August Ferdinand von der Schulenburg

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August Ferdinand von der Schulenburg (born September 11, 1729 , † 1787 ) was a Prussian major general .

Life

origin

He came from the Black Tribe of his family, which was widespread in Prussia, and was the founder of the Priemern- Beetzendorf branch . His parents were the Prussian court and legation councilor Levin Dietrich von der Schulenburg (1678–1743) and his wife Katharine Sophie, née von der Asseburg (1686–1780) from the Meisdorf - Falkenstein family . The Prussian Minister of War Levin Rudolph von der Schulenburg (1727–1788) was his brother.

Military career

Schulenburg embarked on a military career and became an officer in the Prussian army . From 1761 he served as a major in the hussar regiment "von Belling" and was promoted to lieutenant colonel on June 2, 1774 . Schulenburg led from 1783 that bears his name Hussars. 8. He participated in the War 3. Silesian part and was lieutenant colonel of King Frederick II. On the proposal of Lieutenant General and Adjutant General von Anhalt on 6 August 1778 the Order le Pour Merite awarded . In the very highest cabinet order from the king to Lieutenant General von Anhalt it says:

".... to pardon the 12 officers named in the list in the army of my brother, Prince Heinrich , Liebden, because of their good behavior with the order plm ...." .

In the attached list August Ferdinand von der Schulenburg comes first.

Schulenburg advanced to major general by June 1786. After his departure he managed his inherited estates Priemern, Bretsch, Dewitz and Drüsedau in the Altmark . A picture of him can be found in the Genealogical Handbook of the Nobility .

family

On August 14, 1767 he married Christiane Wilhelmine von Eimbeck (born November 11, 1741). The marriage had three children:

  • Julie Charlotte Elisabeth (* 1763; † January 23, 1814) ⚭ 1788 Karl von Kameke (1763–1842), Prussian lieutenant general
  • Heinrich Wilhelm Ferdinand (1766–1832) ⚭ Friederike Marie Pflughaupt (1765–1832)
  • Leopold Wilhelm (1772–1838) ⚭ Juliane Charlotte von Kirchbach (* March 4, 1785; † May 16, 1873)

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Genealogical handbook of the nobility . CA Starke Verlag, Limburg 1979, Volume A XV, p. 436.
  2. ↑ Rolf Straubel : "He just wants to know that the army belongs to me." Friedrich II. And his officers. 2012, ISBN 978-3-8305-3017-6 , p. 226.
  3. ^ Gustav Lehmann: The Knights of the Order pour le merite , Mittler , Berlin 1913, Volume I, p. 128, No. 733.
  4. ↑ Rolf Straubel: "He just wants to know that the army belongs to me." Friedrich II. And his officers. 2012, ISBN 978-3-8305-3017-6 , p. 227, online.
  5. ^ Genealogical handbook of the nobility. CA Starke Verlag, Limburg 1979, Volume A XV, after p. 440.
personal data
SURNAME Schulenburg, August Ferdinand from the
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian major general
DATE OF BIRTH September 11, 1729
DATE OF DEATH 1787