August Heinrich von Friesen

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August Heinrich Graf von Friesen (born November 25, 1727 in Dresden , † March 29, 1755 at Chambord Castle ) was a French maréchal de camp .

Life

He was the son of Heinrich Friedrich von Friesen (born August 26, 1681; † December 8, 1739) and Augusta Constantia von Cosel (born February 24, 1708; † February 2, 1728), a daughter of Countess Constantia von Cosel and Elector Friedrich August I of Saxony .

As early as 1742, von Friesen appeared as an ensign with the rank of lieutenant in the Guard Regiment of Hessen-Kassel . Among other things, he fought in the battle of Kesselsdorf . He quickly became a captain and in 1744 a lieutenant colonel in the Saxon Garde du Corps . He fought with her in the Second Silesian War . In 1745 Friesen became a colonel and Friedrich August II. Sent him to Vienna to congratulate the archduke on the birth . In 1746 he joined his uncle, General Marshal Moritz von Sachsen, in the French army. Already on October 11th he was able to distinguish himself in the Battle of Roucoux . He then received permission to set up a German regiment. On July 5th, 1749, he visited Dresden and was appointed major general in Saxony .

On November 30, 1750, his uncle Moritz died at Chambord Castle. In his will he bequeathed his property to his (half) sister Maria Aurora Rutowska and her husband Claude Marie Noyel, Count of Bellegarde. August Heinrich succeeded his uncle as the commander of the Uhlan regiment. In addition, he becomes governor of the castle. But the count fell ill with measles in 1755 and died surprisingly five days later on March 29, 1755.

The reputation he enjoyed in France is shown by the fact that the Archbishop of Paris allowed the Protestant count to be buried in the parish church of the quarter, the Madeleine Ville l'Eveque (demolished in 1763).

The essayist Friedrich Melchior Grimm was his secretary until his death.

Afterlife

With the death of his father he was u. a. Heir to the rulership of Königsbrück and the Cosel manor . His grandmother von Cosel tried to sue for the inheritance after his death, but had to cede the rulership in exchange for a settlement to a cousin, Baron Johann Friedrich Ernst von Friesen auf Rötha .

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SURNAME Friesen, August Heinrich von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Friesen, August Heinrich Graf von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Grandson of August II of Saxony, Saxon and French general
DATE OF BIRTH November 25, 1727
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden
DATE OF DEATH March 29, 1755
Place of death Chambord Castle