Otto von Gemmingen (1823–1890)

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Otto von Gemmingen (born February 19, 1823 in Rastatt ; † January 3, 1890 in Gorizia ) was an Austrian officer. He was a field marshal lieutenant and chief of genius at the general command in Prague.

Life

Otto von Gemmingen was a son of Ludwig Friedrich Wilhelm von Gemmingen (1794-1858) and Josepha von Lassolaye (1795-1824). He attended the schools in Pforzheim and Karlsruhe . At the age of 14 he entered the engineering academy in Vienna . In 1842 he became a second lieutenant, 1845 first lieutenant, 1848 captain, 1856 major, 1863 lieutenant colonel, 1868 colonel, 1875 major general. By the time he retired in 1888, he had achieved the rank of Lieutenant Field Marshal . He was director of genius in Ofen and Cracow and chief of genius at the General Command in Prague .

family

He married Sarah Anna Stewart of Ardvorlick (1829-1910) on December 16, 1852. His sons Hermann Erich Franz and Reinhard Erich also pursued higher military careers, two other sons died young.

Progeny:

  • Ellen (Helena) (1853–1918) ∞ Hermann von Hoevel († 1910)
  • Wilhelm Johann (1855–1864)
  • Hermann Georg Franz (1857–1919) ∞ Elisabeth Freiin von Waechter (1864–1937, closed 1905), Lisa Redlich von Redensbruck (1879–1935)
  • Otto Franz Joseph (1858–1876)
  • Mary (Maria Josephine) (1860-1926)
  • Isabella (1862-1870)
  • Reinhard Erich (1866–1932) ∞ Emma Countess von Sizzo-Noris (1871–1947)
  • Emma (1868–1940) ∞ Alfred Scholl († 1925)

literature

  • Carl Wilhelm Friedrich Ludwig Stocker : Family Chronicle of the Barons of Gemmingen , Heidelberg 1895, p. 98f.
  • Walter von Hueck: Lineage of the Barons von Gemmingen , Limburg an der Lahn 1966
  • Maria Heitland: Family chronicle of the barons of Gemmingen. Continuation of the chronicles from 1895 and 1925/26 , Elztal 1991, p. 48.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Stocker (1895) gives January 3 as the date of death, Heitland (1991) January 2.
  2. ↑ Stocker (1895) mentions Stewart of Ardvorlick as the family name . Heitland (1991) writes, however, that her name was Steward and that she was the daughter of the owner of the banking house Machillop, Steward & Co., John Steward, and his wife Ellen Lanning Nicholson.
personal data
SURNAME Gemmingen, Otto von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian field marshal lieutenant and chief of genius at the general command in Prague
DATE OF BIRTH February 19, 1823
PLACE OF BIRTH Rastatt
DATE OF DEATH January 3, 1890
Place of death Gorizia