Andreas from Gaudi

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Andreas von Gaudi , also Gawdy or Gaudy (* 1613 , † 1665 ) was a Scottish major general in Brandenburg .

Life

Gaudi was a member of the Scottish noble family Gowdie of Craigmuie also Gaudie or Goldie from Ayrshire and Dumfriesshire .

He is very likely to be distinguished from the eponymous lieutenant colonel in the Swedish service in 1646 , who was also the commander of the Swedish troops in Neumarkt .

As a colonel, he was in the service of George II in Transylvania, where he haplessly commanded a troop made up of Germans and Hungarians . In 1643 he settled in Prussia and in 1650 acquired the Bündtken manor , later also Gericken. He advanced to major general in Prussian service and died in 1650.

From his marriage to Catherine of Murray, daughter of Colonel Jacob emerged from Murray family is expected to Prussian nobility.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bernd Warlich: The Thirty Years' War in personal reports, chronicles and reports. Volkach, ( online version )
  2. ^ Negotiations of the historical association for Upper Palatinate and Regensburg. Volume 6, Regensburg 1841, p. 48, FN 77.
  3. ^ Konrad Gajek: Daniel Speer's novel-like and journalistic writings . Wrocław 1988, p. 114 ; Theatrum Europaeum , Volume 8, pp. 1034, 1039, 1277f.
  4. ^ Otto Titan von Hefner , Alfred Grenser , George Adalbert von Mülverstedt , Adolf Matthias Hildebrandt : J. Siebmacher's large and general book of arms . III. Volume, 2nd section, 1st volume, The blooming nobility of the Kingdom of Prussia: Nobles. Bauer & Raspe, Nuremberg 1878, p. 136, Tfl. 181.
personal data
SURNAME Gaudi, Andreas von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gawdy, Andreas von; Gaudy, Andreas von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish Major General in Brandenburg
DATE OF BIRTH 1613
DATE OF DEATH 1665