Friedrich Wilhelm von Bülow, Count von Dennevitz ( German: Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Bülow, Graf von Dennewitz ; February 16, 1755 , Falkenberg - February 25, 1816 , Königsberg ) - Baron, then Count von Dennevitz (August 7 1814), Prussian general from infantry (April 4, 1814).
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| Date of Birth | February 16, 1755 | ||||||||
| Place of Birth | Falkenberg (Vichet) | ||||||||
| Date of death | February 25, 1816 ( 61) | ||||||||
| Place of death | Königsberg | ||||||||
| Affiliation |  Prussia | ||||||||
| Type of army | Infantry | ||||||||
| Years of service | 1769-1816 | ||||||||
| Rank | General from Infantry | ||||||||
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Biography
Friedrich Wilhelm von Bülow was born on February 16, 1755 in the town of Falkenberg in the state of Saxony-Anhalt; the elder brother of the military writer Dietrich Heinrich von Bülow [2] .
He entered the service in 1769 .
In the 4th coalition war, he was a brigadier general in the Lestock corps. He fought at Thorne , Danzig , and on February 5, 1807 he was wounded at Waltersdorf .
In 1812, at the suggestion of York, he was appointed governor of East and West Prussia. During the French retreat from Russia , Bulov managed to organize a significant mass of troops, over which, at the beginning of 1813, he was entrusted with command as the corps commander.
From this time, the outstanding period of Bulov’s activity begins. On April 5, he defeated the French near Mekern , on May 2 took Galle and on June 4 restrained the advance of Marshal Oudinot (threatening Berlin ) from Luccau. Then Bulow took with his corps a brilliant participation in the battles of Gros-Beren ( August 23 ) and Dennevice ( September 6 ). For the last battle, he received the title of Count Dennevitz.
In 1815, Bulow participated in the invasion of France. Bulow did not participate in the battle of Linyi, but under Waterloo , Bulow’s corps was the first of Blucher’s army to flank Napoleon . On July 9, 1815, Bulow's troops entered Paris .
On January 11, 1816, Friedrich Wilhelm von Bülow returned to his post in Koenigsberg , where he died a month and a half later.
Rewards
- Order of the Black Eagle ( April 3, 1814 )
- Order of the Red Eagle , 1st class ( December 11, 1813 )
- Order of Pour le Mérite ( July 17, 1793 )
- Oak branches to the Order of Pour le Mérite ( 1813 )
- The Great Cross of the Iron Cross ( September 15, 1813 ) [3]
- Military Order of Maria Theresa , Commander (Austria, May 18, 1814 )
- Military Order of William , Grand Cross (Netherlands, July 28, 1815 )
- Order of St. George , 2nd class (Russia, February 28, 1814 )
- Legion of Honor , Grand Cross (France, February 15, 1815 )
Memory
- A monument has been erected about the battle of Dennevits Bülow in Brandenburg .
- The name Bulova was carried by a street in Zakheim (now Stekolnaya St.). The medallion with the image of Bulow adorned the Zacheim Gate .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Encyclopedic Dictionary / Ed. I.E. Andreevsky , K.K. Arseniev , F.F. Petrushevsky - St. Petersburg. : Brockhaus - Efron , 1907.
- ↑ Bülow, von Friedrich-Wilhelm // Military Encyclopedia : [18 vol.] / Ed. V.F. Novitsky [et al.]. - SPb. ; [ M. ]: Type. t-va I. D. Sytin , 1911-1915.
- ↑ Order of the Civil Military Iron Cross
Sources
- Bulow, Friedrich-Wilhelm // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
Links
- Biography on the CHRONOS website
- Bülow Friedrich Wilhelm von // Great Soviet Encyclopedia : [in 30 vol.] / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov . - 3rd ed. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978.