Leonhard von Hohenhausen
Leonhard Freiherr[1] von Hohenhausen und Hochhaus (June 28, 1788 – March 25, 1872) was a Bavarian military and Acting War Minister from March 1, 1847 to February 1, 1848. His last military rank was General der Kavallerie.[2]
Biography[]
Von Hohenhausen was born in Dachau as son of Johann Nepomuk Freiherr von Hohenhausen aka "Peregrinus" and Maria Anna, née Freiin von Wittorf. His uncle was Major General Sylvius Maximilian Freiherr von Hohenhausen (born 1738).[3]
Leonhard von Hohenhausen served in the Bavarian army during the campaigns between 1805 and 1815. In 1839 he became Major General and Brigadier. After acting as war minister under Ludwig I of Bavaria from 1847 to 1848 he was advanced to Lieutenant General and became division commander. In 1861 he became "Generalkapitän", the Hartschiers' commander, a former Bavarian life guards troop. In 1867 he was advanced to the rank of a General der Kavallerie. Von Hohenhausen was also Educator of crown prince Maximilian.[4]
Von Hohenhausen was married threetimes. With his first wife Magdalena, née Kleinknecht (1790–1846), he had one daughter, and with his second wife Anna, née Pol (1826–1862), he had five daughters and one son. With his third wife Wilhelmine, née Fischer-Rhomberg (1827–1883), he had no children.[5]
On April 27, 1861 he was awarded with the honorary citizenship by the city of Augsburg.[6] He was buried in the Old Southern Cemetery in Munich.
References and notes[]
 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Leonhard von Hohenhausen. |
- ↑ Regarding personal names: Freiherr is a former title (translated as Baron), which is now legally a part of the last name. The female forms are Freifrau and Freiin.
- ↑ former military rank below Colonel General
- ↑ Hohenhausen (German), Pierer's Universal-Lexikon, vol. 8, Altenburg, 1859, pp. 455-456.
- ↑ Hohenhausen, Leonhard Freiherr von, House of the Bavarian history (HdBG).
- ↑ Bautz, Traugott, ed (2005). "Hohenhausen und Hochhaus, Mari(a)e Anna Leontine Caroline Magdalena Freiin von" (in German). Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). 24. Nordhausen: Bautz. cols. 851–857. ISBN 3-88309-247-9. http://www.bbkl.de/h/hohenhausen-hochhaus_m.shtml.
- ↑ Honorary Citizens of Augsburg.
The original article can be found at Leonhard von Hohenhausen and the edit history here.