August Wilhelm von Treskow

August Wilhelm von Treskow (born March 24, 1720 in Mühlhausen in Thuringia , † March 26, 1797 in Bayreuth ) was a princely ansbach-Bayreuth lieutenant field marshal , later a Prussian lieutenant general and finally commander-in-chief of all troops in Ansbach-Bayreuth .

Life

origin

His parents were the Prussian lieutenant colonel Johann Friedrich von Treskow (* 1685; † June 17, 1750) and his wife Christine Eleonore Margarethe, born von Graevenitz († April 28, 1739) from the Schilde family. His father was the heir to Neuendorf and Karritz in the Altmark.

Military career

Treskow went to Bayreuth in 1738 and was court marshal , senior thief and sergeant major in 1754 . During the Seven Years' War he was sent several times in 1757 as chamberlain of the margravine to her brother, the Prussian King Friedrich II . Treskow rose further in the military and in 1772 became major general and chief of the Franconian district regiment with a patent from August 23, 1763. In 1776 he was appointed lieutenant general of the cavalry and commander of the hussar corps, and in 1777 he was made field marshal-lieutenant and chief steward of Bayreuth. In 1790 he accompanied the Margrave Karl Alexander to Berlin to conduct the secret negotiations for the handover of Ansbach-Bayreuth to Prussia. In 1792 the land went to Prussia, and on January 29, 1792 Treskow was accepted into Prussian service as Lieutenant General of the Cavalry . He became a real officer in the army and general commander of all now Prussian troops in the principalities of Ansbach and Bayreuth . For this he received the Great Red Eagle Order on June 12, 1792 . He died on March 26, 1797 in Bayreuth and was buried on March 30, 1797 in Neudrossenfeld near Bayreuth.

family

Treskow married Anna Dorothea Friederike von Viereck († July 11, 1774), a daughter of Adam Otto von Viereck (1634-1717) and his second wife Anna Helena, born von Wolffersdorff (1651-1701). The couple had several children including:

Friedrich August (1754–1764)
Friederike Dorothea Adelheid (* June 27, 1756; † 1837) ∞ Heinrich Wilhelm Albrecht von Roeder (1748–1830), district president in Ansbach

literature

Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 2, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1937], DNB 367632772 , p. 350, no. 830.

History of the war that has been waged in Germany and its neighboring countries since 1756. Volume 6, p. 84.

Individual evidence

^ New genealogical-historical news. Volume 45, p. 1117.
^ Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of noble houses (1905) :: sixth year, p. 826.
^ Rolf Straubel : Biographical manual of the Prussian administrative and judicial officials 1740–1806 / 15 . In: Historical Commission to Berlin (Ed.): Individual publications . 85. KG Saur Verlag, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-598-23229-9 , pp. 816 ( limited preview in Google Book search).

personal data
SURNAME	Treskow, August Wilhelm von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Tresckow, August Wilhelm von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Princely ansbach-Bayreuth field marshal lieutenant, Prussian lieutenant general and lastly commander in chief of all troops in Ansbach-Bayreuth
DATE OF BIRTH	March 24, 1720
PLACE OF BIRTH	Mühlhausen in Thuringia
DATE OF DEATH	March 26, 1797
Place of death	Bayreuth

[1] New genealogical-historical news. Volume 45, p. 1117.

[2] Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of noble houses (1905) :: sixth year, p. 826.

[3] Rolf Straubel : Biographical manual of the Prussian administrative and judicial officials 1740–1806 / 15 . In: Historical Commission to Berlin (Ed.): Individual publications . 85. KG Saur Verlag, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-598-23229-9 , pp. 816 ( limited preview in Google Book search).