Ludwig von Diepenbroick

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August Ludwig Friedrich von Diepenbroick (* 1738 in Westphalia ; † January 29, 1805 in Lüneburg ) was a lieutenant general from the Electorate of Hanover .

Life

In 1770 he became a major in the von Scheele infantry regiment , where he was promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1782 and was transferred to the 11th infantry regiment the following year . There he was promoted to colonel on October 19, 1789 and in 1791 appointed chief of the 10th Infantry Regiment . This was followed on March 1, 1793, the appointment as major general and in 1795 as chief of infantry regiment No. 11. On May 16, 1798 he became lieutenant general and later commander of Lüneburg.

He fought in the First Coalition War , where he was captured on July 18, 1794 during the capitulation of Nieuwpoort .

When war broke out between the United Kingdom and France in 1803 , the electorate was taken by surprise. Still Diepenbroick moved to the reserve , but the commander in chief of Wallmoden-Gimborn had with the French commander in chief Mortier the convention of artlenburg received. Diepenbroick was one of the officers who met in the Heidekrug for a meeting and approved the convention. He then went to Lüneburg, where he died in 1805.

His only daughter Wilhelmine Eleonore Luise Charlotte (1778–1809) married Gustav von Grüter (1779–1822); they founded the Diepenbroick-Grüter branch . Prussian recognition took place on January 29, 1824.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Georg Heinrich Klippel : The life of General von Scharnhorst 1793 to 1801. Third book: The campaign in the Netherlands. 1793-1795. Leipzig 1871, p. 161.
  2. ↑ North Ludlow Beamish : History of the royal German Legion , Volume 1, Hanover 1831, p. 361.
  3. ↑ Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the baronial houses for the year 1855 . Fifth year, Justus Perthes, Gotha, p. 118 and p. 120.
  4. ↑ Maximilian Gritzner : Chronological register of the Brandenburg-Prussian class elevations and acts of grace from 1600–1873. Berlin 1874, p. 88.
personal data
SURNAME Diepenbroick, Ludwig von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Diepenbroick, August Ludwig Friedrich von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Elector General of Hanover and Commander of Lüneburg
DATE OF BIRTH 1738
PLACE OF BIRTH Westphalia
DATE OF DEATH January 29, 1805
Place of death Luneburg