Ludwig Roth von Schreckenstein

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The tomb of Ludwig Freiherr Roth von Schreckenstein zu Münster

Ludwig Johann Karl Gregor Eusebius Freiherr Roth von Schreckenstein (born November 16, 1789 in Immendingen , † May 30, 1858 in Münster ) was a Prussian cavalry general and minister of war .

Life

origin

Ludwig came from the old Swabian knight family Roth von Schreckenstein , who had their headquarters in Immendingen. He was the son of Friedrich Freiherr Roth von Schreckenstein (1753–1808) and his wife Kunigunde, born von Riedheim (1767–1828).

Military career

In 1806 Schreckenstein became a page at the court of the Saxon King Friedrich August . On April 16, 1809 he received his officer license , joined the Saxon cuirassier regiment "von Zastrow" as a second lieutenant and took part in Napoleon's campaign with the Grande Armée in Russia in 1812 . There he belonged to the staff of General von Thilemann , where he achieved great merit in the victory in the Battle of Borodino in September 1812 .

On May 15, 1815, Schreckenstein entered Prussian service as Thielemann's cavalry master and adjutant . With the III. Army corps he fought in the battles of Ligny and Wavre in 1815 during the Belgian campaign. Promoted to major in 1816 , in 1824 he was appointed staff officer in the 8th Hussar Regiment in Düsseldorf .

Even in peacetime, he was always able to secure the favor of his superiors and the "highest grace" for "preferential promotion". Schreckstein rose to colonel by 1834 and in 1837 was commander of the 13th Cavalry Brigade in Münster . In 1841 Schreckenstein was promoted to major general. During the March Revolution of 1848 he was first commander of the 5th division from March 15 , then from April 13 to June 22, commander of the 15th division in Cologne . In order to end the revolutionary struggles in Trier , he imposed a state of siege on the city and dissolved the vigilante group. On May 10, 1848 he was promoted to Lieutenant General and on June 25, he was appointed Minister of War to succeed August von Kanitz . After a clash between the citizens and the military on July 31, 1848 in Schweidnitz , Schreckenstein submitted his resignation in September under pressure from the Frankfurt National Assembly . The entire War Department went with him.

On April 19, 1849, Schreckenstein entered the service again and took over as commander of the Guard Corps during the Schleswig-Holstein War . In September of the same year he was given command of the Prussian troops stationed in Baden, Hohenzollern and Frankfurt. On June 2, 1853, Schreckenstein was appointed General of the Cavalry and Commanding General of the VII Army Corps . In 1857 he was one of the first to receive the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern .

In 1858 he accompanied the Prussian Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia, later German Emperor Friedrich III., To his wedding on January 25th to Princess Victoria of Great Britain and Ireland in London.

He died in the castle of Münster , his grave monument with the reclining figure is in the abandoned cemetery on Wilhelmstrasse.

family

He married Countess Luise von Hatzfeldt-Trachenberg (1800–1835) in Düsseldorf on October 4, 1828 , the daughter of (from 1803) Prince Franz Ludwig von Hatzfeldt , Duke of Trachenberg (1756–1827), Prussian ambassador to Vienna , and his Wife Friederike Karoline, née Countess von der Schulenburg-Kehnert (1779–1832). The couple had several children:

  • Konrad Eusebius (* 1829) ⚭ Cäcilie von Arnim, daughter of General Gustav von Arnim
  • Maximilian (* 1831)

Works

During the 1850s, Roth von Schreckenstein wrote some works on military theory:

  • Thoughts on the organization and use of the cavalry in the field. Berlin 1849.
  • The cavalry in the Battle of the Moscow River. Munster 1855.
  • Lecture on the security service in the field with consideration of tactics and strategy. Munster 1858.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Letter from the Prussian State Ministry from Auerswald to the President of the Prussian constituent national assembly Grabow regarding the acceptance of the "Stein motion" by the national assembly, which led to the resignation of Schreckenstein as minister of war. - www.documentarchiv.de
personal data
SURNAME Schreckenstein, Ludwig Roth from
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schreckstein, Ludwig Johann Karl Gregor Eusebius Freiherr Roth von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian general of the cavalry and minister of war
DATE OF BIRTH November 16, 1789
PLACE OF BIRTH Immendingen
DATE OF DEATH May 30, 1858
Place of death Muenster