Wilhelm Ulrich von Thun

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Wilhelm Ulrich von Thun as major in St. Petersburg

Philipp Wilhelm Ulrich von Thun (born September 10, 1784 in Seckeritz , † November 30, 1862 in Schlemmin ) was an infantry officer in the Swedish and Prussian services, most recently as lieutenant general. He was the Prussian envoy in Russia , Hesse and Württemberg .

Life

Wilhelm Ulrich von Thun, came from the noble von Thun family . He was the son of Otto Heinrich von Thun auf Tribohm , Chancellor of the Swedish Pomeranian government , and Louise von Lepel . He was raised in his parents' house in Stralsund . At the age of 18 he was accepted into the Queen's body regiment (" Drottningens Livregemente till fot "), which was garrisoned in Stralsund . In 1804 he took a leave of absence to study at the University of Göttingen . In 1806 he returned to his regiment after Sweden entered the war with France . After Stralsund was handed over to the French, he went to Sweden with the regiment. After being in the same year by Swedish Pomerania for the exchange of prisoners of war had been drafted, he took in the years 1808 and 1809 in Finland on the Russian-Swedish war part. After the peace agreement with Russia , he returned to Stralsund in 1810 with the Leibregiment.

When the French invaded Swedish Pomerania again in 1811, he went into hiding until the beginning of 1813 to avoid capture by the occupiers. After their departure he was sent with a message to the Swedish Crown Prince Karl Johann (Bernadotte), who appointed him his adjutant. He accompanied him on the campaigns in 1813 and 1814 and attended the battles near Großbeeren , Dennewitz and Leipzig . He took part in the campaigns against Denmark and Belgium and accompanied the Crown Prince to Paris . He then moved to Norway with the Swedish army , stayed in Christiania on a special assignment in the winter of 1814 to 1815 before he was called to Stockholm .

After the transition from Swedish Pomerania to Prussia in 1815, he was granted discharge from Swedish military service. He joined the Département Vendée as a major in the 16th regiment of the Prussian army , which moved to Lorraine as part of the occupation army . There he became the commandant of Montmédy . His regiment was transferred to Luxembourg in 1817 and to Trier in 1818 . From there he was transferred to the Emperor Franz Regiment as a battalion commander.

In 1821 he was transferred to the Alexander Regiment and sent to Saint Petersburg as a Prussian military representative . He was in the favor of Tsar Alexander I and his successor Nicholas I , whom he was promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1828 and accompanied on the campaign against the Turks .

In 1829 he became a wing adjutant to the Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm III. who called him in 1830. In 1832 he was promoted to colonel . In 1837 he became the Prussian ambassador in Kassel . After his promotion to major general in 1839, he stayed in Italy with his family for a year . He retained his position as envoy in Kassel even after Friedrich Wilhelm IV took office. In 1845 he became envoy in Stuttgart . In 1846 he was promoted to lieutenant general.

In 1851, his resignation was granted. He went to Schlemmin, which he had inherited from his uncle Carl Ludwig von Thun in 1838. He had had a representative residence built there since 1846 with Schlemmin Castle . He died there on the 1st of Advent 1862 with his family.

Wilhelm Ulrich von Thun was awarded the Knight of St. John in 1821 and the Pour le Mérite in 1829 .

family

Wilhelm Ulrich von Thun married Mathilde von Senden (1802-1854) in 1831, the daughter of the Hessian ambassador in Berlin Carl von Senden. The two had two daughters. The older daughter Elisabeth (* 1832) married Bolko zu Stolberg-Wernigerode in 1853 , the marriage remained childless. The younger daughter Emma (1834–1900) married Johannes zu Stolberg-Wernigerode and, after his death in 1865, Otto zu Solms-Rödelheim (1829–1904).

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gothaisches genealogical pocket book together with diplomatic-statistical yearbook for the year 1864, p.290
personal data
SURNAME Thun, Wilhelm Ulrich von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Thun, Philipp Wilhelm Ulrich von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian infantry general and envoy
DATE OF BIRTH September 10, 1784
PLACE OF BIRTH Seckeritz
DATE OF DEATH November 30, 1862
Place of death Schlemmin