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Colonel Bernard Ernest Jule de Koetteritz (Russian Imperial Guard)

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BingandNelsonFan:
I am trying to find any info on Colonel de Kotteritz of the Russian Imperial Guard. A year or two ago some people were kind enough on this forum to try to help me with this, but Col. de Koetteritz turned out to be very elusive. I have since found a couple more facts that may help, so I'm hoping that someone else may be able to turn up additional info or comments.

From what I can find, it appears that he was born "Bernhard von Koetteritz" on 21 Feb 1807.
He was baptized on 09 Mar 1807 at Brandenburg (Havel), Brandenburg, Preußen, Germany.
His parents are listed as "Von Koetteritz" and Juliane Montferin.

He had an older sister, Julie Caroline, who was born on 22 Dec 1804 and baptized at the same place as above on 22 Jan 1805.

The peerage lists Colonel de Koetteritz as the son of General de Koetteritz of Leipzig, Brandenburg, Germany.

Many thanks to anyone who can shed any light on this one!
Regards,
Sarah

Forum Admin:
Ernst Von Koetteritz,  served first as an officer in the Prussian army, but who took, after the great German defeat at Jena and the subsequent reduction of that army, Russian service, and died as Colonel of the Engineers in 1819, in Russia.  His wife was Julie Eleanor de Montferrin, whose father and mother died under the guillotine during the French Revolution. Their son was Bernard Otto Von Koetteritz, late Captain in the Royal Prussian Brigade of the Artillery of the Guard, and his wife was Emily Dorothea Hoepner.

His grandson Burt Hans Berhardt Von Koetteritz was born in 1853 in Prussia, and he emigrated to the US in 1879.  Their descendants live in New York State.

BingandNelsonFan:
Wow! Thanks for all of that. I have found that Bernard Ernest Jule de Koetteritz married Emma Bruce (nee Ramsbottom) in 1849. She was a widow. Do you think that there is any relation with the below mentioned de Koetteritz family and the man that I am looking for?

Regards,
Sarah


--- Quote from: Forum Admin on December 30, 2014, 04:26:16 PM ---Ernst Von Koetteritz,  served first as an officer in the Prussian army, but who took, after the great German defeat at Jena and the subsequent reduction of that army, Russian service, and died as Colonel of the Engineers in 1819, in Russia.  His wife was Julie Eleanor de Montferrin, whose father and mother died under the guillotine during the French Revolution. Their son was Bernard Otto Von Koetteritz, late Captain in the Royal Prussian Brigade of the Artillery of the Guard, and his wife was Emily Dorothea Hoepner.

His grandson Burt Hans Berhardt Von Koetteritz was born in 1853 in Prussia, and he emigrated to the US in 1879.  Their descendants live in New York State.

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Forum Admin:
The records are spotty.  I have found several references to de and von K. from the Tver region of Russia for several years, but can't tie them exactly together.  The likelihood is strong that they are somehow related.  Sorry I can't help more.

BingandNelsonFan:
Thanks! I appreciate the help, and I have added all of this into my notes. If anyone can add to this (or has suggestions) I would very much appreciate it.

I was able to find a newspaper article about his wedding to Lady Emma Bruce in Italy in 1849:
Marriage in High Life. -- Florence, October 18. --- The nuptials of Lady Stewart Bruce, widow of Sir Stewart Bruce, Bart., of Dublin Castle, Downhill, county of Londonderry, and of Bernard Ernest Jule de Koetteritz, Colonel in the Imperial Guard (des Chasseurs) of his Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, son of the late General de Koetteritz, of Leipsic, Saxony, were solemnized on Thursday, the 18th ult., at the villa of his Excellency Sir George Hamilton, in the presence of a numerous circle of their friends, who, after the ceremony, proceeded to the residence of the bride and bride-groom, where an elegant dejeuner a la fourchette was served to about thirty. The bride wore a dress of bleu celeste glacee, trimmed with flounces of the richest Brussels lace; bonnet and matelet of the same lace. Nothing could exceed the gaiety and hapiness of the party on the occasion.

This wife would die in Baden-Baden in 1885 and is listed as "Dame Emma Bruce de Koetteritz (Wife of Le Chevalier Colonel Bernard Ernest Jules de Koetteritz)". I think that he outlived her, as there is a small note about her will and estate mentioned in the papers, and this refers to money and property left to her husband for the rest of his life.

Again, thanks for helping!
Sarah



--- Quote from: Forum Admin on December 31, 2014, 12:41:48 PM ---The records are spotty.  I have found several references to de and von K. from the Tver region of Russia for several years, but can't tie them exactly together.  The likelihood is strong that they are somehow related.  Sorry I can't help more.

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