Friedrich Balduin von Gagern
Friedrich Balduin, Baron von Gagern (1794–1848) was a German soldier.
Life
He was the eldest of the sons of
Heidelberg
, was member for Luxembourg of the military commission of the German Federal Diet (1824, 1825).
In 1830 and 1831 he took part in the Dutch campaign in Belgium, and in 1844, after being promoted to the rank of general, was sent on an important mission to the Dutch East Indies to inquire into the state of their military defences. In 1847, he was appointed governor at The Hague, and commandant in South Holland.[1]
In the
Hecker Uprising led by Friedrich Hecker
.
At Kandern, on 20 April, he made a vain effort to persuade the leaders to submit, and was about to order his troops to attack, when he was mortally wounded by the bullets of the insurgents.[1]
References
- ^ a b One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Gagern, Hans Christoph Ernst, Baron von s.v. Friedrich Balduin". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 11 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 386.
Sources
- Heinrich von Gagern: Friedrich von Gagern. Biografie, 1856/57 (his Life, in 3 vols. (Heidelberg and Leipzig, 1856–1857), was written by his brother Heinrich von Gagern)
- Julius Hartmann d. Jüngere (1878), "Gagern, Friedrich Freiherr von", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 8, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 301–303
- Paul Wentzke (1964), "Gagern, Friedrich Freiherr von", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 6, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, p. 29
External links
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