Mortimer from Buddenbrock-Hettersdorff

Coat of arms of those of Buddenbrock-Hettersdorff

Mortimer Guido Feodor Freiherr von Buddenbrock-Hettersdorff (born August 11, 1844 in Wabnitz , † March 29, 1914 in Eberswalde ) was a Prussian lieutenant general .

Life

origin

He was a son of Alexis Freiherr Buddenbrock (born December 13, 1803 in Kapsitten ; † October 20, 1862 in Erdmannsdorf ), retired lieutenant . D. and manor owner , and his wife Eleonore Franziska, née Freiin von Hettersdorff (born February 18, 1809 Breslau ; † October 28, 1891 ibid). Their names and coats of arms were combined on December 6, 1852 in Charlottenburg .

Military career

After his education in the cadet corps , Buddenbrock-Hettersdorff was transferred as a charged portepee - ensign to the 3rd Thuringian Infantry Regiment No. 71 of the Prussian Army in Erfurt on May 6, 1862 and received the patent for his rank on December 16, 1862 . As a second lieutenant , with a patent from October 10, 1863, Buddenbrock-Hettersdorff was transferred to the 3rd Guards Grenadier Regiment "Queen Elisabeth" in Breslau on November 13, 1863 . In the German-Danish War in 1864 he took part in the encirclement and bombardment of Fredericia , the siege and storming of the Düppeler Schanzen , as well as the battle at Stoustrup-Heisekro. Buddenbrock-Hettersdorff was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern with Swords for Düppel .

During the German War , he was with the replacement battalion from May 5 to September 25, 1866 . From October 1, 1868, he was initially active as a battalion - and from August 18 to October 20, 1870 as an adjutant regiment . In the Franco-Prussian War he was promoted to Prime Lieutenant on November 24, 1870 and served as leader of the mobile 3rd and then of the 10th Company until the end of the campaign . He participated in the containment of Paris , the battles at St. Privat la Montagne and Sedan , Battle of Beaumont , and the skirmish , loss battle against the Guard Corps and storming of Le Bourget in part. Buddenbrook-Hettersdorff received the Iron Cross 2nd class for St. Privat . After the peace agreement , the regiment's garrison was relocated to Spandau and initially to Brandenburg ; Wriezen took its place in 1873 .

While being promoted to captain , Buddenbrock-Hettersdorff was appointed company commander on July 25, 1878 . He received a patent from February 12, 1875 on April 18, 1878. In 1879 the Wriezen battalion site was given up. In the same capacity, he was transferred to the 2nd Hanseatic Infantry Regiment No. 76 in Hamburg on June 12, 1883, with a patent from December 12, 1872, and appointed chief of the 1st company. When he was promoted to major , he was aggregated to the regiment on December 4, 1884 and reclassified on October 15, 1885.

Relocated to the 3rd Guards Grenadier Regiment "Queen Elisabeth" and appointed battalion commander, Buddenbrock-Hettersdorff was assigned on January 15, 1887. In 1889, the regiment was assigned to Charlottenburg as the second garrison location. Promoted to lieutenant colonel on May 23, he was transferred to the Queen Augusta Guard Grenadier Regiment No. 4 in Koblenz on September 22, 1890 as a regular staff officer . When he was promoted to colonel , Buddenbrock-Hettersdorff returned on March 25, 1893 for the second time in his regiment, named "Queen Elisabeth Guard Grenadier Regiment No. 3" since October 18, 1892, where he became commander. In 1896 the regiment left its garrison in Spandau. Buddenbrock-Hettersdorff was commissioned on December 17, 1896 with the command of the 28th Infantry Brigade in Düsseldorf under position à la suite of his regiment. With his promotion to major general on March 22, 1897, he was appointed commander of the 5th Guard Infantry Brigade , which was newly established in Spandau on the same day . He was appointed commandant of Strasbourg on November 16, 1899. On May 22, 1900 he was awarded the character of Lieutenant General. With the approval of his resignation request, he was put up for disposal on May 2, 1903 with the statutory pension .

family

Buddenbrock-Hettersdorff had married Magda, née von Reinersdorff-Paczenski and Tenczin (born September 30, 1847 in Ober Stradam) on October 3, 1872 in Ober Stradam . From the marriage the son Alexis (born March 5, 1878 in Wriezen, † August 28, 1914 in Beaumont ) was born.

Awards

• Order of the Red Eagle II class
• Star for the Order of the Crown, 2nd class
• Russian Order of Saint Anne III. Class with bow and swords

literature

• List of officers of the Queen Elisabeth Guard Grenadier Regiment No. 3. ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1910, pp. 59–60.
• Harry von Rège : Officer master list of the infantry regiment No. 76. Mauke, Hamburg 1902, p. 112, OCLC 252978009 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Genealogical Handbook of the Nobility , Freiherrliche Häuser B. Volume VI, Volume 62 of the complete series, Limburg an der Lahn 1976, p. 65.
2. ↑ ^{a b} WWW.NOBILITAS.EU ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ^ ^{A b c} Harry von Rège: List of officers of the Infantry Regiment No. 76. Mauke. Hamburg 1902. p. 112.