Ludwig Freiherr Roth von Schreckenstein

Ludwig Johann Karl Gregor Eusebius Freiherr[a] Roth von Schreckenstein (16 November 1789 in Immendingen[1] – 30 May 1858 in Münster[2]) was a Prussian General of the cavalry and Minister of War.

On 16 April 1809 he received his commission, and joined the Saxonian cuirassier regiment of Zastrow as a lieutenant and in 1812 participated in Napoleon's campaign in Russia with the Grande Armée.

There he was on the staff of General Johann von Thielmann, and earned great credit in September 1812 at the victory of the Battle of Borodino.

[5] After a clash between citizens and the military on 31 July 1848 in Schweidnitz, Schreckenstein submitted his resignation in September, under pressure from the Frankfurt Parliament.

His wife was the daughter of Prince (after 1803) Franz Ludwig von Hatzfeldt zu Trachenberg (1756–1827), royal Prussian ambassador in Vienna, and Friederike Karoline Countess of Schulenburg-Kehnert (1779–1832).