Balthasar Wilhelm von Walther and Cronegk

Balthasar Wilhelm von Walther and Cronegk also Walther and Kronegk (born January 8, 1721 , † April 3, 1796 in Berlin ) was a Prussian major and knight of the order Pour le Mérite .

Life

origin

Balthasar Wilhelm was a member of the 1670 with the imperial crest letter the Silesian Inkolat preserved noble family Walther and Cronegk. He was a son of Adolph Wilhelm von Walther and Cronegk († 1768) and Elisabeth von Schreibersdorf.

Career

Born in Silesia, he was raised by Jesuits in Breslau , although he came from Protestant parents . When the city passed to Prussia in 1741, he joined the "Truchsess" regiment of the Prussian army . As a flag junior he took part in the battles near Mollwitz and Hohenfriedeberg during the first two Silesian Wars . He then advanced to ensign and was promoted to second lieutenant on January 7, 1749 . During the Seven Years' War he was adjutant to his regiment chief . In 1763, with a patent from June 1760, he was promoted to staff captaincy . At the same time he was transferred to Berlin, where he received his own company . With his promotion to major on June 24, 1773, he was also the commander of a grenadier battalion , which was composed of the grenadier companies of the regiments "von Wylich and Lottum" and "von Koschenbahr" . On January 18, 1774, he received the order Pour le Mérite. During the War of the Bavarian Succession , he had to ask for a release due to health issues, which King Friedrich II granted him in May 1778 with an annual pension of 200 thalers . He later received a company in the Berlin Invalid Corps. He died in 1796 in the Invalidenhaus Berlin .

family

Walther and Cronegk got married late, not until 1788, with Beate Friederike von Prittwitz († 1809). The marriage resulted in a son who served as a flag junior in a Prussian hussar regiment .

literature

Anton Balthasar König : Balthasar Wilhelm von Walther and Cronegk . In: Biographical lexicon of all heroes and military figures who made themselves famous in the Prussian service . tape 4 . Arnold Wever, Berlin 1791, p. 152 ( Balthasar Wilhelm von Walther and Cronegk at Wikisource [PDF]).

Individual evidence

↑ Kurd von Schöning confused him with his relative, Major General Wilhelm von Walther and Cronegk (1739–1808). See The Generals of the Chur-Brandenburg and Royal Prussian Army from 1640 to 1840. Berlin 1840, p. 184, No. 979. Also in the Major von mentioned in the Neue Nekrolog der Deutschen , year 19, 1841, published in 1843, No. 1109 Walther and Cronegk (1752–1841) is a relative.
↑ ^a ^b Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the letter aristocratic houses . Justus Perthes , twelfth year, Gotha 1918, p. 937
↑ Gustaf Lehmann: The knights of the order pour le mérite. Volume 1, ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1913, p. 88, no. 536 .
^ Leopold von Zedlitz-Neukirch : New Prussian Adels Lexicon . Volume 4, Leipzig 1837, p. 313

personal data
SURNAME	Walther and Cronegk, Balthasar Wilhelm von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Walther and Kronegk, Balthasar Wilhelm von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Prussian major and knight of the order Pour le Mérite
DATE OF BIRTH	January 8, 1721
DATE OF DEATH	April 3, 1796
Place of death	Berlin

[1] Kurd von Schöning confused him with his relative, Major General Wilhelm von Walther and Cronegk (1739–1808). See The Generals of the Chur-Brandenburg and Royal Prussian Army from 1640 to 1840. Berlin 1840, p. 184, No. 979. Also in the Major von mentioned in the Neue Nekrolog der Deutschen , year 19, 1841, published in 1843, No. 1109 Walther and Cronegk (1752–1841) is a relative.

[GGT-2] Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the letter aristocratic houses . Justus Perthes , twelfth year, Gotha 1918, p. 937

[3] Gustaf Lehmann: The knights of the order pour le mérite. Volume 1, ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1913, p. 88, no. 536 .

[4] Leopold von Zedlitz-Neukirch : New Prussian Adels Lexicon . Volume 4, Leipzig 1837, p. 313