Ferdinand von Malaisé


Ferdinand Malaisé, after 1862 Ritter Ferdinand von Malaisé. Knight of the Order of St. Joseph of Tuscany, the Iron Crown of Austria and the Bavarian Order of Merit, :de:1. Königlich Bayerische Feldartillerie-Brigade|Major General, 1st Royal Bavarian Field Artillery Brigade, Professor of Mathematics, :de:Bayerisches Kadettenkorps|Royal Bavarian Cadet Corps and tutor to Ludwig III, the last King of Bavaria.

Biography

Ferdinand was the son of Christophe Malaisé and Magdalena Stephani. Christoph was employed by the Rhine Customs Union, formed in 1804 by the French and Holy Roman Empires to facilitate the free movement of goods on the Rhine. In 1821, Christoph was redeployed from his post in Neuburg am Rhein to Germersheim and on the journey his wife Magdalena died from a haemorrhage.
In 1822 at the age of 16, Ferdinand joined the Bavarian Army in Landau. In 1825 he was posted to Munich where in 1830 he married Adelheid Wibmer, the daughter of Sebastian Alois Wibmer, a court official. After being promoted to Captain, Ferdinand became tutor to Ludwig III, the last King of Bavaria and his brother Prinz Leopold. After further promotions in 1853 and 1861, Ferdinand was awarded the :de:Verdienstorden der Bayerischen Krone|Royal Bavarian Order of Merit in 1862. In 1870 he was appointed :de:1. Königlich Bayerische Feldartillerie-Brigade|Commander, 1st Royal Bavarian Field Artillery Brigade and Director of Field Artillery, :de:I. Königlich Bayerisches Armee-Korps|1st Royal Bavarian Corps during the Franco-Prussian War. In 1887 he was enrolled in the lower nobility of Bavaria and the prefix "von" was permanently added to his surname. He died in June 1892 and is buried in the :de:Alter Südfriedhof |Alte Südfriedhof in München, Germany.
There is no direct connection to the family, Seigneurs in :fr:Lavoir |Lavoir in the 16th Century.

Descendants

Ferdinand married Adelheid Wibmer on 25 Nov 1830 in München, Bavaria. They had three sons: