Ludwig von Pfuel

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Ludwig von Pfuel

Ernst Ludwig von Pfuel (born April 20, 1718 in Gielsdorf , † July 23, 1789 in Berlin ) was a Prussian major general and court marshal of Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia and landlord on Jahnsfelde .

origin

Ludwig came from the old to Jahnsfelde in the Brandenburg Switzerland -based noble family of Pfuel . He was the son of Hempo Ludwig von Pfuel (* 1690; † 1770), Royal Prussian Privy Councilor and major , President of the war and military forces. Domain Chamber Halberstadt , Herr auf Jahnsfelde and Hedwig Sophie von Jagow (1697–1764) and the grandson of Colonel Christian Friedrich von Pfuel .

Life

Pfuel attended from 1734 the Knights Academy in Brandenburg (Havel) before settling in 1737 at the University of Frankfurt (Oder) enrolled . As early as 1741 he became an ensign in the newly formed Dragoon Regiment von Platen (No. 9), and in 1743 he was promoted to secondary lieutenant . As such, he took part in the Battle of Kesselsdorf on December 15, 1745. After the outbreak of the Seven Years' War in 1756 he was promoted to prime lieutenant in the "Holstein-Gottorp" dragoon regiment (No. 9) . During the war he took part in several campaigns, such as the battles near Bergen , Krefeld , Torgau and the battle near Tönnhausen . In 1757 he became captain of the Army and Adjutant General of Lieutenant-General Prince of Holstein-Gottorp .

In 1761 he was appointed major in the von Bauer free hussar regiment , and in 1763 he moved to the rank of lieutenant colonel in the cuirassier regiment "von Vasold" (No. 6) . After the end of the war in 1763, further promotions followed. King Friedrich II. Of Prussia valued him because he knew a lot about cavalry service .

Court Marshal Ludwig von Pfuel

The high point of Pfuel's career was his appointment as court marshal to Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia in 1782 and his promotion to major general and director of the Second Department in the Upper War College in 1787 after the death of Frederick II. He died two years later at the age of 71, after he suffered severely from Podagra for many years and stayed several times in Bad Lauchstädt for a cure.

family

Ludwig von Pfuel married 23-year-old Johanna Christiane Sophie Kranz (April 2, 1755 - May 9, 1783), daughter of the field doctor from the Krosigk regiment , on October 10, 1778 at the age of 60 in Grunow . Frederick II disapproved of the marriage, which was concluded without his consent, and dismissed Pfuel from the military in 1780. When the first son was born, the mother had to be called " Demoiselle ", and only after her untimely death did Frederick II take the cavalry officer back into his service. From this marriage came Ernst von Pfuel (Prussian infantry general, prime minister and war minister) and the Prussian lieutenant general Friedrich Heinrich Ludwig von Pfuel . His sister Henriette Louise von Pfuel (1735–1798) was the mother of Wilhelm Carl Ernst Freiherr Knigge (1771–1839) and the aunt of Adolph Freiherr Knigge .

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personal data
SURNAME Pfuel, Ludwig von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pfuel, Ernst Ludwig von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian major general
DATE OF BIRTH April 20, 1718
PLACE OF BIRTH Gielsdorf
DATE OF DEATH July 23, 1789
Place of death Berlin