Carl Philipp August Graf von Schlieffen
| Carl von Schlieffen | |
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 Graf von Schlieffen was Flügeladjutant of the Prussian Kings Friedrich Wilhelm III and Friedrich Wilhelm IV as well as the 2nd commander of the Guard NCO Company,[1] which was renamed Schloß-Garde-Kompanie in 1861. | |
| Birth name | Carl Philipp August Graf von Schlieffen |
| Birth date | 23 March 1798 |
| Place of birth | Königsberg, East Prussia, Kingdom of Prussia, Holy Roman Empire |
| Death date | 10 December 1845 (aged 47) |
| Place of death | Vives-Eaux near Melun, France[2] |
| Allegiance |  Kingdom of Prussia German Confederation (1815–1845)
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| Service/branch | .png){kind=small} Prussian Army
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| Years of service | 1813–1845 |
| Rank | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Battles/wars | German campaign of 1813 |
| Awards | Iron Cross (1813) Red Eagle Order |
| Relations | ∞ 1823 Katharina Gräfin Schuwaloff |
Carl Philipp August von Schlieffen, since 1812 Graf von Schlieffen (also Karl; 23 March 1798 – 10 December 1845), was a German officer of the Prussian Army, finally Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant Colonel).
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Life
Graf von Schlieffen joined the Prussian Army in 1813 only 15 years old and took part in the War of Liberation with the Brandenburgisches Infanterie Regiment, which would be renamed six times, finally as of 26 June 1871 Grenadier-Regiment "Prinz Karl von Preußen" (2. Brandenburgisches) Nr. 12. He was adjutant of the Armee-Korps in France in 1816 and was transferred to the 1. Garde-Regiment zu Fuß in Potsdam on 9 December 1816. In 1824, he became adjutant of the II. Armee-Korps in Berlin. In 1838, he served I. Armee-Abteilung under Crown Prince General der Infanterie Friedrich Wilhelm, who would become King of Prussia as Friedrich Wilhelm IV in 1840.
On 30 March 1839, Major Graf von Schlieffen became Flügeladjutant of King Friedrich Wilhelm III and was named commander of the Guard NCO Company by the new King Friedrich Wilhelm IV on 10 September 1840 as successor of Wilhelm Hermann Heinrich von Thümen.
Family
Carl[3] was born the son of Colonel Carl Friedrich von Schlieffen (1763–1840), commandant of Königsberg, who was raised to Graf on 11 April 1812 together with both brothers (Heinrich Wilhelm and Johann Ernst Ludwig),[4] and his wife Philippine Ernestine Friederike Antoinette von Natzmer aus dem Hause Rützenhagen (1771–1828).
Marriage
On 27 July 1823, 1st Lieutenant Graf von Schlieffen married his fiancée Katharina (Ekaterina) Petrowna[5] Gräfin Schuwaloff (b. 9 January 1801 in Riga; d. 21 September 1858 in Postdam) in St. Petersburg (picture of Katharina Gräfin von Schlieffen in her later years).
Children
They had five children:
- Elisabeth Katharina (b. 8 August 1825 in Berlin), honorary canoness of the monastery "zum heiligen Graben"
- Anastasia Katharina (1827–1898), 1854 lady-in-waiting of Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria (1801–1873); ∞ 11 July 1854 Generalmajor Ludwig Ferdinand Friedrich Carl Alexander Graf Haupt zu Pappenheim, 2 children
- Maria Katharina (b. 17 October 1830 in Berlin), also honorary canoness of the monastery "zum heiligen Graben"
- Georg Karl (1832–1894), Royal Prussian chamberlain (Kammerherr); ∞ 16 January 1860 Ludmilla Gabriele Maria, widowed Gräfin von Brühl, née Gräfin von Renard (1830–1894), their son was Georg Karl Andreas Albert (1860–1944)
- Luise Katharina (b. 23 August 1838 in Berlin), Ehrendame des Theresien-Ordens and palace lady (Palastdame; PD); 23 October 1860 Bavarian court marshal (Hofmarschall) Colonel Maximilian Joseph Karl Friedrich Graf zu Pappenheim (1824–1906), 2 children[6]
Promotions
- 8 December 1813 Portepée-Fähnrich (Officer Cadet)
- 10 January 1814 Secondlieutenant (2nd Lieutenant)
- 20 January 1822 Premierlieutenant (1st Lieutenant)
- 30 March 1829 Capitän (Captain)
- 27 April 1839 Major[7]
- 22 March 1845 Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant Colonel)[8]
Awards and decorations
- Iron Cross (1813), 2nd Class
- Prussian War Commemorative Medal for the Wars of Liberation (Kriegsdenkmünze für die Befreiungskriege)
- Order of Saint Vladimir, 4th Class (RW4)
- Imperial Russian Sankt-Stanislaus-Orden, III. Class (RSt3)
- Russian Order of Saint Anna (Sankt-Annen-Orden), 2nd Class (RA2)
- Prussian Long Service Cross for 25 years (Königlich Preußisches Dienstauszeichnungskreuz; DA)
- Imperial Russian Sankt-Stanislaus-Orden, II. Class (RSt2)
- Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order, Knight's Cross (HG3)[9]
- Knight (Ritter; Rr) of the Johanniter-Orden[10]
- Red Eagle Order (Roter Adlerorden), 4th Class (PRAO4/PrA4)
- Russian Order of Saint Anna (Sankt-Annen-Orden), 2nd Class with Diamonds (RA2mBr)
- Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order, Knight's Cross with Diamonds (HG3mBr)[11]
- Württemberg Order of the Crown, Commander (WK2)
References
- ↑ Leo von Pfannenberg: Geschichte der Schloß-Garde-Kompanie Seiner Majestät des Kaisers und Königs 1829–1909, Verlag von Georg Stilke, Berlin 1909, p. 144
- ↑ L'Esperance, Volume 7, 30 December 1845, p. 3 (in French)
- ↑ Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Gräflichen Häuser, 1891, pp. 902–903
- ↑ Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Gräflichen Häuser, 1903, p. 759
- ↑ Petrovna is the Russian spelling of "of Peter" because in Russia it is customary to put the father's name before the surname
- ↑ Gräfin Luise Katharina von Schlieffen
- ↑ Rangliste der Königlich Preußischen Armee, 1844, p. 341
- ↑ Rangliste der Königlich Preußischen Armee, 1845, p. 344
- ↑ Rangliste der Königlich Preußischen Armee, 1842, p. 4
- ↑ Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Gräflichen Häuser, 1922, p. 848
- ↑ Rangliste der Königlich Preußischen Armee, 1845, p. 21
- 1798 births
- 1845 deaths
- German nobility
- German military officers
- Prussian Army personnel
- Flügeladjutant
- German military personnel of the Coalition Wars
- Recipients of the Iron Cross
- Recipients of the Order of St. Anna
- Knights of the Order of Saint John (Bailiwick of Brandenburg)
- Recipients of the Order of the Red Eagle
- Recipients of the Order of the Crown (Württemberg)
