Valentin von Berger

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Major General Valentin von Berger. Danish Hussar Corps, around 1795, engraving by Friedrich Ludwig von Köller

Valentin Berger (* 10. November 1739 in Celle , † 29. July 1813 in Jægersborg) was a kurhannoverscher officer and later Danish lieutenant general .

origin

The grandfather was the lawyer Johann Heinrich von Berger . His parents were the medical doctor Johann Samuel von Berger (1691–1757) and his second wife Margarethe Louise, born von Ramdohr (1705–1790). The personal physician of the Danish King Johann Just von Berger (1723–1791) was his older half-brother. He had two other brothers. Christoph Wilhelm von Berger (1727–1763) became court physician in Hanover and August Gottlieb von Berger was appointed director of the Oldenburg office. Together with his half-brother Johann Just von Berger, he was granted the Danish nobility naturalization in 1776 .

Life

Berger was Prime Lieutenant in the Electorate of Hanover , but came to Denmark in 1764 and was accepted as Rittmeister in the “Funen” Dragoon Regiment, where he became a squadron captain in the following year, a major in 1774 and a lieutenant colonel in 1779 . The following year, when the hussar regiments "Seeland" and " Holstein " were created, he was in command of the latter and was promoted to colonel . In 1789, when the two regiments were combined into a hussar corps with garrison in Jægersborg Castle, about 12 km north of Copenhagen , he was its first chief. In 1795 he was appointed major general, received the Dannebrogden in 1803 and became lieutenant general in 1810 .

Berger was a capable officer and worked in a commission chaired by Count Karl von Hessen in 1790 towards better rules for the cavalry . As a brigade commander in the autumn of 1806, he drew severe criticism from the Crown Prince for prompting a quick retreat at the mere rumor that French troops would penetrate across the border into Holstein, thus contributing to the panic in the Danish army . The orders that had been given to him were, however, indistinct, which is why the Crown Prince did not hold this incident against him later. In 1812, when the whole army was mobilized, Berger was given a command as a division general . However, Berger died before the warlike events began, on July 29, 1813.

family

He married Anna Elisabeth von Schilden (1745–1787). The couple had several children:

  • Johann Erich (1772–1833) ⚭ Anna Countess von Holck (1778–1835)
  • Ernst Ludwig (1775-1851), Danish Rittmeister ⚭ Sophie Caroline Krag-Juel-Vind-Friis (1781-1808)
  • Julius August Christian, pharmacist in Aalborg ⚭ 1810 Lucia Wissing

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hans Friedl: Berger, August Gottlieb von. In: Hans Friedl u. a. (Ed.): Biographical manual for the history of the state of Oldenburg . Edited on behalf of the Oldenburg landscape, Isensee, Oldenburg 1992, ISBN 3-89442-135-5 , p. 72 ( online ).
personal data
SURNAME Berger, Valentin von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Elector of Hanover and Danish lieutenant general
DATE OF BIRTH November 10, 1739
PLACE OF BIRTH Celle
DATE OF DEATH July 29, 1813
Place of death Jaegersborg