Franz Xaver von Hertling

Franz Xaver Joseph Ignaz Freiherr[1] von Hertling (June 28, 1780 – September 13, 1844) was a Bavarian lieutenant general and War Minister from December 12, 1836 until November 11, 1838.

Franz Xaver Joseph Ignaz Freiherr

Biography

Hertling was born in Ladenburg, the son of Jakob Anton von Hertling and Maria Anna Antonia Juliana, née von Weiler. He joined the Bavarian army in the last decade of the 18th century. On August 1, 1816, when he was in the rank of an Oberst, he married Maria Anna, née von Kalkhof. On May 17, 1917 his first child Caroline Friederike Wilhelmine Antonie was born, and on September 1, 1822 his first son Maximilian Joseph. In 1824 he became major general and brigadier, and one year later on January 1 his second son Philipp Theodor Joseph was born. In 1936 he was promoted to lieutenant general and became commander of the 4th Royal Bavarian Division and war minister of the Kingdom of Bavaria. Hertling retired in 1838 and died in Munich.[2][3] His brother Johann Friedrich Maximilian Joseph was Acting War Minister of Bavaria in 1839.

Awards

References and notes
  1. Regarding personal names: Freiherr is a former title (translated as Baron). In Germany since 1919, it forms part of family names. The feminine forms are Freifrau and Freiin.
  2. Franz Xaver Joseph Ignaz von hertling, RootsWeb.
  3. Hertling, Franz Xaver Freiherr von, House of the Bavarian history (HdBG).
Government offices
Preceded by
Georg von Weinrich		 Ministers of War (Bavaria)
1836–1838		 Succeeded by
Albrecht Freiherr Besserer von Thalfingen
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