Wilhelm August von Wulffen

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Wilhelm August von Wulffen (born November 29, 1782 in Büssow ( Friedeberg district in the Neumark ), † November 22, 1841 in Steele , today at Essen ) was a Prussian major general and commander of the 7th Landwehr Brigade.

Life

origin

He belonged to the Brandenburg noble family von Wulffen . His parents were the Prussian major general Georg Ludolf von Wulffen (1719–1792) and his wife Johanna Beate Charlotte, born von der Marwitz (* March 28, 1754; † November 2, 1805).

Military career

Wulffen occurred on December 1, 1796 as Junker in the Dragoon Regiment "Prittwitz" the Prussian army one. On April 13, 1799, he was transferred to the regiment of the Gardes du Corps as a cornet and, with his promotion to second lieutenant, from April 28, 1801, he was used as an adjutant . On August 13, 1804, Wulffen received permission to accompany Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia on his journey to the Austrian maneuvers. During the Fourth Coalition War he fought in the battle of Auerstedt and the skirmishes near Königsberg and Gollau .

On May 22, 1807 Wulffen was promoted to Prime Lieutenant and on May 23, 1808 to the Staff Cavalier in the Regiment Gardes du Corps. On August 30, 1809 he was transferred to the Adjutantur and as Adjutant General he came to Major General von Tauentzien with a monthly salary of forty thalers and three rations . Wulffen rose to Rittmeister on October 18, 1810 and major on November 4, 1812, and on March 5, 1813 was aggregated to the Brandenburg Uhlan Regiment (No. 3) . During the Wars of Liberation he was wounded in a battle near Goldberg and awarded the Iron Cross, 2nd class. Wulffen took part in the battles near Liegnitz and Löwenberg and was commended for Villers-Cotterets. He also fought at Issy, the Katzbach , Ligny and Belle Alliance and the sieges of Glogau, Laon and La Ferte. For Ligny, Wulffen received the Order of Saint Anne II. Class. On February 11, 1814, he was transferred to the headquarters of General Field Marshal Blücher . From there he came on March 2, 1813 as a commander in the 1st Westphalian Landwehr Cavalry Regiment.

On October 3, 1815 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel and on March 8, 1817 aggregated to the 7th Dragoons Regiment , before he was transferred to the 12th Hussar Regiment on May 11, 1816 as commander . There he was promoted to colonel on March 30, 1819 with a patent from April 17, 1819 . On August 18, 1825, he received the Service Cross and was on September 4, 1825 Knights of St John . On March 30, 1830, he was transferred to the 7th Landwehr Brigade as commander and promoted to major general on March 30, 1831. With the award of the Red Eagle Order II. Class with Oak Leaves, Wulffen received his departure on March 20, 1834 with an annual pension of 2250 thalers. On October 28, 1834 he received a bonus of 200 and on July 29, 1840 another 500 thalers. He died on November 22, 1841 in Steele near Essen.

King Friedrich Wilhelm III. On March 30th, 1834 he said goodbye with the following letter: “Considering that your weakened health must make it difficult for you to fulfill your duties, I want to retire you with the statutory pension. As a proof of my satisfaction with the zeal shown in all circumstances, I am awarding them the Red Eagle Order II. Class with Oak Leaves, which has been awarded, and I promise them that if there is an opportunity later, I will use their services again. I will gladly use it, as soon as I am assured of your loyalty and loyalty that if the fatherland should one day need your services again, you will then preside over a position appropriate to your relationship with the same zeal that you have so far proven. "

family

Wulffen married Marie Luise Freiin von Wenge on May 7, 1816 in Wattenscheid (* 1798 - June 1, 1866). The couple had several children:

  • Ludolf Clemens Friedrich Maximilian (* April 16, 1819 - March 13, 1903), from August 18, 1864 Freiherr von Wenge-Wulffen, age-president of the Rhenish Provincial Parliament ∞ Maria Angelika von Hompesch (* January 23, 1828; † 1913)
  • Maximilian (* May 8, 1823; † 1849) kk lieutenant in the Fürstenwerder regiment
  • Clementine (born March 6, 1825)

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the German count's houses . Justus Perthes , Gotha 1874, p. 380.
personal data
SURNAME Wulffen, Wilhelm August von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian major general, commander of the 7th Landwehr Brigade
DATE OF BIRTH November 29, 1782
PLACE OF BIRTH Büssow ( Friedeberg district in the Neumark )
DATE OF DEATH November 22, 1841
Place of death Steele