Friedrich von Marschall
Friedrich (III.) von Marschall (b. 6 July 1831 in Cassel, Electorate of Hesse, German Confederation; d. 22 December 1910 in Spangenberg, Regierungsbezirk Kassel, Province of Hesse-Nassau, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire) was a German noble and Electoral Hesse, as of 1868 (after the German War of Brothers) Royal Prussian forester.
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Life
Friedrich von Marschall was Oberförster (senior forester) in Brotterode (Kreis Schmalkalden), later Forstmeister (master forester) in Spangenberg; as such, he was a member of the "Association for Hessian History and Regional Studies" (Verein für hessische Geschichte und Landeskunde).[1] He also served as the Polizeianwalt (police lawyer) with the Brotterode District Court.[2]
Family
Friedrich came from the House of Dannheim-Wülfershausen. His parents were Electoral Hesse Lieutenant Colonel Karl Heinrich von Marschall (1798–1879) and his wife (∞ 1824) Amalie Christiane Karoline von Hesberg (1796–1848),[3] daughter and 11th child of Hesse-Cassel Captain Ernst Ludwig von Hesberg as well as aunt of Royal Prussian General der Kavalerie Louis Otto Ernst Georg Friedrich von Hesberg (1824–1909).[4]
His paternal grandfather was cavalry officer August Ludwig Ernst Friedrich von Marschall (1759–1843), Lieutenant General of the Hesse-Kassel Army and governor of Cassel.[5]
His great-grandfather was Hesse-Cassel Major General Friedrich Ernst August von Marschall, knight of the Pour la Vertu Militaire (5 June 1770), the high military order of merit established on 25 February 1769 by Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel. Friedrich's uncle Friedrich "Fritz" August Ernst von Marschall (1793–1812) was ⚔ during the retreat in Russia as a 1st Lieutenant of the 1. Westfälisches Kürassier-Regiment (Kingdom of Westphalia) which was forced to fight for Napoleon during his Russian campaign.
Marriages
On 21 July 1866 in Rotenburg, von Marschall married his fiancée Julie Caroline Helene Elisabeth Wilhelmine Emma Amalie Adelheid Mathilde Emilie Müldner von Mülnheim (b. 10 November 1845 in Nentershausen; d. 17 October 1879 in Spangenberg). The couple would have six children:
- Hedwig (b. 2 January 1868 in Brotterode; d. 5 January 1868 ibid)
- Hans (b. 22 March 1869 in Brotterode; d. 25 October 1869 ibid)
- Friedrich IV. (b. 3. August 1870 in Brotterode; d. 3 November 1870 ibid)
- Eva (b. 20 October 1871 in Brotterode)
- Elisabeth (b. 25 April 1875 in Spangenberg; d. 25 October 1955 in Marburg[6])
- Karl August Friedrich V. (b. 26 December 1878 in Spangenberg; d. 16 December 1949 in Marburg)
On 12 January 1884, widower von Marschall married his sister-in-law Wilhelmine Emma Amalie Adelheid Mathilde Emilie Wilhelmine Emma Amalie Adelheid "Adele" Mathilde Emilie Müldner von Mülnheim (b. 29 January 1848 in Nentershausen; d. 25 January 1926 in Spangenberg). It was a platonic marriage of convenience. Adele, who had been caring for the children since her sister's death, became a loving mother for the children.
Friedrich (V.) von Marschall
Since his older brothers died as babies, Karl August Friedrich von Marschall became the heir of the father. He entered military service in March 1900 as a Fahnenjunker (officer candidate) of the Prussian Army with the Kurhessisches Jäger-Bataillon Nr. 11 in Marburg. He was commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant in April 1902. In 1910/11, he retired with pension and the right to wear the uniform. He also received his promotion to Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant).[7] In WWI, he was reactivated with the Landwehr and was promoted to Hauptmann (Captain) at the end of the war.
Marriage
On 29 March 1910 in Marburg, Friedrich (V.) von Marschall married his fiancée Erika André (b. 8 August 1887 in Berlin; d. 31 October 1968 in Marburg). The couple would have four children:[8]
- Elise Adelheid Eva Margarete Gisela (b. 20 July 1911 in Geisenheim)
- Johanne Helene Elisabeth Herta (b. 15 August 1913 in Nassau)
- Amalie Luise Edith Waltraut (b. 23 December 1915 in Marburg an der Lahn)
- Heinrich Viktor Friedrich (b. 21 December 1920 in Marburg an der Lahn)
Awards, decorations and honours (excerpt)
- Saxe-Ernestine House Orden, Knight's Cross 2nd Class (HSEH3b/SEHO3b)
- Red Eagle Order, 4th Class in January 1894
- Ehrenbürger (honorary citizen) of Spangenberg in 1900
References
- ↑ Hans-Jürgen KahlfuB: 160 Jahre Hessischer Geschichtsverein Schmalkalden, p. 40
- ↑ Königlich Preußischer Staatsdienst-Kalender für den Regierungsbezirk Cassel, 1874, p. 265
- ↑ Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Adeligen Häuser, Teil A, 1919, p. 488
- ↑ Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Adeligen Häuser, 1902, p. 354
- ↑ Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Adeligen Häuser, 1901, pp. 603 f.
- ↑ Elisabeth von Marschall
- ↑ Rangliste der Königlich Preußischen Armee, 1911, p. 323
- ↑ Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Adeligen Häuser, Teil A, 1942, pp. 318 f.
