Willy von Haeseler
Willy Karl Heinrich Martin Gottlieb von Haeseler (born October 13, 1841 at Gut Brookhusen ; † March 4, 1927 in Schwerin ) was a Prussian lieutenant general .
Life
Haeseler von Haeseler came from the Mecklenburg line, which was raised to imperial nobility in 1801 , of a family living in Goslar in the 16th century . He was the eldest son of Wilhelm von Haeseler (1810–1887) and his first wife Auguste, née Koester (1816–1841), who died just 18 days after Willy was born. Haeseler married Cäcilie von Oertzen (1843–1919) on July 4, 1873 in Schwerin.
In 1856/57 Haeseler was a cadet in the 1st company of the cadet house in Potsdam . After his takeover in the Prussian Army he was a. a. from January 15, 1887 to June 15, 1891 commander of the 2nd Leib-Hussar Regiment No. 2 . Haeseler then commanded the 8th Cavalry Brigade in Erfurt until May 1895 .
In 1902, Haeseler was accepted into the Mecklenburg knighthood as a landlord on Vilz (824 hectares , today part of Ticino ) . After the First World War , from 1919 until his death, he was the 5th commander of the Mecklenburg Cooperative of the Order of St. John . For over 30 years Haeseler was a member of the Association for Mecklenburg History and Archeology and a long-standing member of the administrative board of the Bethlehem Abbey in Ludwigslust .
Both Haeseler and his wife Cäcilie are both buried in Vilz.
Awards
- Grand Cross of the Order of the Griffin
- Mecklenburg-Schwerin Military Cross of Merit 1st Class
- Iron Cross 2nd and 1st class
- Order of the Red Eagle II class with star
- Royal Crown Order (Prussia) 2nd class with star
- Right knight of the Order of St. John
- Commander first class of the Duke of Saxony-Ernestine House Order
- Cross of Honor 2nd class of the Schaumburg- Lippe House Order
- Commander of the Franz Joseph Order
- Service award cross
- Memorial cross for 1866
- War memorial for the campaigns of 1870–71
literature
- Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the noble houses. Post office. Verlag Justus Perthes, Gotha 1941, p. 208.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dermot Bradley (ed.), Günter Wegner: Occupation of the German Army 1815-1939. Volume 1: The higher command posts 1815–1939. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1990, ISBN 3-7648-1780-1 , p. 437.
- ^ Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels , Adelslexikon Volume IV, page 373, Volume 67 of the complete series, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 1978
- ↑ History of the Mecklenburg Cooperative of the Order of St. John ( homepage )
- ↑ Werner Strecker: Annual report on the association year from July 1, 1926 to June 30, 1927 , Schwerin July 1, 1927, ( page 290 )
- ↑ Orders and decorations and their arrangement according to the Mecklenburg-Schwerin State Handbook. 1916, p. 384 ( excerpt )
- ↑ Franz Joseph-Orden, Almanac of the Members. 1905, p. 101.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Haeseler, Willy von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Haeseler, Willy Karl Heinrich Martin Gottlieb von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian lieutenant general |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 13, 1841 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brookhusen |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 4, 1927 |
| Place of death | Schwerin |