Adolph Detlef from Usedom
Adolph Detlef von Usedom (born May 17, 1726 at Gut Venzwitz (today: Venzvitz, district of Poseritz ); † April 10, 1792 in Schneidemühl ) was a royal Prussian lieutenant general and chief of the 7th hussar regiment .
origin
Adolph Detlef von Usedom came from the old Pomeranian noble family of Usedom . His parents were Jakob Friedrich von Usedom, royal Swedish lieutenant colonel in the body regiment of the queen and Margarethe also born from Usedom.
Military career
From Usedom, when he was 15 years old, he joined the army in his father's regiment and became a flag boy there . In 1743 he changed to Austrian services and took part in the fighting on the Rhine.
In 1745 he changed to Prussian service and was a cornet in Hussar Regiment No. 5 . With this regiment took part in the battle near Hennersdorf . In 1750 he was promoted to second lieutenant and in 1756 to prime lieutenant. During the Seven Years' War he was initially stationed in East Prussia and was able to distinguish himself in the battle near Kattenau (Kumehlen) on August 1, 1757 and took part in the battle of Groß-Jägersdorf . He then joined the army of Duke Ferdinand von Braunschweig and in 1759, as a lieutenant, captured 60 soldiers of the Volontaires d'Alsace regiment .
Usedom gained the reputation of an excellent hussar leader. He was promoted to captain and squadron chief in 1759 . On November 20, 1763, he was promoted to major . He was promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1767, although 33 other majors were ahead of him in the ranking. In 1769 the Prussian King sent him to Russia to take part in the war against the Turks. He fought on the Dniester and in the Moldova region . When he left, Prince General Galizin gave him a Turkish tent and four camels.
After his return, von Usedom became the commander of Hussar Regiment No. 5 and, on July 27, 1775, Chief of Hussar Regiment No. 7 . With this he fought in the Bavarian War of Succession . When crossing the Elbe at Leitmeritz , he distinguished himself and was appointed major general on September 22, 1778, contrary to customary practice.
In 1784, Usedom was given 2000 thalers by King Friedrich II . On May 24, 1787, the king promoted him to lieutenant general and he received another 2000 thalers to buy a house in his garrison in Schneidemühl . In 1788 he received his own corps in West Prussia, with which he marched to Silesia in July 1790 when tension arose with Austria. As early as 1789 he had received the Order of the Black Eagle .
family
Von Usedom was married to Anna Marie Sophie Holencamp and had two sons from this marriage and an illegitimate daughter. His daughter Henriette was married to the District Justice Council Christoph von Zacha († March 1813).
The Prussian major general Friedrich von Usedom was his nephew.
literature
- Bernhard von Poten : Usedom, Detlef von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 39, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1895, p. 374 f.
- Leopold von Zedlitz-Neukirch : Pantheon of the Prussian Army. Stühr, 1835, p. 304, digitized
- Kurd Wolfgang von Schöning: The generals of the Chur-Brandenburg and royal Prussian army. CG Lüderitz, 1840, p. 120, digitized
- Anton Balthasar König : Adolph Detlef von Usedom . In: Biographical lexicon of all heroes and military figures who made themselves famous in the Prussian service . tape IV . Wever, Berlin 1791, p. 118 ( Adolph Detlef von Usedom in the Google book search).
- Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 2, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1937], DNB 367632772 , p. 121, no. 641.
Individual evidence
- ^ Erik Amburger database digitized
- ^ New Prussian Adels Lexicon, p. 362, digitized version
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Usedom, Adolph Detlef from |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Usedom, Adolf Detlof von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Royal Prussian Lieutenant General, Chief of Hussar Regiment No. 7 |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 17, 1726 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gut Venzwitz (today: Venzvitz Ortzteil von Poseritz ) |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 10, 1792 |
| Place of death | Schneidemühl |