Ludwig August Friedrich von dem Bussche-Haddenhausen

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Ludwig August Friedrich von dem Bussche-Haddenhausen (also Louis , born March 16, 1772 in Osnabrück , † August 22, 1852 in Liethe near Wunstorf ) was a royal Hanoverian general of the infantry and heir to Liethe and Offelten .

Life

origin

His parents were General Georg Wilhelm Daniel von dem Bussche-Haddenhausen (1726–1794) and his wife Freiin Dorothea Friederike von Hammerstein-Equord (1741–1777). General Hans von dem Bussche was his brother.

Military career

He fought with his father in the First Coalition War in the Netherlands. He also took part in the battles of September 6 and 7, 1795 at Rexpoede, in which Field Marshal Wilhelm von Freytag was freed. When the Electorate of Hanover surrendered in 1803, he was captain of the 9th Infantry Regiment. After the army was disbanded, he joined the German Legion like many others . In 1809 he became a lieutenant colonel there . He fought with the Legion in Hanover in 1805, in the Baltic States in 1807/08 and in Spain and southern France from 1809 to 1814. After crossing the river Bidasoa near France, he became the commander of the 1st Light Battalion, which was deployed in the Netherlands in 1815 and also took part in the battle of Waterloo in the division of Lieutenant General Carl von Alten . He then rose to the position of Hanoverian general of the infantry and died on August 22, 1852 in Liethe.

In 1815 he was awarded the command of the Guelph Order .

family

He was married to Elise von Malortie de Bimont (* August 4, 1802, † November 28, 1862). The couple had several children:

  • Wilhelm (William) Ferdinand Adolf Clamore (* May 8, 1820 - † June 9, 1877) ⚭ 1851 Countess Adelheid von Hardenberg (* June 8, 1824 - † January 7, 1898)
  • Georg Ernst Carl (born April 23, 1822 - † October 9, 1854), Dr. Jur.
  • Julie Frederike Charlotte Dorothea Adelheid (born January 6, 1830), canon
  • Julius Ernst Hermann (* October 18, 1827 - † January 4, 1882) ⚭ Juliana Augusta Henriette von Salviati (* November 21, 1832; † March 25, 1892)
  • Adelheid Frederike Wilhelmine Therese Emilie (born August 7, 1833)

literature

  • Bernhard von Linsingen-Gersdorff: From Hanover's military past. A. Weichelt, Hannover 1880, pp. 398f.
  • Gustav von dem Bussche: History of the von dem Bussche. Hildesheim 1887, panel XII. Haddenhauser Line .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Royal Great Britain-Hanover State Calendar to the year 1819. Berenberg, Lauenburg 1819, p. 6
  2. ↑ Johann von Horn: The Guelph order of the Kingdom of Hanover according to its constitution and history. Hinrichs, Leipzig 1823, p. 26.
personal data
SURNAME Bussche-Haddenhausen, Ludwig August Friedrich von dem
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bussche, Ludwig von dem; Bussche, Louis of that
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Royal Hanoverian General of Infantry, heir to Liethe and Offelte
DATE OF BIRTH March 16, 1772
PLACE OF BIRTH Osnabrück
DATE OF DEATH August 22, 1852
Place of death Liethe, City of Wunstorf