Balthasar Ludwig Christian von Wendessen
Balthasar Ludwig Christian von Wendessen (born November 9, 1724 in Lichtenberg ; † December 5, 1797 in Warsaw ) was a royal Prussian lieutenant general , chief of infantry regiment No. 29 , commander of Breslau , then governor of Neisse and finally of Warsaw as well Bearer of the Pour le Mérite .
His parents were Captain Ernst Ludwig von Wendessen and Helena Sophie von Finck from the house of Kassau in Mecklenburg .
Life
After the early death of his parents, he came to live with his uncle, the heir to Lichtenberg and court marshal of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Balthasar Henning von Wendessen . This brought him into Prussian service in 1740, where he became a junker in the "Crown Prince on foot" regiment of Crown Prince Friedrich . After Friedrich became king, he transferred Wendessen to the "Kalkstein zu Fuß" regiment . There he became ensign in 1743, second lieutenant in 1744 and premier lieutenant in 1749.
In 1757 he was first staff captain and later captain. In 1762 he was promoted to major and in 1772 to lieutenant colonel. In 1774 he received the Pour le Mérite and in 1775 became a colonel. In the same year he became the commander of the "Renzel on foot" regiment . In 1780 he also received the prebend of the St.Gangolf monastery in Magdeburg . On May 25, 1782 he became major general and chief of the now named after him regiment "Wendessen on foot" , he also became commander of Breslau . On May 20, 1789 he was promoted to lieutenant general by King Friedrich . In 1791 he became governor of Neisse . In 1792 he received the Order of the Red Eagle . In 1793 he became governor of Wroclaw and in early 1796 he was transferred to Warsaw as governor . He must have enjoyed a high reputation in Breslau, because his officers had a coin struck in his memory. In 1797 he died in Warsaw.
He took part in the Silesian Wars and was wounded in the Battle of Thrush , as well as in the Battle of Kolin . During the War of the Bavarian Succession , he was with the first battalion of the Renzel on foot regiment in Weiskirchen when the Imperial Austrians attacked the Prussians on November 12, 1778.
family
He married on March 20, 1767 in Wattmannshagen Friederike Magdalena Tugendreich von Wietersheim (* 1747 - December 3, 1827), the daughter of Lieutenant General Leopold Friedrich Ludwig von Wietersheim . The couple had offspring.
Josef Leski , who later became professor and director of the Krakow observatory, was a frequent guest of the family during their time in Wroclaw.
literature
- Anton Balthasar König : Balthasar Ludwig Christian von Wendessen . In: Biographical lexicon of all heroes and military people . tape IV . Arnold Wever, Berlin 1791, p. 428 ( Balthasar Ludwig Christian von Wendessen in the Google book search).
- Eduard Lange : The soldiers of Frederick the Great. P. 114, digitized version
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mecklenburgische Jahrbücher, Volume 10, p. 364, digitized
- ^ New Nekrolog der Deutschen, part 2, p. 494, digitized
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wendessen, Balthasar Ludwig Christian von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian lieutenant general, governor of Neisse and finally of Warsaw |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 9, 1724 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lichtenberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 5, 1797 |
| Place of death | Warsaw |