Albrecht Ernst von Hake | 1769-1835 | 1785-1833 | PlM, RAO1, SAO, OHA , MMTO | later Minister of War |
Gottfried Ernst Sigismund wooden shoe maker from Harrlach | 1750-1816 | 1767-1816 | wounded near Auerstedt | |
Philip of Ivernois | 1754-1813 | 1786-1813 | PlM | previously in Swiss service |
Friedrich Wilhelm von Jagow | 1771-1857 | 1785-1836 | PlM, EK1, SAO, RAO1 | a few months in captivity |
Bernhard Friedrich Moritz Joseph von Jechner | 1750-1821 | 1763-1815 | PlM | active in military reform |
Karl August Adolf von Krafft | 1764-1840 | 1778-1832 | PlM, EK1, ♣ RAO1, ♣ RAO2, RAO3, SAO, OHA1 | |
Wilhelm von Krauseneck | 1774-1850 | 1791-1848 | ÖkLO , HGL, RAO1, ANO, SO, OHA , EK1, SAO | furthermore military cartographer and geodesist |
Gustav von Kessel | 1760-1827 | 1776-1827 | EK on the white band, ♣ RAO1, ♣ RAO2 | lastly commander of the Invalidenhaus in Berlin |
Wilhelm von Knobelsdorff | 1752-1820 | 1771-1820 | Envoy to The Hague and Constantinople | |
Johann Friedrich von Krajewski | 1742-1807 | 1756-1807 | PlM | |
Mathias Julius von Laurens | 1755–1807 (‡ Defense of Danzig) | 1770-1807 | PlM | previously in Russian service, |
Carl Heinrich August von Lindenau | 1755-1842 | 1786-1820 | PlM | |
Friedrich von Lingelsheim | 1755-1835 | 1773-1817 | PlM | |
Karl Friedrich Ludwig von Lobenthal | 1766-1821 | 1780-1821 | PlM, RAO2, EK2, HOGL | wounded near Leipzig |
Michael Heinrich von Losthin | 1762-1839 | 1780-1815 | PlM, EK, OHA , SO, RAO2 | |
Carl Friedrich Heinrich von Wylich and Lottum | 1767-1841 | 1784-1809, 1810-1841 | PlM, RAO, diamonds for SAO, ÖkLO, VBK (Komtur) | Minister in various functions |
Ludwig Moritz von Lucadou | 1741-1812 | 1778-1825 | Offspring of a French aristocratic family, posthumously unjustly defamed as a coward, previously in Sardinian service | |
Johann Adolph von Lützow | 1748-1819 | 1762-1813 | PlM | |
Ernst Julius von Magusch | 1734-1815 | 1753-1813 | PlM | Captured near Weimar in the fourth coalition war |
Karl Ludwig von Oppeln-Bronikowski | 1766-1842 | 1778-1821 | PlM, EK on the white band, RAO2, RAO3 | |
Georg Dubislav Ludwig von Pirch | 1763-1838 | 1775-1816 | PlM, OHA , RAO1, OHG, EL (Grand Officer) | Older brother Otto von Pirchs |
Otto von Pirch | 1765-1824 | 1775-1815, 1819-1824 | PlM, RAO1 | reinstated as chief director of the cadet institutions etc. |
Bonaventure by Rauch | 1740-1814 | 1761 (?) - 1806 | Released without parting in 1806 when he was subsequently house arrested, father of Johann Gustav Georg von Rauch | |
Kaspar Friedrich von Rentzel | 1741-1817 | 1757-1815 | PlM | Injured on the treasure in battle |
Friedrich Ludwig von Schack | 1747-1829 | 1766-1814 | PlM | Sentenced to two years imprisonment |
Christian Friedrich von Schimonski | 1745-1813 | 1761-1813 | PlM | Brother Dietrich von Schimonsky |
Dietrich Leberecht von Schimonsky | 1740-1826 | 1758–1806 (?) | Captured as a prisoner of war at the surrender of Magdeburg, then placed under arrest | |
Johann Friedrich Wilhelm von Schoeler | 1731-1817 | 1756-1817 | PlM (revoked) | Disgraced because of Hameln's surrender |
Georg Dietrich von Sobbe | 1747-1823 | 1763-1813 | PlM | In 1774 he was stripped of his nobility |
Friedrich Alexander zu Solms-Hohensolms-Lich | 1763-1830 | 1802-1830 | RAO1 | previously in Dutch service, governor von Berg |
Carl August von Stutterheim | 1759-1820 | 1773-1820 | ♣ PlM | |
Ernst Ludwig von Tippelskirch | 1774-1840 | 1794-1840 | PlM, EK1, RAO1 | |
Ernst Christian Albert von Tresckow | 1760-1831 | 1782-1825 | PlM, RAO | |
Karl Gottlieb von Tschepe | 1740-1826 | 1755-1806 | PlM | sentenced to two years imprisonment after the surrender of Magdeburg |
Friedrich August Albrecht von Tschirschky | 1734-1799 | 1749-1799 | PlM | |
Ernst Vollrad from Vieregge | 1744-1816 | 1771-1813 | PlM | previously in service in Brunswick |
Georg Ludwig Alexander von Wahlen-Jurgass | 1758-1833 | 1775-1816 | PlM, EK1, RAO1, OHW, OHA | wounded at Haynau |
Johann August Karl zu Wied | 1779-1836 | 1797-1836 | SAO, RAO1, HOGL | |
Karl Heinrich von Zielinski | 1772-1817 | 1791-1871 | PlM, EK1, OHA , OHW | died of one of the aftermaths of the war |
cavalry
Surname | Lifetime | period of service | Awards | Remarks | |
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Johann Kasimir von Auer | 1736-1809 | 1754-1807 | PlM | ||
Joseph Theodor Sigismund von Baczko | 1751-1840 | 1765-1813 | PlM, OHA | ||
Abraham of Bailliodz | 1736-1815 | 1756-1806 | PlM | ||
Karl Friedrich Hermann von Beeren | 1749-1817 | 1764-1813 | PlM | Not used after the Peace of Tilsit | |
Jakob Friedrich von Berg | 1734-1797 | 1748-1797 | |||
Joseph Albrecht Christoph von Bieberstein-Pilchowsky | 1730-1815 | 1757-1797 | PlM | ||
Jakob Albrecht von Birkhahn | 1733-1801 | 1751-1796 | PlM | ||
Hans Rudolf von Bischoffwerder | 1741-1803 | 1760-1763, 1778-1798 | SAO | F , meanwhile in Saxon service | |
Wilhelm von Boeltzig | 1755-1834 | 1772-1808 | PlM, RAO1 | ||
Hans Friedrich Heinrich von Borstell | 1730-1804 | 1743-1804 | RAO1 | operated successfully at Pirmasens | |
Hieronymus von Brückner | 1730-1806 | 1751-1797 | PlM | ||
Albert Christian Heinrich von Brühl | 1743-1792 | 1787-1792 | previously in Saxon service | ||
Karl Wilhelm von Bünting | 1738-1809 | 1759-1809 | PlM | wounded near Auerstedt | |
Karl Wilhelm von Byern | 1737-1800 | 1753-1800 | PlM | ||
Karl Friedrich von Corswant | 1754-1824 | 1769-1815 | PlM, EK1, OGV, CO | F. | |
Gottlob Karl Ludwig von Corvin-Wiersbitzki | 1756-1817 | 1770-1813 | PlM | ||
Georg Ludwig Friedrich von Dalwig | 1762-1832 | 1774-1813 | PlM, RAO3 | ||
Johann Ehrenreich von Dehrmann | 1728-1809 | 1752-1794 | PlM | ||
Philipp Georg von Dietherdt | 1741-1807 | 1757-1807 | PlM | 1804 Minister of War | |
Leopold Wilhelm von Dobschütz | 1763-1836 | 1777-1827 | EK1, RAO1, SO, OHA , OHW | F , later governor of the Rhine Province and Breslau, honorary title: "Held von Dennewitz" and "Liberator of Wittenberg" | |
Georg Ludwig von Gilsa | 1730-1792 | 1745-1792 | |||
Johann Wilhelm von der Goltz | 1737-1793 | 1752-1793 | PlM, RAO | died of the consequences of an injury while exploring | |
Karl Franz von der Goltz | 1740-1804 | 1756 (?) - 1770, 1787-1804 | PlM, RAO | meanwhile in Polish service, later appointed lieutenant general | |
Leopold Heinrich von der Goltz | 1746-1816 | 1758-1797 | RAO | received the character of Lieutenant General after retirement | |
Levin von Heister | 1757-1816 | 1798-1816 | PlM, EK2, RAO3, HOGL | previously in Hessian and British service, governor between the Rhine and Weser rivers | |
Karl Friedrich Bernhard Helmuth von Hobe | 1765-1822 | 1788-1822 | ♣ PlM, EK1, RAO2, OHW3 | ||
Friedrich August Thomas von Heymann | 1740-1801 | 1792-1801 | in French service until the Revolution, Prussian envoy in Munich | ||
Levin von Geusau | 1734-1808 | 1752-1808 | RAO | F , father of General Gustav von Rauch | |
Heinrich von der Goltz | 1775-1822 | 1787-1822 | ♣ PlM, EK1, EK2, RAO1, OHW, MMJO | later ambassador to France | |
Friedrich von Kall | 1742-1809 | 1762-1807 | PlM, RAO | in French service until the battle of Rossbach | |
Andreas Georg Friedrich von Katzler | 1764-1834 | 1776-1827 | PlM, OHW, EK1, SO, ♣ RAO1, ♣ RAO2 | severe wound in battle near Möckern | |
Joseph Friedrich Karl von Klüx | 1774-1816 | 1788-1816 | PlM, RAO2, EK1 | ||
August Friedrich Erdmann von Krafft | 1748-1822 | 1762-1815 | PlM | ||
Karl von Massenbach | 1752-1821 | 1769-1810, 1813-1814 | PlM | ||
Gottlieb Sigismund Karl Miesitschek von Wischkau | 1745-1810 | 1760-1808 | PlM | ||
Adolf Friedrich von Oppen | 1762-1834 | 1772-1811, 1813-1816 | PlM, EK1, OHA2, RAO3 | ||
Christian Friedrich of the East | 1740-1819 | 1756-1813 | |||
Hans Joachim Friedrich von Sydow | 1762-1823 | 1775-1822 | PlM, EK2, SO | ||
Gustav von Rauch | 1774-1841 | 1788-1841 | PlM, SAO, RAO1, MMJO, OHA | later Minister of War | |
Michael Szabszinski from Rembow | 1740-1818 | 1753-1813 | PlM, RAO3, OHA | Paid with full salary in 1807 | |
Adrian Gottlieb von Rhein | 1745-1805 | 1788 (?) - 1805 | PlM | ||
Friedrich Erhard von Röder | 1768-1834 | 1781-1832 | PlM, RAO1, Knights of the EL, MMTO | excelled at Waterloo | |
Heinrich Dietrich Christoph von Roeder | 1742-1831 | 1758-1813 | |||
Karl Alexander Wilhelm von Treskow | 1764-1823 | 1778-1815 | PlM, EK1 | ||
Heinrich von Zawadzky | 1758-1820 | 1774-1810, 1813-1815 | RAO3 | ||
Hans Ernst Karl von Zieten | 1770-1848 | 1786–1848 at the latest | ♣ PlM, EK1, SAO, RAO1, Knight OB , SSO , ANO | Commander in Chief of the Prussian Occupation Corps |
artillery
Surname | Lifetime | period of service | Awards | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|
Karl Philipp von Anhalt | 1732-1806 | 1756-1795 | PlM | |
Christoph Karl Friedrich von Bardeleben | 1727-1798 | 1748-1794 | Sentenced to four weeks' arrest for negligence | |
Karl Friedrich von Holtzendorff | 1764-1828 | 1778-1828 | ♣ PlM, ♣ RAO1, RAO2, SO, EK1 | wounded at Ligny |
Joachim Friedrich Wilhelm Neander von Petersheiden | 1743-1817 | 1762-1814 | PlM, RAO3 | Inspector |
Johann Christian von Pontanus | 1742-1813 | 1762-1813 | PlM | President of the Artillery Examination Commission |
Wilhelm Ludwig von Puttkamer | 1739-1820 | 1761-1809 | PlM | initially in Dutch service |
Joachim Friedrich Wilhelm von Oppen | 1747-1815 | 1763-1815 | RAO3, OHA | President of the Artillery Examination Commission |
Heinrich Otto von Scheel | 1745-1808 | 1787 (?) - 1808 | previously in Danish service | |
Johann Heinrich Otto von Schmidt | 1758-1841 | 1772-1824 | PlM, ♣ RAO1, knight of the EL | worked in the meantime and afterwards in the War Ministry |
Legend
The period of service relates solely to active service in the Prussian army.
† = killed in battle ‡ = died as a result of the wounds from the battle
In order to emphasize the high proportion of Freemasons, these are highlighted in the notes with an " F ".
Awards
Some of the awards were also given before and after the coalition wars. If the expression is unknown, they are written in italics. In the case of distinctions with gradations, the classes are appended in Arabic numerals. Large crosses are shown in bold, oak leaves are marked with a "♣". The abbreviations are as follows:
Prussian
- Pour le Mérite = PlM
- Iron Cross = EK
- Knight of the Black Eagle Order = SAO
- Red Eagle Order = ROA
- Royal House Order of Hohenzollern = HH
russian
- Russian Order of St. George Class = OHG
- Order of St. Vladimir = OHW
- Russian Order of the Saint Anna Class = OHA
- Alexander Nevsky Order = ANO
- Order of St. Andrew the First Called = OHAE
- Order of St. Stanislaus = OHS
Austrian
- Order of the Dutch Lion = ONL
- Commander of the Military Maria Theresa Order = MMTO
- Order of the Iron Crown = OEK
- ku St. Stephen's Order = SSO
- Austrian-Imperial Leopold Order = ÖkLO
- Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece = OGV
Bavarian
- Order of Hubert = HO
- Military Max Joseph Order = MMJO
- Order of Merit of the Bavarian Crown = VBK
Baden
- House Order of Loyalty = BTE
- Order of the Zähringer Lion = OZL
Awards from other German principalities
- Military Order of St. Heinrich = MHO (Saxon)
- Guelph Order = GO (Hanoverian)
- Württemberg Military Merit Order = MVO
- House Order of the Golden Lion = HOGL (Hessen-Kassel)
- Grand Ducal Hessian Order of Ludwig = GHL (Hessen-Homburg)
british
- Order of the Garter = HBO
- Order of the Bath = OB
Swedish
- Order of the Sword = SO
- Royal Order of Seraphines = KSO
Further
- Military Wilhelms-Orden = MWO (Dutch)
- Elephant Order = EO (Danish)
- Order of the White Eagle = WAO (Polish)
- Member of the Legion of Honor = EL (French)
- Order of Christ = CO (papal)
literature
- Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 2, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1937], DNB 367632772 ; Volume 3, [1937], DNB 367632780
- Christian Zweng: The knights of the order Pour le Mérite 1740-1918. Recorded by name and structured according to the levels of the order. Biblio-Verlag, Osnabrück 1998, ISBN 3-7648-2503-0