Adolph Bogislaff from Kleist

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Adolph Bogislaff von Kleist (* around 1729; † April 11, 1760 ) was a Prussian officer and knight of the order Pour le Mérite .

Life

origin

Adolph Bogislaff von Kleist came from the Tychow-Dubberow line of his primeval Pomeranian family, who provided numerous high officers and civil servants in the Prussian state. His parents were Martin Rüdiger von Kleist (1682–1762), landlord on Franzen, and Margarethe Sophia von Below.

Military career

Adolph Bogislaff, like many of his family members, chose the soldier profession and became an infantry officer in the Prussian Army . On December 6, 1754 he was appointed ensign in the infantry regiment "von Jeetze" . On October 3, 1756 he was promoted to second lieutenant and on February 12, 1758 to prime lieutenant. When the Austrians under General Laudon attacked the Prussians in Neustadt near Neisse on March 15, 1760 , the Prussians (regiment "von Manteuffel" and two squadrons of Bayreuth Dragoons) had to retreat to the Neisse fortress. In this battle Adolph Bogislaff was seriously wounded. On March 22nd or shortly thereafter, King Frederick II awarded him the order Pour le Mérite. Adolph Bogislaff von Kleist died shortly afterwards on April 11, 1760 of the wounds he had received in the battle of Neustadt. He was unmarried.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gustav Kratz: History of the Kleist family. Volume 2, 1873, p. 49, no. 138.
  2. ^ Gustav Kratz: History of the Kleist family. Volume 2, 1873, p. 50, No. 138.
  3. ^ Gustav Kratz: History of the Kleist family. Volume 2, 1873, p. 52, no.179.
  4. ^ Description of the battle in the article Adolph Bogislaff von Kleist. In: Gustav Lehmann: The knights of the order pour le merite. Volume 1, pp. 83ff.
  5. ↑ Military calendar 1791. p. 55: For Neustadt the king granted all captains who did not yet have the medal - as well as the subaltern wounded in these battles - Lieutenant von Kleist the medal plm—
personal data
SURNAME Kleist, Adolph Bogislaff from
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian officer and knight of the order Pour le Mérite
DATE OF BIRTH around 1729
DATE OF DEATH April 11, 1760