Ludwig von Seddeler

Ludwig Franz Xaver Baron of Seddeler adapted Russian loggin Ivanovich Seddeler , ( Russian Людвиг Франц Ксавье фон Зедделер, Логгин Иванович Зедделер ; born October 23, ^jul. / 3. November 1791 ^greg. In St. Petersburg ; † February 29 ^jul. / March 12, 1852 ^greg. Ibid) was an Austro - Russian lieutenant general , university professor and military historian .

Life

Von Seddeler, son of the Minister- Resident Johann von Seddeler of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany in St. Petersburg, graduated from the Theresian Military Academy in Wiener Neustadt . As an Austrian hussar , he was wounded in the battle of Wagram .

In 1813 von Seddeler entered Russian service and was seriously wounded in the Battle of Leipzig . When the November uprising in Poland was suppressed in 1830/1831, he was General Golowin's chief of staff . In 1838 he received the Order of St. George .

Von Seddeler taught at the new Nikolaus Military Academy in St. Petersburg and became its vice director. He wrote a journal of the campaign in 1813 and an outline of the history of the art of war . His main work was the fifteen-volume Encyclopedia Military Lexicon, for which he was awarded the Demidow Prize in 1852 .

Von Seddeler was married to Augusta Dorothea Meier († 1876), daughter of the Hamburg canon Dr. Meier, and had two children: General of the Infantry Loggin Logginowitsch Seddeler and Maria Frederike (1825–1868), who married the General of the Infantry Alexander Barclay de Tolly-Weymarn .

Individual evidence

↑ Зедделер (Логгин Иванович). In: Brockhaus-Efron
↑ Л. И. Зедделер (Ed.): Военный энциклопедический лексикон . Тип. штаба военно-учебных заведений, St. Petersburg 1852 ( runivers.ru [accessed July 11, 2017]).
^ Literary advertisements: Today my daughter Augusta gave birth to a boy . In: State and learned newspaper of the Hamburg impartial correspondent . No. 225 , September 23, 1831.

personal data
SURNAME	Seddeler, Ludwig von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Seddeler, Ludwig Franz Xaver Baron von (full name); Зедделер, Логгин Иванович (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austro-Russian lieutenant general, university professor and military historian
DATE OF BIRTH	November 3, 1791
PLACE OF BIRTH	St. Petersburg
DATE OF DEATH	March 12, 1852
Place of death	St. Petersburg

[bro-1] Зедделер (Логгин Иванович). In: Brockhaus-Efron

[2] Л. И. Зедделер (Ed.): Военный энциклопедический лексикон . Тип. штаба военно-учебных заведений, St. Petersburg 1852 ( runivers.ru [accessed July 11, 2017]).

[3] Literary advertisements: Today my daughter Augusta gave birth to a boy . In: State and learned newspaper of the Hamburg impartial correspondent . No. 225 , September 23, 1831.