August Gottlieb von Bornstedt
August Gottlieb von Bornstedt (* 1698 ; † December 13, 1772 in Magdeburg ) was a Prussian major general and chief of infantry regiment No. 20 .
Life
origin
August Gottlieb was the son of the royal Polish and Electoral Saxon Lieutenant General Heinrich Ehrenreich von Bornstedt from the House of Lauchstädt and his wife, a née von der Groeben .
Military career
Bornstedt was employed in 1714 in the "Arnim" No. 5 infantry regiment . In 1724 he became a lieutenant, in 1729 a staff captain and in 1733 a real captain . He was involved with his regiment in the Rhine campaign in 1734/35. In 1741 he became a major , in 1745 a lieutenant colonel and in 1749 a colonel . In 1753 he was given command of the "von Borke" infantry regiment No. 20 . In May 1757 he became chief of this regiment and major general. He asked for his release, which he received in April 1759.
He took part in the Silesian Wars , during the Seven Years' War in 1757 he was in command of Dresden for a time .
family
Bornstedt was married to Philippine Sophia Spiegel von Peckelsheim .
literature
- Anton Balthasar König : August Gottlieb von Bornstedt . In: Biographical lexicon of all heroes and military figures who made themselves famous in the Prussian service . tape 1 . Arnold Wever, Berlin 1788, p. 187 ( August Gottlieb von Bornstedt at Wikisource [PDF]).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Martin Guddat : Grenadiers, Musketeers, Fusiliers. The infantry of Frederick the Great. Mittler, Herford and Bonn 1986, ISBN 3-8132-0237-2 , p. 105
- ↑ Eduard Maria Oettinger : Moniteur des Dates. Volume 1, 1866, p. 111, digitized
- ↑ Heinrich August Verlohren: Family register and chronicle of the Electoral and Royal Saxon Army. Degener & Co , Neustadt an der Aisch 1983, pp. 136-137.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bornstedt, August Gottlieb from |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian Major General and Chief of Infantry Regiment No. 20 |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1698 |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 13, 1772 |
| Place of death | Magdeburg |