Alexander Jakob Lubomirski

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Aleksander Jakub Lubomirski, 1760

Prince Alexander Jakob Lubomirski (born May 11, 1695 - † November 16, 1772 in Dresden ) was a Polish and Saxon general and head of the regiment .

Life

origin

Alexander Jakob was a prince from the Polish dynasty Lubomirski . His parents were the Grand Hetman of the Polish Crown , Prince Hieronim Augustyn Lubomirski (1647–1706) and Konstancja von Altenbockum († 1709), sister of Katharina von Altenbockum .

Career

Lubomirski initially studied in Rzeszów but was taken hostage to Saxony in 1704 when the city was occupied by the Saxon army . After it was triggered by relatives, he returned to Germany in 1710 to continue and complete his studies . In 1714 he accompanied Friedrich August II on his trip to France.

He had been crown chef in Poland since 1721 and acquired Nieborów Palace in 1723 . In 1726 he received the Order of the White Eagle . From 1728 to 1748 he also held the post of Polish sword-bearer. He joined the Crown Army and in 1729 advanced to major general and was commander of the Grand Musketeers regiment.

One year after its foundation, in 1737 Lubomirski became a Knight of the Military Order of St. Henry .

In 1738 he was promoted to lieutenant general, rose to General of the Cavalry in the Electorate of Saxony in 1745 and one year later became General of the Artillery in the Polish Crown Army. He stayed in this position until 1752, then took over the Electoral Saxon Infantry Regiment Graf Stollberg (No. 12) during the Seven Years' War , which after the surrender at Pirna under Major General Friedrich Christian von Hauss was incorporated into the Prussian Army as Infantry Regiment S 55 and its remnants eventually 1763 were added to the infantry regiment "von Münchow" in Brandenburg an der Havel . The newly established Infantry Regiment No. 12 in Saxony was reassigned to Lubomirski in 1758. In 1765 he took over as chief of the Leib Grenadier Guard .

Lubomirski died in Dresden and was the first Pole to be buried in the Old Catholic Cemetery . His tomb has not been preserved.

family

Lubomirski married Countess Friederike Charlotte Vitzthum von Eckstädt (1700–1755) in 1717 . The marriage resulted in three daughters:

  1. Friederike Konstanze (1719–1787)
⚭ I 1744 Roland Puchot, Count des Alleurs (1659–1754), French ambassador to Constantinople
⚭ II 1760 Charles Bertrand de La Bourdonnaye, Margrave de Liré (1726–1792)
  1. Henriette Charlotte (1726–1782) ⚭ 1745 Count Karl von Flemming (1705–1767), Saxon envoy , general of the infantry and secret cabinet minister
  2. Ludovika Amalia (1722–1778) ⚭ 1739 Count Friedrich August Rutowski (1702–1764), natural son of Augustus the Strong , field marshal of Electoral Saxony

literature

  • Alexander von Lyncker: The Old Prussian Army 1714–1806 and their military church books. Degener & Co , Neustadt ad Aisch 1980, p. 104.
  • Polski Słownik Biograficzny . Volume XVIII, Krakau 1973, pp. 1-2.
  • Heinrich August Verlohren: Root register and chronicle of the Electoral and Royal Saxon Army. Degener & Co, Neustadt an der Aisch 1983, p. 344.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gudrun Schlechte: The old Catholic cemetery in Friedrichstadt in Dresden . Hille, Dresden 2004, p. 38.
personal data
SURNAME Lubomirski, Alexander Jakob
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lubomirski, Aleksander Jakub; Lubomirski, Aleksander Jacob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish and Saxon general and head of the regiment
DATE OF BIRTH May 11, 1695
DATE OF DEATH November 16, 1772
Place of death Dresden