Wilhelm von Wentzel

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Karl Wilhelm Leopold Alexander von Wentzel (born June 1, 1791 in Berlin , † December 29, 1868 in Brandenburg an der Havel ) was a Prussian lieutenant general .

Life

origin

Wilhelm was a son of the Prussian lieutenant colonel and chief of the 7th Invaliden Company Friedrich von Wentzel (1754-1825) and his wife Sabine, born von Dittmar (1767-1791), a daughter of Major General Johann Wilhelm von Dittmar .

Military career

Wentzel took effect on February 1, 1802 as a corporal corporal in the infantry regiment "Winning" the Prussian army and advanced to the end of June 1804 Ensign . In the Fourth Coalition War he was made inactive after the Battle of Auerstedt .

On August 11, 1809 he came back to the infantry as a second lieutenant with a patent from January 23, 1808 , was transferred to the 3rd Reserve Battalion of the 1st West Prussian Infantry Regiment at the beginning of March 1813 and on June 6, 1813 to the III. Battalion of the Colberg Infantry Regiment aggregated . During the Wars of Liberation , Wentzel fought in the Battle of Großbeeren and was wounded near Dennewitz . He took part in the sieges of Herzogenbusch and Antwerp and was awarded the Iron Cross, 2nd class. On January 19, 1814, he was transferred to the 29th and April 8th, 1815 in the 31st Infantry Regiment . With this he fought in the summer campaign of 1815 in the battle of Ligny , where Wentzel was wounded again.

On October 10, 1815, he joined the 25th Infantry Regiment as captain and company commander . By mid-September 1841, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel before him as at March 30, 1844 Colonel with the leadership of the 37th Infantry Regiment commissioned. His appointment as regimental commander took place on January 14, 1845. This was followed from September 25 to October 11, 1849 as a commander of the 5th and then the 6th Infantry Brigade . As major general , Wentzel became commander of the 12th Infantry Brigade on May 4, 1852 . In this position he received the star for the Order of the Red Eagle, 2nd class with oak leaves , in mid-August 1854 . Under awarding of the character as a lieutenant general took Wentzel on October 31, 1854 his farewell to board and was on 25 June 1857 board for disposition made. He died on December 29, 1868 in Brandenburg an der Havel.

family

Wentzel married Friederike von Guretzki-Cornitz (1797–1848) in Berlin on August 3, 1826, with whom he had the following children:

  • Luise Charlotte Amalie Wilhelmine Emilie (1827–1853) ⚭ 1949 Bernhard von Schkopp (1817–1904), Prussian infantry general
  • Adelheid Johanna Karoline Wilhelmine (* 1828), abbess of the Heligengrabe monastery
  • Marie Helene Amaline (1829–1909) ⚭ 1847 Bruno von Francois (1818–1870), Prussian major general
  • Hugo Ludwig Otto (1839–1897), Prussian major general ⚭ 1869 Magdalena Klara Friederike von Graevenitz (* 1836)
  • Hermann Friedrich Wilhelm Ferdinand (1834-1840)

After the death of his first wife, he married Antonie von Giese (1826-1884) on December 2, 1850 in Torgau. The couple had several children:

  • Manfred Wilhelm Alexander (1852–1870), Prussian Second Lieutenant who died as a result of the wounds he suffered at Sedan
  • Katharine (Käthe) Mathilde Eugenie Luise (born September 30, 1853 - † May 6, 1928)
⚭ 1873 (divorce) Friedrich Carl Jaspar von Oertzen (1845–1903), tenant of Rütschow
⚭ 1889 Otto von Briesen († 1905), Prussian lieutenant general
⚭ 1913 (divorced in 1917) Balduin von Eickstedt († November 4, 1918), Lord of Tarnow
  • Hans Friedrich Leopold (April 1, 1855 - July 18, 1929)
⚭ May 30, 1885 (divorce) Garce Darling Barlow (* 1864)
⚭ 1915 Heloise Johanna Reuleaux widowed Kupferberg (born February 4, 1854), daughter of Ludwig Reuleaux

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SURNAME Wentzel, Wilhelm von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wentzel, Karl Wilhelm Leopold Alexander von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian lieutenant general
DATE OF BIRTH June 1, 1791
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH December 29, 1868
Place of death Brandenburg on the Havel