Adam von Weyher

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Adam von Weyher (born January 25, 1613 , † October 14, 1676 ) was Swedish major general, then Danish general field marshal lieutenant and governor of Glückstadt and heir to Parlin, Mulkentin , Töltz and Cummerow.

origin

His parents were Jacob von Weyher and Anna von Mildenitz from the Lentz family. After the early death of his parents, he first came to his grandfather Bernd von Mildenitz and, after his death, to his brother-in-law Dinnies von Blankenburg .

Life

After initial studies, he decided on a military career that seemed more promising to him. Through good connections he became a page with the Swedish Chancellor Axel Oxenstierna . This sent him to Prince Henry of Orange . He served in his bodyguard from 1638 to 1640. After his return he came to see Field Marshal Johan Banér . When he died in 1641, he brought the body back to Stockholm. There he met the Swedish Queen Christine of Sweden . She made him captain ( captain ) and sent him back to Germany to join Lennart Torstensson's army , who was besieging Freiburg . He was wounded in the storming of the city, and for his bravery he was promoted to sergeant- major and soon thereafter to lieutenant-colonel. After the Peace of Munster he wanted to say goodbye and joined the retinue of Count Palatine Karl Gustav , who later became King of Sweden. He was then promoted to colonel by Queen Christine and received 2000 thalers waiting allowance .

In 1654, with the beginning of the Swedish-Polish war , he became the commander of Stettin and chief of a dragoon regiment. He marched with the regiment to Prussia to meet with the army of Margrave Friedrich von Baden . The army was pushed back to Warsaw. Weyher was appointed commander of Warsaw under Arvid Wittenberg . The city was able to resist for two months, but was then forced to negotiate. A free withdrawal was negotiated, but the garrison was imprisoned when they moved out. He remained in captivity for a year and a half. Upon his return he was promoted to major general. In the war with Denmark that followed shortly thereafter , he became the commander of Friderica after it had been conquered by the Swedes on October 20, 1657. In 1758 von Weyher came to Funen with the Dragoons . In the battle of Nyborg he commanded the center under the Count Palatine Philipp Florinus . The Swedes suffered a catastrophic defeat, and Weyher was captured there, from which he was only released after the end of the war in 1660. But his patron, King Karl X. Gustav, died on February 23, 1660, and so the general took his leave to retire to his estates in Pomerania.

After a few years he became major general of the Lower Saxony Reichskreis . In 1672 he went into Danish service as a general of the infantry . There he became a Knight of the Danebrog Order and Field Marshal General on June 14, 1674 . In the Danish-Swedish war he distinguished himself in the defense of Wismar, the fighting in Skåne and in the conquest of Helsingborg, Christianstadt and Landscron. During the storming of Landscron on July 6, 1676, he was seriously injured and died of the consequences on October 14, 1676.

family

He married on January 25, 1654 Catherine of Khevenhüller , a daughter of of Carinthia coming Swedish barons and gentlemen of Julita in Südermanland Paul of Khevenhüller (1593 to 1655) and the Regina Katharina Windischgrätz . The couple had 6 sons and 4 daughters, including:

  • Karl Philipp († May 5, 1694), killed as a Danish colonel in Hungary
  • Axel Gustav († 1672), killed as an imperial major in Hungary
  • Johann Ernst, was a Danish cavalry master in 1695
  • Georg Rudolf, Brandenburg lieutenant, father of Christian Rudolf von Weiher
  • Katharina Amalie ⚭ Joachim Friedrich von Wreech (1650–1724)
  • Anna Elisabeth (* 1650) ⚭ 1675 Joachim von Carnitz (1635–1718), Lord of Carnitz, Privy Councilor, Castle Captain in Cammin

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ludwig Wilhelm Brüggemann : Detailed description of the current state of the royal. Prussian duchy of Vor and Hinter Pomerania . Stettin, Effenbart 1779–1784, p. 268. Gut Lenz
  2. ^ Erik Pontoppidan : Theatrum Daniae veteris et modernae , Volume 1, p. 61.
  3. ↑ Genealogical-historical message of the most venerable and noble masters of the knightly Order of St. John In the Marck, Saxony, Pomerania and Wendland, 1737, p. 35.
  4. ^ Siegfried von Boehn : The Pomeranian family v. Carnitz . In: German Family Archives , Volume 92, Neustadt / Aisch 1986, pp. 289 ff.
personal data
SURNAME Weyher, Adam von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Weiher, Adam von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish major general, then Danish general field marshal lieutenant and governor of Glückstadt
DATE OF BIRTH January 25, 1613
DATE OF DEATH October 14, 1676