Louis von Roedern
Louis Graf von Roedern (born December 4, 1795 in Pohlwitz , † December 18, 1857 in Berlin ) was a Prussian major general and commander of the 10th Infantry Brigade .
Life
origin
Louis was a son of the heir of Ostrawe and Pohlwitz , Albrecht Ludwig von Roedern (1755-1814), and his wife Helene Charlotte, née von Kleist (1765-1802).
Military career
Roedern, together with his father and three brothers, made himself available to the Prussian king in Breslau at the beginning of the wars of liberation . Due to the advanced age, Friedrich Wilhelm III waived . to a re-use of the father. Roedern then joined the hunter detachment of the Guard Regiment of the Prussian Army as a volunteer hunter on February 20, 1813 and was promoted to second lieutenant until mid-May 1813 . He was seriously wounded in the battle of Großgörschen and was then awarded the Iron Cross, 2nd class. After his recovery, Roedern returned to the troops at the end of December 1813, took part in the Battle of Paris at the end of March of the following year and received the Order of St. Anne IV. Class for this.
After the war Roedern rose to captain and company commander by mid-April 1831 . He was promoted to major on March 26, 1841 in the Kaiser Alexander Grenadier Regiment . During the March Revolution in 1848, Roedern had the order, mounted and accompanied by four citizens, to read a proclamation from King Friedrich Wilhelm IV. To the Berliners. The thankless task earned him the gratitude of his monarch, who also used him for diplomatic assignments in 1848/49. In 1849 Roedern took part in the battle near Schleswig during the war in Schleswig ; for it was the Red Eagle Order III. Awarded class with swords. On November 19, 1849, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel . On the occasion of the festival of the Order, Roedern received the Order of St. John in January 1850 . On May 17, 1850 he was appointed commander of the 13th Infantry Regiment in Wesel . When unrest broke out in the Electorate of Hesse in 1850 due to the constitutional conflict, he took part in the occupation of Kassel in order to restore the traditional order. In gratitude, Elector Friedrich Wilhelm I awarded him the Commander's Cross, 2nd class, of the Order of Wilhelm . On April 19, 1851 he became a colonel and on May 10, 1855 commander of the 10th Infantry Brigade in Frankfurt (Oder) . After Roedern had been placed à la suite of his previous regiment in early July 1855 , he was promoted to major general on July 12, 1855. Because of his attitude to his Commanding General Friedrich von Wrangel he took his leave and was on March 8, 1857 Board for disposition made. In recognition of his many years of service, Roedern received the Order of the Red Eagle, 2nd class with swords on the ring, on December 8, 1857.
He died a little later on December 18, 1857, unmarried in Berlin. On December 21, 1857, his body was transferred to Rietschütz and buried there.
literature
- Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 6, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1938], DNB 367632810 , pp. 375-376, no. 2003.
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Roedern, Louis von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian major general and commander of the 10th Infantry Brigade |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th December 1795 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pohlwitz |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 18, 1857 |
| Place of death | Berlin |