Ludwig Ferdinand von Dyherrn

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Ludwig Ferdinand von Dyherrn (* 1743 in Großenhain ; † February 8, 1817 in Dresden ) was a Saxon major general .

Life

family

Ludwig Ferdinand was a member of the Silesian - Meissnian noble family Dyhrn .

He was married and had at least two daughters:

  • Louise von Dyherrn
  • Auguste von Dyherrn, ∞ NN Willful, Saxon Prime Lieutenant and rent official

Career

Dyherrn began his career in the Saxon army as a soldier and in 1758 was a non-commissioned officer . In 1761 he was promoted to ensign in the fusiliers of the Rochow infantry regiment . After that he rose in 1763 to Sousleutnant in the infantry regiment "Kurprinz Christian" , in 1772 ibid. To Prime Lieutenant and in 1786 ibid. To Captain . Dyherrn took part in the War of the Bavarian Succession before he was promoted to major in the infantry regiment "Prinz Gotha" in 1792 . In participating in the First Coalition , he made such a difference that the Prussian king awarded him the order Pour le Mérite on November 28, 1793 . In 1799 Dyherrn was electoral adjutant general and at the same time advanced to lieutenant colonel . He was promoted to colonel in 1800. In 1805 he was appointed commander of the infantry regiment "Prince Xaver" and in the following year, 1806, he took part as a brigadier in the Fourth Coalition . Also in 1806, when he was promoted to major general, he was transferred as a brigadier to the infantry regiment "Prince Friedrich August" . Dyherrn then became General Inspector in 1807 and Chief of Infantry Regiment No. 13 . He stayed in Poland and Silesia in 1808 and 1809 . In 1810 he was again Brigadier but his 1813 farewell with pension received.

literature

  • Leipziger Zeitung , Saturday, February 22, 1817, No. 38, p. 407
  • August Verlohren: Family register and chronicle of the Electoral and Royal Saxon Army. Beck, Leipzig 1910, pp. 192-193

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ernst Heinrich Kneschke : New general German nobility lexicon . Volume 2, Leipzig 1860, pp. 613-614.
  2. ↑ Gustaf Lehmann: The knights of the order pour le mérite. Volume 1, Mittler , Berlin 1913, p. 293, no.548.
personal data
SURNAME Dyherrn, Ludwig Ferdinand von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Electoral major general
DATE OF BIRTH 1743
PLACE OF BIRTH Grossenhain
DATE OF DEATH February 8, 1817
Place of death Dresden