Adolph von Wangenheim
Christoph Adolph von Wangenheim (* 1648 in Celle ; † September 12, 1709 in Berlin ) was a Brandenburg lieutenant general .
Life
origin
Adolph was a member of the Thuringian noble family von Wangenheim . He was a son of the royal Brunswick chief forest and hunter, Georg von Wangenheim (1602–1678) and his wife Katharina Sybille, born von Hünecke († 1669).
Military career
Wangenheim began his career in 1665 as an ensign in Brandenburg . After he was promoted to lieutenant in 1673, he took part in the war against Sweden , especially the battle of Fehrbellin and the sieges of Stettin and Stralsund . On August 15, 1677 he was promoted to Rittmeister and was given command of the 1st Company of the Guard . On October 24, 1678, Wangenheim was promoted to lieutenant colonel and on June 8, 1684 to colonel of the satellite guard .
From December 9, 1688 to February 9, 1689, he was sent to Dresden as the Kurbrandenburg ambassador in military matters . On the occasion of the death of Elector Johann Georg III. of Saxony , Wangenheim was from Friedrich III. again delegated to Dresden, where he stayed on this matter from October 31 to November 14, 1691.
On January 16, 1690 Wangenheim was promoted to major general. In 1695 he became the commander of the body regiment on horseback , was promoted to lieutenant general on July 11, 1696 and became chief of the K 3 Cuirassier regiment on April 9, 1699 .
Wangenheim was a knight of the Order of St. John and of the Order de la Générosité .
family
His first marriage was to Susanne Elisabeth von Wangenheim († 1678) and his second marriage in Potsdam in 1679 to Freiin Eleonore Luise von Canitz .
literature
- Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 1, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1937], DNB 367632764 , p. 50, no. 82.
- Kurd von Schöning : The Generals of the Chur-Brandenburg and Royal Prussian Army from 1640 to 1840. Lüderitz, Berlin 1840. p. 15, no. 77
- Leopold von Zedlitz-Neukirch : New Prussian Nobility Lexicon . Volume 4, Leipzig 1837, p. 314
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Wangenheim, Adolph von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wangenheim, Christoph Adolph von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Brandenburg Lieutenant General |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1648 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Celle |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 12, 1709 |
| Place of death | Berlin |