Louis of Mutius

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General Louis von Mutius

Louis Wilhelm Franz von Mutius (born March 20, 1796 in Oels , † August 6, 1866 in Austerlitz ) was a Prussian general of the cavalry .

Life

origin

He was the son of the later Prussian major general Johann Karl von Mutius and his wife Charlotte Friederike, née Freiin von Lützow (1758–1811).

Military career

On February 1, 1813, Mutius joined the 1st Cuirassier Regiment of the Prussian Army as a simple soldier . He became an ensign and on May 20, 1813 he was appointed second lieutenant . Operations during the Wars of Liberation were Großgörschen and Haynau . For his achievements at Haynau he received the Iron Cross 2nd class. In the autumn campaign of 1813 he fought near Dresden , Kulm , Liebertwolkwitz , in the Battle of the Nations near Leipzig and in the spring of 1814 also in the battle of Montmirail and Étoges .

After serving in France , he was transferred to Breslau and promoted to Prime Lieutenant on July 6, 1818 . In 1821 Mutius was transferred to the 10th Division in Posen as adjutant , in 1829 as Rittmeister to the 5th Cuirassier Regiment . From 1833 to 1835 he was adjutant at the General Command of the V Corps and then squadron chief in the 1st Cuirassier Regiment . In 1835 he was promoted to major and on March 20, 1841 he became a regular staff officer. By 1848 he was promoted to commander of the 8th Uhlan Regiment and took part in the suppression of the Baden Revolution . Here he earned the reputation of a skillful and circumspect commander, in particular he regularly led the vanguard . On November 19, 1849, he became a lieutenant colonel and on April 19, 1851, he became a colonel , still in the 8th Uhlan Regiment, which changed garrison locations several times during this time.

On November 18, 1852, Mutius was transferred to Trier as commander of the 16th Cavalry Brigade . In this position he was promoted to major general on July 13, 1854. In 1855 he belonged to the commission that worked out new regulations for the drill of the cavalry in Berlin . In the spring of 1858 he was appointed commander of the 13th Division in Münster , in November 1858 he temporarily took over the general command of the VII Army Corps and on November 22, 1858 became lieutenant general . In this position he took part in the partial mobilization in 1859 on the occasion of the war between France and Austria and was then transferred to the 12th Division in November 1859 .

In 1860 he was appointed legal knight of the Order of St. John and received the Order of the Red Eagle 1st Class with Oak Leaves and Swords the following year . In August 1862 he led the cavalry's equestrian exercises near Berlin with eight regiments and three mounted batteries. From October 1862 to January 1863 he was in command of the 11th Division in Breslau. On January 30, 1863 he was commanding general of the VI. Army Corps . On the occasion of his 50th anniversary in service, he received the Order of the Crown First Class and the Grand Cross of the House Order of the White Falcon from Grand Duke Carl Alexander of Saxe-Weimar , who was a former comrade of his regiment. Even before his appointment, Mutius had the VI several times as a representative. Army Corps. Since June 1864 he was general of the cavalry.

During the German War of 1866, his corps was supposed to march through the Giant Mountains into Bohemia as the left wing of the Crown Prince's 2nd Army . Mutius had to surrender some formations from his corps, which remained in Upper Silesia as a security association. The so-called Knobelsdorff detachment was set up from three regiments and a battery . The rest of his corps stood behind the V Army Corps ( Steinmetz ) when they marched into Bohemia . He was not involved in the fighting at Nachod and Skalitz . The two corps could only advance over the pass one after the other and the battles were only fought by parts of the Steinmetz corps. During the Battle of Skalitz only one brigade from Corps Mutius had arrived on the Vysokov plateau .

During the advance towards Königgrätz, parts of the 12th Division remained in front of Josephstadt. With the remaining soldiers of his corps he took part in the battle of Königgrätz . He advanced on the extreme Prussian left and pushed back the right wing of the Austrians. Because of this advance, the retreat in this section became a very costly escape for the Austrians. It was his corps that almost reached communication with the right wing. The Austrian Northern Army was able to flee through the remaining gap of about two kilometers wide and escape enclosure. For his successes in the campaign he received the order Pour le Mérite on July 28, 1866 .

Louis von Mutius died of cholera on August 6, 1866 near Austerlitz in Moravia.

family

He married on January 18, 1819 in Breslau with Helene Marie von Röder (1800–1872). She was the daughter of the general of the cavalry Friedrich Erhard von Röder (1768–1834) and Henriette Christiane Ehrengard Emilie von Bardeleben (1769–1844). Mutius was very wealthy through an inheritance, but remained in the army and later even sold his property because he could not oversee the administration and had suffered considerable financial losses.

The following children were born from the marriage:

  • Julius (1819-1901), Prussian colonel a. D.
  • Erhard (1821–1880), Prussian Privy Councilor and Chairman of the Railway Commission
  • Luise (1823–1894) ⚭ May 4, 1849 in Breslau Maximilian von Roedern (1816–1898), Prussian lieutenant general
  • Karl (1824-1825)
  • Friedrich (1824–1847)
  • Maximilian (1825-1826)
  • Paul (1827–1876), Prussian major a. D.
  • Peter (1828–1904), Prussian major general ⚭ 1872 Johanna Mathes (1851–1921)
  • Henriette (1830-1894)
  • Wilhelm (1832–1918), Prussian Lieutenant General ⚭ 1867 Marie von Bärensprung (* 1843)

literature

Individual evidence

  1. G. v. Glasenapp : The generals of the German army. Berlin 1874 ff. Fol. 372. the 12th division remained completely at Josephsstadt, according to Wawro the 12th division was in action at Königgrätz
  2. ^ Wawro: The Austro-Prussian War. P. 264.
  3. ^ Wawro: The Austro-Prussian War. P. 270.