Friedrich Lebrecht von Trotha

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Friedrich von Trotha
Von Trotha. 1864 Leutnant der 2. Kompanie des 4. Garderegimentes zu Fuß.jpg
Birth name Friedrich Lebrecht von Trotha
Birth date 15 February 1841(1841-02-15)
Place of birth Mühlhausen in Thüringen, Province of Saxony, Kingdom of Prussia, German Confederation
Death date 22 December 1914 (aged 73)
Place of death Charlottenburg near Berlin, Province of Brandenburg, German Empire
Allegiance Germany Prussian Eagle.jpg Kingdom of Prussia
Wappen des Deutschen Bundes.jpg German Confederation
Coat of arms of North German Confederation.png North German Confederation
 German Empire
Service/branch War and service flag of Prussia (1895–1918).png Prussian Army
Years of service 1858–1893/1901
Rank Major General
Battles/wars Second Schleswig War
German War of Brothers
Franco-German War
Awards Iron Cross (1870)
Red Eagle Order
Prussian Order of the Crown
Relations ∞ 1873 Hedwig Klara Marie von Brandt

Friedrich Lebrecht von Trotha (15 February 1841 – 22 December 1914) was a German officer of the Prussian Army, finally Generalmajor (Major General) and commandant of the military training area in the Senne (Paderborn, Regierungsbezirk Minden, Province of Westphalia).

Military career (chronology)

Son Wolf von Trotha in 1902
  • Cadet Corps in Berlin
  • 11 May 1858 Joined the 3. Infanterie-Regiment in Königsberg
  • 20 September 1859 Transferred to the 2. Garde-Regiment zu Fuß in Berlin
  • 7 June 1860 Transferred to the 2nd Company/2. kombiniertes Garde-Infanterie-Regiment
    • 4 July 1860 The 2nd Combined Guards Infantry Regiment in Spandau was renamed 4th Guards Regiment of Foot (4. Garde-Regiment zu Fuß)
  • 1864 Participated in the Second Schleswig War with the 2nd Company/4. Garde-Regiment zu Fuß
    • Engagement near Friedericia
    • Night engagement of Düppel
    • Wounded during the storming of the Düppeler Schanzen
  • 26 May to 31 December 1864 During recovery subordinated to the Replacement Battalion
  • 1 January 1865 Return to 3rd Company/4. Garde-Regiment zu Fuß
    • 8 to 22 June 1865 Commanded to the III. Battalion (Cottbus) of the 2. Garde-Landwehr-Regiment
  • 1866 Participated with the 4. Garde-Regiment zu Fuß in the German War of Brothers (campaign in Thuringia and Bavaria)
  • 30 July to 24 September 1866 Commanded as an orderly officer to the staff of the combined infantry division of the II. Reserve Army Corps, then return to his regiment
  • 1 October to 3 December 1869 Commanded as company leader to the Non-Commissioned Officer School in Jülich
  • 3 December 1869 to 16 July 1870 Commanded as company leader to the Non-Commissioned Officer School in Potsdam
  • 1870/71 Participated in the Franco-German War
    • 18 July 1870: Commander of the Staff Guard (Stabswache) of the General Command of the Guard Corps (Garde-Korps)
      • 22 August 1870 Released from this position
    • 22 August to 16 September 1870 Leader of the mobile 1st Company
    • 16.09.1870 Appointed Commander of the 1st Company/4. Garde-Regiment zu Fuß (Spandau)
      • Battles: St. Privat la Montagne, Beaumont, Sedan, shelling of Montmedy, siege of Paris and outpost battle at Le Bourget
  • 6 November 1879 Transferred to the oldest captain position of the 1st Guard Regiment of Foot in Potsdam
    • also entrusted with the administration of the chamber holdings (Kammerbestände) of the 1st Guard Landwehr Regiment
    • 31 May to 12 June 1880 and again from 20 June to 2 July 1881 Leader of the Guard Landwehr Training Battalion assembled at the 1st Guard Regiment of Foot
  • 22 March to 1 April 1881 Regular staff officer with the 1. Garde-Regiment zu Fuß in Potsdam
  • 27 May 1882 Commander of the II. Battalion/1. Garde-Regiment zu Fuß
  • 28 October 1886 Commander of the Training Infantry Battalion (Potsdam) under position à la suite of the 1st Guard Regiment of Foot
  • 17 June 1887 Transferred to the army's officers à la suite with his previous uniform and granted six months' leave with full pay to recover his health
  • 17 April 1888 Regular staff officer in the 6th Thuringian Infantry Regiment No. 95 in Gotha
  • 27 January 1890 Commander of the 1st Hanoverian Infantry Regiment No. 74 in Hannover
  • 29 March 1892 Put on hold / at disposal (Oberst zur Disposition) with the statutory pension
    • appointed commandant of the military training area in the Senne (Paderborn) with permission to wear his previous uniform with active duty insignia.
  • 8 April 1893 Released from his position as commandant (de facto retired), now Generalmajor z. D.
  • 23 March 1901 Officially retired with his statutory pension
    • lived in Gotha, later in Charlottenburg near Berlin

Family

Friedrich was the eldest son of the Prussian Major General Friedrich August von Trotha (1812–1868) and his wife Klara Bianka Wedeline, née von Carlowitz (1815–1896).[1] He had four siblings.[2][3]

Marriage

On 23 September 1873 in Baden-Baden, Captain von Trotha married his fiancée Hedwig Klara Marie von Brandt (1852–1920). They had three sons:[4]

  • Friedrich Karl (1875–1932), Major and Knight of Honour (Ehrenritter) of the Johanniter-Orden; ⚭ Berlin 30 October 1899 Anni Schwartze (b. 5 July 1877 in Berlin-Pankow), 2 sons, 2 daughters
  • Maximilian Thilo (b. 3 September 1878 in Spandau; d. 22/23 October 1943 during the RAF raid on Kassel),[5] Major (among other things service with the Schutztruppe) and Knight of the House Order of Hohenzollern with Swords in WWI; Operations Director of Kasseler Verkehrs-Gesellschaft AG.
    • I ⚭ Berlin 19 February 1913 Gertrud Irmgard Klara Freiin von Rheinbaben (1890–1916), 2 sons
    • II ⚭ Berlin 27 October 1919 (o¦o Kassel 6 February 1932) Ingeborg Maria Cäcilie von Tettenborn (b. 18 August 1898 in Schweidnitz), 1 son, 1 daughter
  • Karl Wolf Gebhard Bernhard (1884–1946), naval officer, Vice Admiral of the Kriegsmarine

Promotions

  • 11.5.1858 (Fahnenjunker)-Unteroffizier (Officer Candidate with Corporal/NCO/Junior Sergeant rank)
  • 15.1.1859 Portepee-Fähnrich (Officer Cadet)
  • 13.10.1859 Seconde-Lieutenant (2nd Lieutenant)
  • 30.10.1866 Premier-Lieutenant (1st Lieutenant)
  • 16.9.1870 Hauptmann (Captain)
  • 17.2.1880 Major
  • 14.4.1887 Oberst-Lieutenant (Lieutenant Colonel)
  • 27.1.1890 Oberst (Colonel)
  • 27.1.1893 Charakter als Generalmajor (Honorary Major General)

Awards and decorations

Friedrich Lebrecht von Trotha, Deutscher Ordens-Almanach.png

References

  1. ↑ Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Adeligen Häuser, 1901, p. 193.
  2. ↑ Jahrbuch des Deutschen Adels, Volume 3, Vaterländische Verlagsanstalt, Verlag W. T. Bruer, Berlin 1899, pp. 620 f.
  3. ↑ Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Adeligen Häuser. Der in Deutschland eingeborene Adel (Uradel), 1905, p. 809
  4. ↑ Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Adeligen Häuser, Teil A, 1941, p. 566
  5. ↑ Maximilian Thilo von TROTHA
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