Wilhelm Christian Friedrich Moritz
Wilhelm Christian Friedrich Moritz , from 1836 by Moritz , (born October 13, 1773 in Langensalza ; † January 27, 1850 ibid) was a Prussian major general .
Life
origin
His parents were Christian Christoph Moritz (* December 4, 1737, † February 4, 1806) and his wife Johann Christiane, née Schwarz. His father was chief tax officer as well as mayor and deputy of the district of Thuringia.
Life
Moritz went to school in Langensalza and in 1788 came to the military school in Dresden. In 1790 he became a cadet in the infantry regiment "Prince Clemens" of the Electoral Saxon Army . During the First Coalition War he fought in the siege of Mainz , the battle of Kaiserslautern and the skirmishes near Ensheim, St. Ingbert, Rohrbach and Blieskastel. On September 14, 1793, he was wounded in an outpost battle near Spießen and awarded the Golden Medal of Merit by the Prussian General Kalkreuth. During that time he was promoted to ensign on July 11, 1794 .
After the war, Moritz was promoted to Second Lieutenant on August 15, 1801 . In the Fourth Coalition War he was wounded in the battles near Jena and Friedland . He also fought in the battles at Heilsberg, Holm, at the Jesnitenschanze and the sieges of Danzig and Graudenz.
After the war he was promoted to Prime Lieutenant on August 19, 1807 and to captain on June 6, 1809 . In the Fifth Coalition War , the Saxon Army fought with the French against the Austrians. In the Battle of Wagram Moritz acquired the Military Order of St. Heinrich . He also fought in the battles near Linz and Enzesdorf. In 1812 he took part in Napoleon's Russian campaign. Moritz fought in the battles near Podobna and Wolkowist and received the order of the French Legion of Honor for the battle near Kalisch .
During the Wars of Liberation he fought in the battles near Bautzen , Großbeeren , Dennewitz , Leipzig and the battles near Reichenbach and Görlitz as well as the sieges of Torgau and Maulbeuge. At the crook of the mouth, he acquired the Order of St. Vladimir . At that time he was promoted to major on August 23, 1813 with a patent from June 27, 1813 and to commander of the III. Battalion in the 32nd Landwehr Infantry Regiment.
On August 23, 1815 Moritz switched to Prussian service and was employed as a major with a patent from June 27, 1813 in the 2nd Thuringian Landwehr Infantry Regiment. On March 1, 1816, he was appointed commander of the 2nd battalion in the Erfurt Landwehr Regiment and on March 12, 1820, commander of the III. Battalion appointed. Moritz was promoted to lieutenant colonel on March 30, 1817 and joined the 2nd Merseburg Landwehr Regiment on January 31, 1819. Here he rose to regimental commander on March 9, 1819. On March 12, 1820 he was transferred to the 2nd Battalion of the 32nd Landwehr Regiment as commander. Shortly afterwards, on April 6, 1820, he took command of the III. Battalion. On June 18, 1825, he was promoted to colonel with a patent dated June 21, 1825 . Under awarding of the character as a major general Moritz was on 27 March 1831 the statutory pension retired.
For his achievements, Moritz was raised to hereditary nobility on June 5, 1836 . He died on January 27, 1850 in Langensalza, where he was buried in the old cemetery on January 30, 1850.
family
Moritz married Marie Eleonore Helmbold (* 1779; † December 4, 1860) in Zimmer with Langensalza on May 23, 1803. She was the daughter of Johann Christian Helmbold, a Dutch prime lieutenant and later chief construction director in Batavia . The couple had several children:
- Eleonore Adelheid (born October 14, 1804)
- Amalie Hilda (born October 16, 1807)
- Friedrich Karl (born October 9, 1809), porter ensign in the 32nd Infantry Regiment
- Hilda (born October 16, 1810) ⚭ 1833 Ludwig Ernst von Schlegel, second lieutenant in the 20th Infantry Regiment
- Theodora Angelike (1818–1893) ⚭ 1856 Karl Friedrich Heinrich von Bülzingslöwen (1815–1879), Uhlan Regiment No. 6
literature
- Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 5, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1938], DNB 367632802 , pp. 141-142, no. 1462.
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Moritz, Wilhelm Christian Friedrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Moritz, Wilhelm Christian Friedrich von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian major general |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 13, 1773 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Langensalza |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 27, 1850 |
| Place of death | Langensalza |