Louis von Hesberg

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Louis Otto Ernst Georg Friedrich von Hesberg (also Heßberg or Hessberg ; * September 7, 1824 in Kassel , † December 23, 1909 in Betzigerode ) was a Prussian cavalry general and landowner in northern Hesse .

Life

origin

Louis was the second and youngest son of Heinrich Justin von Hesberg (born March 23, 1785 in Laar ; † December 11, 1827 in Kassel), last lieutenant colonel in the Elector of Hesse and commander of the Life Guard Regiment , which closed on January 16, 1815 Marriage to Dorothea Marianne Henriette Karoline von Eschwege zu Aue (born December 9, 1792 in Aue, † December 21, 1859 in Hanover).

His siblings were Caroline Friederike von Hesberg (1816–1876) and Carl Georg Friedrich von Hesberg (1818–1873).

Military career

After completing his school education at the electoral cadet school in Kassel, Hesberg joined the body dragoon regiment of the electoral Hessian army on May 8, 1842 , where he was appointed second lieutenant on August 23, 1843 . In 1846 he was in the 4th Squadron of the regiment in Hofgeismar, which had since been renamed the 1st Hussar Regiment (Leib-Hussaren Regiment) . From May 11, 1849, Hesberg acted as regimental adjutant until he took his leave on November 12, 1850 . On January 25, 1851, he rejoined the army and was reassigned to his old regiment. There he served as regimental adjutant from February 24, 1851 and advanced to prime lieutenant at the end of August 1851 . On September 23, 1851 he was aggregated to the regiment and commanded as brigadjutant. When he was promoted to Rittmeister , he was appointed squadron chief in the 2nd Hussar Regiment (Duke of Saxony-Meiningen) in Hofgeismar on December 31, 1855 . At the end of January 1864, Hesberg was transferred to the Garde du Corps as commander of the body squadron . In this position he took part in the German War in 1866 .

After the annexation of Kurhessen by Prussia , Hesberg was taken over into the Prussian Army on October 30, 1866 as Rittmeister with the 2nd Hessian Hussar Regiment No. 14, formed from the tribe of the previous Kurhessian 2nd Hussar Regiment, and initially to the Brandenburg Cuirassier Regiment (Emperor Nicholas I of Russia) No. 6 aggregated. On November 17, 1866, he was assigned to the regiment as squadron chief. Hesberg was promoted to major on January 17, 1867, and became a regular staff officer of the regiment on May 18, 1867 . As such he took part in the battles at Spichern , Vionville , Gravelotte , Orléans and Le Mans in 1870/71 during the war against France . From August 25 to September 13, 1870, he was in charge of the Schleswig-Holstein Uhlan Regiment No. 15 .

Awarded both classes of the Iron Cross , Hesberg was entrusted with the command of the 3rd Silesian Dragoons Regiment No. 15 in Hagenau after the peace treaty on August 26, 1871 under position à la suite and appointed its commander on November 4, 1871 . Service in that took place on 18 January 1872 was promoted to lieutenant colonel and on 19 September 1874 to Colonel . On June 15, 1875, he was transferred as a commander to the 2nd Guard Uhlan Regiment in Berlin . After that, Hesberg served first from March 2, 1880 as commander of the 19th Cavalry Brigade and then from May 13, 1880 to March 25, 1885 as a major general in command of the 20th Cavalry Brigade , both stationed in Hanover .

On March 20, 1885, the two cavalry brigades of the 1st Army Corps in East Prussia were detached from their respective infantry divisions and combined to form the Cavalry Division of the 1st Corps with headquarters in Königsberg . Major General Hesberg was entrusted with the leadership of the division and, after his promotion to lieutenant general, was appointed its commander.

With the award of the Order of the Red Eagle 1st Class with Oak Leaves, Hesberg was put up for disposal on October 15, 1888 with the statutory pension . After his departure , he retired to his estate in Betzigerode , which he inherited after the death of his uncle Georg Wilhelm Ernst von Heßberg (1777-1852), Lieutenant General and former Minister of War in the Electorate of Hesse. On September 19, 1891, Kaiser Wilhelm II gave him the character of general of the cavalry and, on the occasion of his 80th birthday, the uniform of the 2nd Guard Uhlan Regiment.

Marriage and offspring

Hesberg married Juliane (Julie, Lilli) Elisabeth Christiane von Blumenstein on August 8, 1855 in Falkenberg (born January 7, 1837 in Kassel; † March 26, 1924 in Betzigerode). She was the seventh (the fifth surviving infancy) of eight children of Freiherr Ernst von Blumenstein (1796-1875) and his wife Johanna Caroline "Friederike" von Meyerfeld (1799-1866). The children came from marriage:

  • Johanna Dorothea Amalia (born September 19, 1856) ⚭ October 21, 1884 Ernst von Steinberg on Brüggen
  • Georg Ernst Borries (born July 3, 1858 - † October 18, 1926), Grand Ducal Saxon court marshal , retired Prussian Rittmeister . D. ⚭ 1903 Ottilie Emma Elise Wally-Grub (born October 14, 1871)
  • Maria Klothilde Karoline (born December 2, 1860)
  • Ebba Johanna Jenny (born December 17, 1861)
  • Ernst Chlodwig (born March 10, 1867), Prussian officer

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ After the death of her first husband in Kassel in 1832, she married the royal Hanoverian chamberlain Borries Friedrich Karl von Hammerstein zu Apelern ( Handbuch des Prussischen Adels. Second volume, Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1893, p. 332. )
  2. ↑ Electoral Hessian Court and State Handbook for the year 1846. Kassel, p. 84.
  3. ↑ Electoral Hessian Court and State Handbook for the year 1857. Kassel, p. 95 ; and Electoral Hessian Court and State Handbook for the year 1862. Kassel, p. 95.
  4. ↑ Gerhard von Glasenapp: History of the Schleswig-Holstein Uhlan Regiment No. 15. Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1894, p. 183.
  5. ^ R. von Haber: The Cavalry of the German Empire. Helwing, Hannover 1877, p. 200.
  6. ^ Personnel changes - Royal Prussian Army . In: Militär-Wochenblatt , No. 49 of June 19, 1875, p. 973.
  7. ↑ Hans Heinrich Fritz Cäcil of foresters: History of the Royal Prussian Lancers Graf zu Dohna (Ostpreußisches) No 8 of 1815 to 1890. Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1890, p 482 ; Max Orlop: History of the Cuirassier Regiment Count Wrangel (East Prussian) No. 3. Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1892, pp. 529-530 ; Handbook of the Prussian Nobility. Second volume, Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1893, p. 333.
  8. ^ Son of the Landgrave Karl Emanuel von Hessen-Rotenburg from his extramarital relationship with Lucie Amalie Juliane Struve.
  9. ^ Handbook of the Prussian Nobility. Second volume, Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1893, p. 333.
personal data
SURNAME Hesberg, Louis of
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hesberg, Louis Otto Ernst Georg Friedrich von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian general of the cavalry
DATE OF BIRTH September 7, 1824
PLACE OF BIRTH kassel
DATE OF DEATH December 23, 1909
Place of death Betzigerode