William Adolph von Hassell

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William von Hassell in Rittmeister uniform
Coat of arms of the von Hassell family, approx. 15th century

William I. Adolph von Hassell (born November 15, 1796 in Verden , † January 27, 1865 in Hanover ) was a royal Hanoverian lieutenant general and hippologist .

Life

William von Hassell came from the local noble family of the von Hassell . He was the son of the royal Hanoverian major general Franz Wilhelm von Hassell (1752-1827), landlord on Clüversborstel , today a district of Reeßum , and his first wife Luise von Wersebe . William Adolph inherited the estate in 1827 and had a new manor house built.

From October 5, 1811 to April 1, 1813, von Hassell was a student at the Knight Academy in Lüneburg . He later rose to major general in his military career .

Von Hassell was the President of the Royal Hanoverian Remonte Commission and a prominent hippologist in his day, who is to be counted among the formative figures in the breeding history of the modern Hanoverian .

The "old Hassell" was known everywhere in the country where horse breeding was practiced and exercised the best influence on them as on the army's horse replacement (Ulrich von Hassell senior, nephew 2nd degree of William von Hassell)

William von Hassell died on January 27, 1865. King George V of Hanover also attended his funeral. He found his grave in the Hassell family crypt in Sottrum ( reburied in 2012).

Marriage and offspring

William von Hassell married Margarethe Hedwig von Wersebe , his first cousin. From this marriage there were 6 children of which only four survived:

  • William Louis August von Hassell (* December 16, 1833; † June 27, 1915), first Hanoverian, since 1867 Saxon officer (1874 Major z. D.), 1900 landscape councilor of the Bremen knighthood ∞ Josephine von Düring (* January 7, 1837 ; † March 27, 1898), daughter of General Georg v. Düring and Countess Josepha Alcaini. William was known as a historian of Hanoverian history. He frequented the court of the Crown Prince of Hanover and Duke of Cumberland in Gmunden , who gave him a silver horse in recognition of his scientific works.
  • Johanna Justine (born November 11, 1832 - September 5, 1901) ∞ Baron Julius von Hammerstein
  • Christiane (born June 6, 1836 - October 18, 1918) ∞ Major General Konstantin von Schnehen
  • Adelheit Henriette (* July 28, 1837; † April 18, 1890) ∞ Wilhelm von Düring (* June 25, 1832; † October 2, 1885)

Publications

  • About horse breeding, the horse and colt trade and the remounting of the cavalry of the Kingdom of Hanover , Hanover 1841 (reprint with an introduction by Rolf Schettler, Verlag Sandra Asmussen, Gelting 2004, ISBN 3-935985-17-7 )

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Friedrich August Schmidt, Bernhardt Friedrich Voigt: New Nekrolog der Deutschen ... Volume 5, Part 2, Verlag BF Voigt, 1829, p. 1084 ( [1] )
  2. ↑ The Schleeßeler fire brigade courier of December 20, 2000 ( PDF ( Memento of the original from May 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.schleessel.de
  3. ^ Arnold von Weyhe-Eimke: The Aebte of the St. Michaelis Monastery in Lüneburg , Schulze'sche Buchhandlung, Celle 1862, p. 593 ( digitized version ).
  4. ↑ Ulrich von Hassell: Memories from my life 1848-1918. Chr.Belser'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart 1919, p. 28.
  5. ↑ Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch , 1888, p. 12 ( excerpt )
  6. ↑ Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of noble houses 1901. Second year, p.265
  7. ↑ Book ad
personal data
SURNAME Hassell, William Adolph von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hassell, William I. Adolph von; Hassel, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hanoverian major general and hippologist
DATE OF BIRTH November 15, 1796
PLACE OF BIRTH Verden
DATE OF DEATH January 27, 1865
Place of death Hanover