Wilhelm von Pape (General)

Johann August Wilhelm Meinhard Adolf von Pape (born January 27, 1808 in Königsberg in the Neumark , † September 5, 1885 in Loschwitz near Dresden ) was a Prussian lieutenant general .

Life

origin

His parents were Wilhelm von Pape (1771-1860) and his wife Wilhelmine, née Freiin von Röppert (1774-1857). His father was the district administrator of the Königsberg Nm district. , Herr auf Braunsfeld (Friedeberg district) and most recently head of the office of the military building commission in Berlin. His brother Alexander (1813–1895) became Colonel General and Governor of Berlin.

Career

He received his education at the Friedrich-Werdeschen Gymnasium in Berlin . After graduating, he went on foot as a grenadier in the 2nd Guards Regiment on January 30, 1825 . There he was promoted to Portepeefähnrich on November 14, 1826, aggregated as Second Lieutenant on April 15, 1828, and assigned to April 13, 1829. He received permission to marry on August 26, 1837, and he received an allowance of 300 thalers from the king until he was promoted to captain. From October 1, 1837, he was assigned as an adjutant in the combined Guard Reserve Battalion. There he was promoted to Premier-Lieutenant on December 14, 1841, and on March 14, 1848, he was transferred back to the 2nd Guards Regiment on foot as a captain and company commander. Promoted to major on July 25, 1854, he then joined the 21st Infantry Regiment as a regular staff officer. On November 15, 1855 he was battalion commander and on September 3, 1856 transferred to the 14th Landwehr Regiment, where he was commander of the III. Battalion in Schneidemühl was. There he was appointed lieutenant colonel on May 31, 1859, and on June 14, 1856 he was transferred to the mobile 14th Landwehr Regiment as commander. On May 8, 1860, he came to the 14th Combined Infantry Regiment as a leader, and on June 3, 1860 he was awarded the Order of the Red Eagle, 4th class . But on July 1, 1860, he came as a commander in the newly established 54th Infantry Regiment. He was promoted to colonel on October 18, 1861, and on January 18, 1863, he was awarded the Order of the Red Eagle, 3rd Class with Ribbon. On November 21, 1864, he was entrusted with the command of the 1st Infantry Brigade, for this he was placed à la suite of the 54th Infantry Regiment, on April 18, 1865 he was confirmed as commander and on June 18, 1865 as major general promoted.

During the German War of 1866 he fought in the battle near Trautenau and in the battle of Königgrätz . For this he received the order Pour le Mérite on September 20, 1866 and the Mecklenburg Military Merit Cross on November 14, 1866 . On July 7, 1868 he was given the character of Lieutenant General. During the mobilization for the Franco-Prussian War he was appointed commander of the 14th Infantry Brigade on July 18, 1870. He stayed there until he was released from this position on May 16, 1871. He died there on September 5, 1885 in Loschwitz near Dresden.

family

He married on December 6, 1837 in Meyenburg (Ostpriegnitz district) Henriette Ernstine Eveline Friederike Hermine von Rohr (* February 3, 1814 - December 18, 1877), a daughter of Ernst von Rohr from the Penzlin family.

• Auguste Wilhelmine Henriette Ernstine Franziska (* October 11, 1838 - June 10, 1904) ⚭ 1870 Ferdinand Siebigk (* February 8, 1823 - May 8, 1886), Anhalt Archive Councilor
• Agnes Auguste Wilhelmine Sophie Friederike (* December 11, 1839 - March 6, 1842)
• Eckbert August Wilhelm (born November 23, 1841 - † March 31, 1871), retired lieutenant. D.
• Richard Wilhelm Emil (born May 2, 1842 - † June 4, 1846)

After the death of his first wife, he married Charlotte Klothilde Daniel on August 5, 1878 in Görlitz (* February 2, 1839, † July 28, 1914).

literature

• Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldatisches Führertum , Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1939], DNB 367632829 , Volume 7, pp. 346–347, No. 2333.
• Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Briefadeligen houses. 1912. Sixth year, Justus Perthes , Gotha 1911, p. 708.