Louis von Rothmaler

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Louis von Rothmaler

Louis Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Lewin von Rothmaler (born September 6, 1814 in Teistungen , † May 20, 1884 in Erfurt ) was a Prussian infantry general .

Life

origin

Louis came from the noble family von Rothmaler. His father was the Saxon Rittmeister a. D. Karl Heinrich Wilhelm von Rothmaler († July 27, 1852 in Teistungen) and his wife Antonie Amalie, born von Westernhagen (* December 21, 1895; † June 3, 1878 in Erfurt ).

Military career

Rothmaler attended grammar school in Nordhausen and joined the school department of the teaching infantry battalion of the Prussian army in mid-November 1830 . From October 1, 1836 he was a private in the 26th Infantry Regiment , was promoted to Second Lieutenant there on September 24, 1835 and as such was used as an adjutant of the 1st Battalion from May 1839 and as a regimental adjutant from February 3, 1845. On December 14, 1848, he was transferred to the 8th Infantry Brigade as adjutant. As such, Rothmaler was involved in the suppression of the Baden Revolution in 1849 and was used in the battles near Ladenburg , Rauental and the enclosure of Rastatt . In the same year in May 1849 he became adjutant of the 1st Division of the II Army Corps of the Rhine Army. Shortly thereafter, Rothmaler was promoted to prime lieutenant and transferred to the 34th Infantry Regiment . In the same year Rothmaler was employed as an adjutant of the combined infantry brigade in Frankfurt am Main and a year later in the same function in the combined infantry brigade of General von Tietzen in the army corps in the Electorate of Hesse . On July 9, 1853 he was promoted to captain and as such Rothmaler was company commander in the 6th Infantry Regiment from March 6, 1856 to November 5, 1858 . Subsequently, with the promotion to major, he was appointed commander of the 2nd battalion of the 10th Landwehr Regiemts in Oels . For a short time, Rothmaler was a battalion leader in the 10th combined infantry regiment from May 8 to June 30, 1860, then battalion commander in infantry regiment No. 50 and then took part in the war against Denmark in 1864 as a lieutenant colonel .

After participating in the German War , he was initially commissioned with the leadership in 1866 and shortly afterwards was given command of Fusilier Regiment No. 35 . In 1866 he was promoted to colonel, took part in the battle of Königgrätz , was commander of the 11th Infantry Brigade in 1870 and was promoted to major general in the same month . He took part in the Franco-Prussian War , fought near Vionville , Gravelotte , the enclosure of Metz and was wounded by a shot in the right upper arm near Azay. In 1874 he was entrusted with the command of the 7th Division and in the following year Lieutenant General and Commander of the 7th and then of the 8th Division . On September 25, 1880, Rothmaler was put up for disposal with the character of General of the Infantry with a pension .

Rothmaler was a legal knight of the Order of St. John .

family

Rothmaler was married three times. On June 29, 1845 he married Auguste von Olberg († August 21, 1856 in Glogau). After her death, he married Charlotte von Ladiges on January 5, 1858 in Glogau (born October 15, 1824 in Vosnegard, † April 19, 1876 in Erfurt). His third marriage went Rothmaler on 24 September 1878 in pouting Agnes Friederike Ernestine from the Berswordt , widowed von Hanstein (* June 27, 1848 in Oels, † December 24, 1929 ibid) - a subsidiary of the District Administrator Rudolf von Berswordt - a . The following children emerged from the marriages:

  1. Anton Leopold Eduard (born January 1, 1848, † July 1, 1866), Prussian second lieutenant in . Grenadier Regiment 7 , in the German war fallen
  2. Marie Amalie Auguste (born November 1, 1858 in Erfurt; † 1928) ⚭ September 26, 1877 Karl von Eine (1853–1934), Prussian Colonel General in World War I and Minister of War from 1903 to 1909 . After the marriage he received the permission to use the surname of Rothmaler , since this sex became extinct with his father-in-law in the male line .
  3. Margarete Rudolfine Adolfine (born October 19, 1879 in Erfurt),
⚭ I September 25, 1900 Sigismund Freiherr von Seherr-Thoß , Prussian lieutenant colonel
⚭ II August 16, 1910 Friedrich Rogalla von Bieberstein , Prussian captain in Grenadier Regiment No. 12

Awards

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ernst Heinrich Kneschke : New general German nobility lexicon . Volume 7. Leipzig 1867. p. 607
personal data
SURNAME Rothmaler, Louis von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rothmaler, Louis Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Lewin von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian general of the infantry
DATE OF BIRTH September 6, 1814
PLACE OF BIRTH Performance
DATE OF DEATH May 20, 1884
Place of death Erfurt