Wilhelm Ludwig von Meusel

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Wilhelm Ludwig Musculus von Meusel (* 1724 in Darmstadt ; † April 10, 1787 in Magdeburg ) was a Prussian colonel , chief of the grenadier battalion No. 2 of the same name and knight of the order Pour le Mérite .

Life

origin

Meusel comes from a patrician family in Alsace who called themselves Meusel until the Reformation . One of his ancestors, a scholar, worked on the Reformation business and, as was customary at the time, changed his name to Latin, Musculus, which has since remained in use by the family. His father was the Landgrave Hessian Chamber Councilor Georg Heinrich Wendel Musculus (born March 11, 1695; † 1766), married to Maria Margarethe Elisabeth von Gelius (born April 13, 1701; † April 27, 1749).

Military career

Meusel was with the Hessen-Darmstadt cadets when Count von Hak, who was a good friend of his father's, got him into Prussian service. From 1742 Meusel was second lieutenant in the Eckartsberg regiment. In 1751 he was promoted to prime lieutenant , in 1757 a staff member and in 1759 a captain , in 1771 a major and commander of a grenadier battalion. This consisted of the grenadier companies of the regiments "von Eichmann" and "von Eckartsberg". On May 28, 1774 he was awarded the Order Pour le Mérite for his services during the Seven Years' War . In 1781 Meusel became a lieutenant colonel and on May 25, 1783 a colonel.

Meusel was a member of the Magdeburg Freemason Lodge Ferdinand for happiness

Since 1744 he has attended all campaigns with the battalion and has particularly distinguished himself on various occasions. On February 5, 1770, the Prussian King Frederick II granted him the hereditary nobility because of his services and changed his name back to Meusel .

family

Meusel was married to Catharina Charlotte Elisabeth von Dzingel, née von Möller.

The Meusels lead a golden crossbar in a blue shield, covered with three mice running one behind the other.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Anton Balthasar König : Wilhelm Ludwig von Meusel . In: Biographical lexicon of all heroes and military figures who made themselves famous in the Prussian service . tape 3 . Arnold Wever, Berlin 1790, p. 42 ( Wilhelm Ludwig von Meusel at Wikisource [PDF]).
  2. ^ Secret State Archive of Prussian Cultural Heritage , HA I Rep. 176 VI M Heroldsamt No. 241, family tree v. Meusel
  3. ^ Lehmann: The knights of the order pour le mérite. Volume 1: 1740-1811. Berlin 1913.
  4. ^ Secret State Archive of Prussian Cultural Heritage, HA I Rep. 176 VI M Heroldsamt No. 241 Family tree v. Meusel
  5. ^ Leopold von Zedlitz-Neukirch : New Prussian Adelslexicon . Volume 3, Leipzig 1837, p. 405 ( digitized version )
personal data
SURNAME Meusel, Wilhelm Ludwig von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian officer, knight of the order Pour le Mérite, chief of the Meusel grenadier battalion No. 2
DATE OF BIRTH 1724
PLACE OF BIRTH Darmstadt
DATE OF DEATH April 10, 1787
Place of death Magdeburg