Wilhelm von Arentschildt

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Wilhelm von Arentschildt

Wilhelm Daniel von Arentschildt , also Arentsschild ( Russian Вильгельм Даниэль Ареншильд ; * January 7, 1761 in Bremen , † October 25, 1835 in Hildesheim ) was a Russian major general .

Life

origin

Wilhelm came from the Bremen noble family von Arentschildt . His parents were the Hanoverian major general and chief of the Harburg garrison regiment Karl Christian Friedrich von Arentschildt (1709–1792) and his second wife Anna Wilhelmine Heise († 1802).

career

Arentschildt began his career at the age of 13 as a page in Hanover. In August 1773 he joined the Hanoverian foot guard as an ensign . In 1782 he was sent to the East Indies as a lieutenant with the 14th Hanoverian Infantry Regiment for nine years to support the battle of the British against Tipu Sultan and the French. In 1792 he was back as a captain in Hanover and was commissioned to set up a company of hunters with which he participated in the First Coalition on the Flemish theater of war . Arentschildt advanced to major in 1794 and lieutenant colonel in 1802 . After the occupation of Hanover by the French, he tried unsuccessfully to switch to British service, but was then delegated to the Russian general staff as a colonel with the approval of George IV in 1804 , where from 1805 he was the vanguard of the Russian corps under General Ostermann-Tolstoy led. In 1806 and 1807 he was sent on diplomatic missions to Stralsund ( Sweden ) and London .

After the Treaty of Tilsit arent Schildt came as a colonel in Oldenburg services, with the mission one infantry - battalion set up. After the French occupation of Oldenburg, he returned to Russia in 1811, where he was again employed as a colonel. From 1812 he was responsible for the establishment of the Russian-German Legion , especially the integration of German prisoners of war and defectors. With the Legion he embarked with the corps from Reval to Finland in 1812 and marched into Mecklenburg in 1813 , where he joined General Wallmoden-Gimborn and was promoted to major general himself. Arentschildt was in command of the Legion's infantry until the peace of 1814 . In Paris he received an annual pension of 2,000 rubles from the Russian emperor . In recognition of his services he was also awarded the Order of Vladimir III. Class and the Order of Anne II. Class awarded. An additional waiting allowance from the English king amounting to 1,000 Reichstalers enabled Arentschildt to have an adequate retirement age, which he spent in Hildesheim with his family. His grave is there in the Marienfriedhof.

family

Arentschildt married Karoline Johanne Wyneken (1771–1836) in Stade in 1792 . Several children emerged from the marriage:

  • Wilhelmine Henriette (1794–1867) ⚭ 1813 Felix Ferdinand von Natzmer (1780–1815), died in Fleurus of the injuries received near Ligny , parents of Ferdinand von Natzmer
  • Christiane Silvie Charlotte (1796–1848), canon in Lüne
  • Adolf Friedrich (1798–1883), Hanoverian lieutenant colonel ⚭ 1830 Emma Dorothee Philippine Bergmann (1813–1889)
  • Albrecht Helmut Gustav Franz (1801–1877), cornet of the Russian-German Legion
  • Georgine († 1809)
  • Alexander (1806–1881) ⚭ 1839 Johanne Wilhelmine Karoline Sophie Herzog (1820–1897)
  • Auguste (1810–1890), canon in Wennigsen

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  1. ↑ Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of noble houses 1906. Seventh year, Justus Perthes, Gotha 1905, p. 524.
personal data
SURNAME Arentschildt, Wilhelm von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ареншильд, Вильгельм Даниэль (Russian); Arentsschild, Wilhelm Daniel von; Arentschildt, Wilhelm Daniel von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian major general
DATE OF BIRTH January 7, 1761
PLACE OF BIRTH Bremen
DATE OF DEATH October 25, 1835
Place of death Hildesheim