Heinrich Wilhelm Horn ( German: Heinrich Wilhelm von Horn ; 1762 - 1829 ) - Prussian military leader, lieutenant general . [one]
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| Date of Birth | October 31, 1762 | ||||||||
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| Date of death | October 31, 1829 (67 years old) | ||||||||
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| Affiliation |  Prussia | ||||||||
| Rank | lieutenant general | ||||||||
| Battles / wars | War for the bavarian legacy Uprising Ko Костciuszko , Patriotic War of 1812 | ||||||||
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Biography
He was born on October 31, 1762 in the city of Warmbrunn, now Cieplice-Slaskie-Zdroj in Poland. He was the son of Johann Christian von Horn (1722–1797) and his wife Maria Rozina, nee Becker (1724–1794).
From November 1774, Henry studied in the Berlin Cadet Corps and on March 25, 1778, was released from it into the infantry regiment von Luck (Nr. 53) with the rank of Corporal Corporal. He took part in the war for the Bavarian inheritance and on August 10, 1782 received the rank of lieutenant . From May 12, 1790, Horn served as adjutant to General Franz Andreas von Favrat ( German: Franz Andreas von Favrat ). During his campaign in Poland, he participated in the battle of Ravka and the siege of Warsaw, for which he was awarded the Order of Pour le Mérite on June 6, 1794.
Horn took part in the Russian campaign of 1812 with the rank of lieutenant colonel in the brigade of the Prussian auxiliary corps of General Ludwig York [2] and then in the Liberation War in Germany with the rank of colonel , taking part in the battles of Königsvarta and Bauzen . For the Battle of Leipzig he was awarded December 8, 1813 with oak leaves to the Order of Pour le Mérite.
In Magdeburg in 1814 he became a member of the Masonic lodge Ferdinand zur Glückseligkeit . From October 3, 1815, Heinrich Horn was commandant of Magdeburg ; from January 23, 1815 - a militia inspector in his administrative district. March 30, 1817 received the rank of lieutenant general . In 1820 he became commander of the army corps VII. Armee-Korps .
He died on October 31, 1829 in the city of Muenster.
Family
Heinrich Wilhelm Horn was married three times:
- The first time he married in 1790, Wilhelmine von Holwede ( German Wilhelmine von Holwede , d. 1792) - the daughter of Lieutenant General Christian Friedrich Karl von Holvede ( German Friedrich Christian Karl von Holwede , 1725-1797). They had a daughter, Wilhelmina Carolina Augusta (1792-1816).
- The second time he married on March 13, 1796, Regina Maria Elizabeth Wilhelmina von Raabe ( German: Regine Marie Elisabeth Wilhelmine von Raabe , 1768-1800). From this marriage he had a son, Henry Rudolph Ferdinand August Alexander (1798-1863).
- In his third marriage, held on September 13, 1802 in Gdansk , he was married to Henrietta Constance Sidoni von Blankenstein ( German: Henriette Konstantia Sidonie von Blankenstein , 1781-1846). They had two daughters: Adolfin Henrietta Amap Louis (born 1803) and Albertina Henrietta Josephine Marianne (1808-1818).
Rewards
- He was awarded many awards, including the Order of St. George of the 4th degree (No. 2044 (915); January 18, 1809) and the Order of St. Anna of the 2nd degree (1807), the Order of the Legion of Honor (1812), the Order of the Red Eagle of the 3rd (1814) and 2nd (1818) classes, the order of the Black Eagle (1828).
See also
- List of Prussian commanders of the revolutionary and Napoleonic wars