Siegfried Ernst von Ahlefeldt

Siegfried Ernst von Ahlefeldt (born November 13, 1721 in Lindau , † February 7, 1792 in Ratzeburg ) was a German infantry general of the Kingdom of Hanover .

Life

origin

Siegfried Ernst was a member of the Schleswig noble family Ahlefeldt . His parents were the Danish Lieutenant General Balthasar von Ahlefeldt (1684–1752) and Sophie Hedwig, b. [von] Wohnsfleth (1697–1728).

Career

Ahlefeldt had been an ensign in the Brunswick-Lüneburg army from 1738 . In 1741 he advanced to lieutenant , took part in the War of the Austrian Succession and in 1745 and 1747, respectively, as captain . Further promotions followed: in 1751 to major and in 1757 to lieutenant colonel . With his ascent to Colonel in 1759 ünbernahm he succeeded by Colonel Johann Heinrich von Fersen and the 13th Infantry Regiment . He took part with the regiment in the battle of Minden . He is said to have played a major role in the victory of the Allies in the Battle of Vellinghausen in 1761 and rose to major general for his behavior in the Battle of Wilhelmsthal in 1762 . Ahlefeldt became the commandant of Ratzeburg, advanced to lieutenant general in 1772 and finally in 1788 to general of the infantry.

Ahlefeldt was the heir to Steinhausen . As such, he was a co-signer of the Land Constitutional Constitutional Comparison . Furthermore, he is said to have owned the Mecklenburg goods Hagebök in northwest Mecklenburg from 1781 and Eichhorst .

family

Ahlefeldt had been married to Sophie Charlotte von Bassewitz (1740–1775) since 1757 . The marriage had six children:

• Balthasar von Ahlefeldt (1759–1780)
• Sophie Charlotte von Ahlefeldt (1762–1833), lady-in-waiting to Louise von Hessen-Kassel , ⚭ 1784 Rochus Carl zu Lynar (1745–1825), Danish lieutenant general
• Georgine Juliane von Ahlefeldt (1764–1821),

⚭I 1783 Detlev von Ahlefeldt (1747–1796), Danish chamberlain and district administrator;

⚭II 1796 Baron Ernst Eberhard Cuno Langwerth von Simmern (1757–1809), Brigadier General of Hanover

• Meta Ernestine von Ahlefeldt (1765–1847), ⚭ [1785] Georg Friedrich August von der Wense (1745–1811), Brunswick State and Justice Minister, Higher Appeal Judge in Celle
• Heinrich Christopher von Ahlefeldt (1767–1802) heir to Steinhausen, ⚭ Birgitte Magdalene von Bonin (1773–1852)
• Sophie Wilhelmine von Ahlefeldt (1769–1846),

⚭I 1785 Baron Karl Christian Ludwig Langwerth von Simmern (1750–1803)

⚭II 1805 Hartwig Johann Christoph von Hedemann (1756–1816), Major General of Hanover

literature

• Danmarks Adels Aarbog , Volume 90, Copenhagen 1982/84, pp. 573-574 ( Danish ).
• Bernhard von Poten : The generals of the Royal Hanoverian Army and their regular troops. ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1903, p. 274.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Annalen der Braunschweig Luneburgischen Churlande , Volume 6, Hanover 1792, p. 593.
2. ↑ Royal-Grossbrittannischer and Churfürstl.-Braunschweig-Lüneburgscher Staatskalender , 1784, p. 12 u. 97th appointed,
3. ^ Mecklenburgische Nachrichten , Volume 3, 1753, p. 35.