Otto von Wedel
Otto Julius Leopold von Wedel (born July 20, 1769 in Silligsdorf , † September 14, 1813 in Berlin ) was a Prussian officer and bearer of the military order Pour le Mérite .
Life and family environment
Otto von Wedel was a scion of the extensive, from Stormarn coming and since 1240 Pomerania closed worn-Uradelsgeschtes Wedel . He belonged to the Silligsdorf family of the Mellen-Falkenburg line and was born on July 20, 1769 in Silligsdorf, of which he was the landlord. He died in Berlin on September 14, 1813. Otto von Wedel was married to Klementine von der Goltz (1784–1860) since October 15, 1803. The couple had a son, Eduard von Wedel (1813–1893), who was the founder and first entails supervisor on Silligsdorf , Mellen and Altenfließ .
Military career
Like many members of his family, Otto von Wedel also entered the Prussian army as an officer candidate and became an infantryman. When the 1st coalition war broke out against revolutionary France, he was second lieutenant in the Duke of Brunswick regiment on foot. Under the Prussian Field Marshal Duke of Braunschweig, he fought in the Battle of Kaiserslautern, which was successful for Prussia, and in the battle of Bitsch, and was so distinguished that the Duke of Braunschweig gave him a report to King Friedrich Wilhelm II on December 5, 1793 . of Prussia and 39 other officers proposed the award of the order pour le merite. The king complied with Braunschweig's proposals with the highest cabinet order of December 11, 1793. Among other things, this order states:
"… .ED and L. [= Your Serene Highness and Loving Ones] kind letter from the 5th of d. M. […] I […] express my sincere thanks for the excellent disposition and its splendid execution, which so completely thwarted the enemy's intentions […] So I can safely express my complete satisfaction. This also determines me to approve all favors proposed by ED and L. without exception [...] I leave ED and L. 40 plm ... "
In the award documents, which have not been completely preserved, only 38 names are preserved, 2, including Otto von Wedel, are missing; but it is noted in the regimental list of April 19, 1794 that he received the plm, albeit for the battle of Bitsch.
Otto von Wedel continued to serve in the Prussian army and ended up being a major in Regiment v. Courbiere. A portrait of him, showing him with the order Pour le Mérite, can be found in the Genealogical Manual of the Nobility, Volume A XVII, page 532.
Individual evidence
- ^ Genealogical Handbook of the Nobility, Volume A XVII, Page 531, CA Starke-Verlag, Limburg, 1983
- ↑ a b Gustav Lehmann: The Knights of the Order pour le merite, Volume I, Page 302, No. 604, Mittler, Berlin, 1913
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wedel, Otto von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian officer and bearer of the Pour le Mérite military order |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 20, 1769 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Silligsdorf |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 14, 1813 |
| Place of death | Berlin |