Philipp Roeder von Diersburg

Philipp Wilhelm Friedrich Karl Freiherr Roeder of Diersburg (* 3. July 1801 in Lahr , † 27. July 1864 in Lichtenthal ) was a Grand Duchy of Baden Lieutenant General and writers from the House of Roeder of Diersburg .

Military background

Roeder joined the body grenadier guard as a Junker in 1816 and, after graduating from the General War School in Berlin, joined the Adjutantur General and, after its abolition, joined the General Staff . In these positions he was particularly interested in military education, and from 1840 to 1844 he was chairman of the military study commission.

In 1844 he returned to active military service and in 1848, as a colonel, led the Baden field brigade, which was destined to fight in the German-Danish War , to the Elbe duchies. Before she could take part in the fight, however, the peace of Malmo came .

From 1852 to 1856 Roeder commanded the Baden infantry division of the Baden Army as Lieutenant General and retired in 1859 as Commandant of Rastatt .

family

Roeder was married to Adelheid Friederike Baur von Eysseneck (1806–1886). The marriage resulted in five sons, all of whom had military careers. Three of them achieved the rank of general:

• Egenolf Ludwig (1828–1866), killed by Custozza ⚭ Angelika Maria Henrika Edle von Oelsler (1846–1911)
• Philibert Ferdinand Eugen Heinrich August (1845–1870), most recently adjutant of the 1st Infantry Brigade
• Wilhelm (1832–1909), Prussian General of the Infantry and President of the Baden Military Association ⚭ Auguste Freiin von Lersner (1846–1936)
• Adelheid Philippine Karoline Mathilde (1836–1888), honorary maiden of the Grand Duchess Luise of Baden
• Bertha Maria Ida Eugenia (1838–1906) ⚭ Ferdinand von Zeuner (1825–1888), Prussian lieutenant general
• Karl (1840–1916), Prussian lieutenant general

⚭ 1873 Eugenie Friederike Helene Bernhardine von Werder (1853–1879)

⚭ 1884 Julie Roeder von Diersburg (1857-1893)

• Ernst Emil Joseph (1847–1908), retired Prussian captain. D. ⚭ Friederike Amalie Marie Luise Benckiser (1862–1934)
• Ferdinand (1848–1926), Prussian major general

Fonts

Roeder published several writings on the military past of princes of the ruling family of Baden:

• The Margrave Ludwig von Baden campaigns against the Turks. Karlsruhe 1859, 2 volumes;
  • Volume 1 online in the Google book search
  • Volume 2 online in the Google book search
• War and state writings by Margrave Ludwig Wilhelm von Baden on the War of the Spanish Succession. Karlsruhe 1850, 2 volumes.
  • Volume 1: 1700-1703. online in the Google book search digitized at Munich digitization center
  • Volume 2: 1704-1705. online in the Google book search digitized at Munich digitization center
• Memories of the general of the infantry, Margrave Wilhelm von Baden, from the campaigns 1809 to 1805. Karlsruhe 1864. (The margrave had participated in these campaigns as "Count von Hochberg" since 1812) online in the Google book search

literature

• Bernhard von Poten :  Röder von Diersburg, Philipp Freiherr . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 29, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1889, p. 20.
• L. Löhlein: Philipp Freiherr Röder von Diersburg. In: Baden biographies . (Editor Friedrich von Weech ), Part 2, Heidelberg 1875, pp. 192–193, online at the Badische Landesbibliothek
• Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Freiherrlichen Häuser to the year 1855. Fifth year, p. 486.

Web links

• War and state writings of Margrave Ludwig Wilhelm von Baden on the War of the Spanish Succession, Vol. 1 in the Google book search
• War and state writings of the Margrave Ludwig Wilhelm von Baden on the War of the Spanish Succession, Vol. 2 in the Google book search

Individual evidence

1. ^ Poten, Bernhard von, "Röder von Diersburg, Philipp Freiherr" in: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie 29 (1889), p. 20