Otto von Scholley
Carl Otto Gottfried Lehmann , from August 20, 1835 to October 30, 1837 from Hertingshausen , from October 30, 1837 from Scholley , from January 11, 1846 Baron von Scholley , (born September 8, 1823 in Bonn ; † 8. March 1907 in Vienna ) was an Austrian Lieutenant Field Marshal .
Life
family
Carl Otto Gottfried von Scholley was the son of the Prussian Premier Lieutenant Carl Michael Lehmann (* 1787–1882) and his wife Gertrude (* 1803–1882), daughter of the wine merchant Falkenstein. After the divorce of their marriage in 1822, his mother married Friedrich Wilhelm I of Hessen-Kassel , the last elector of Hesse, in 1831 in a morganatic marriage . In the same year she received the title of Countess of Schaumburg from him and in 1854 was made Princess of Hanau by him . Carl Otto and his brother Eduard (* 1827, † 1896), who also came from Gertrude's marriage to Carl Michael Lehmann and was a Prussian Rittmeister in Hussar Regiment 4, stayed with their mother. Even as Prince Regent , Friedrich Wilhelm raised his two step-sons to the nobility in 1835, initially under the name of Hertingshausen , apparently after the lesser aristocratic family of Hertingshausen . In 1837 he made her lords of Scholley after a noble family from Malsfeld that had died out in 1829 . In 1846 he finally raised the two to Barons von Scholley.
Military background
After graduating from the cadet school in Kassel , Otto was taken on as an ensign in the Hessian military service . In 1846 he joined the Austrian Hussar Regiment No. 9 as a first lieutenant . From 1848 to 1849 he took part in the battles in Hungary , most recently as an orderly officer . In 1849 he was promoted to Rittmeister , then gradually to major in 1857, lieutenant colonel in 1863 and colonel in 1866. During the German War he fought in the Bohemian theater of war. In the battle of Königgrätz (July 3, 1866), as commander of the 4th Uhlan Regiment , he distinguished himself through his cavalry attack on the position near Chulm. In 1871 he was promoted to major general and in 1877 to field marshal lieutenant.
The last rank was awarded to him when he retired. For some time he had had an eye condition that led to his complete blindness in 1882 . He retired first in Prague and later in Vienna. He died there in 1907 at the age of 83.
Marriage and offspring
Otto von Scholley married Hedwig von Münchhausen (* 1822; † 1889) in Prague on November 5, 1845 . The marriage came from Alexander von Scholley (* 1847; † 1901), who became Austrian colonel in the artillery, and Gertrude von Scholley (* 1849; † 1934), who in Vienna in 1870 Moritz von Brunicki († 1925), kuk Rittmeister and later civil servant of the kuk railway directorate in Vienna, married.
literature
- E. Wohlgemut: Scholley, Otto von. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 11, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1999, ISBN 3-7001-2803-7 , p. 120.
- Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels , Adelslexikon Volume XIII, Volume 128 of the complete series, page 68; CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 2002, ISSN 0435-2408
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dieter Krieger, Hessisches Wappenbuch 3rd part, family coat of arms Volume 1, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 1999, p. 120
- ^ Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Adelslexikon Volume XIII, Volume 128 of the complete series, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 2002, p. 68 f.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Scholley, Otto von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Scholley, Carl Otto Gottfried Freiherr von (full name); Hertinghausen, Otto von; Lehmann, Otto; Lehmann Carl Otto Gottfried (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian field marshal lieutenant |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 8, 1823 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bonn |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 8, 1907 |
| Place of death | Vienna |