Carl Heinrich von Berlepsch

Carl Heinrich von Berlepsch (born September 5, 1694 , † after 1779) was a princely-Würzburg major general of the infantry, colonel over a regiment on foot and court war councilor, and most recently lieutenant general.

Life

He came from the Lower Saxon noble family von Berlepsch and was the son of Burckhart Hartmann von Berlepsch. After death, he and his four brothers inherited their father's possessions in Thamsbrück and Großengottern . After the brothers Georg Günther, Alexander and Maximilian Egon von Berlepsch died, he kept the paternal property together with his brother Lysander von Berlepsch. The latter took care of their administration, while Carl Heinrich von Berlepsch embarked on a military career and lived most of the time in the residence city of the Bishop of Würzburg. Only when his brother Lysander von Berlepsch died unmarried in Thamsbrück on November 13, 1754 with no biological offspring, did he have to take care of the estate administration in Thuringia from a distance in Würzburg. But property management and military service were not permanently agreed. On August 9, 1777, he had to have his estate in Thamsbrück, the castle , auctioned to the highest bidder. It was purchased from George Friedrich Backhaus for 6800 thalers. This could only enjoy it for a short time, since he died on December 4th, 1778 in Thamsbrück. His marriage to Friederike Christine Backhaus gave birth to his three underage sons who now inherited the castle.

In Würzburg, for example in 1765, he was happy to be addressed by his personal doctor as a baron . However, he or his ancestors were not raised to the baron status at that time, so that he deliberately renounced this title to court authorities.

literature

Fürstlichen Hoch-Stiffts Wirtzburg, and Hertzogthums Francken Hof-, Stands-Kalender , 1773. p. 78.
History of the Teutonic Order Commende Griefstedt , 1867. Digitized
Walter Kopp: Würzburg weir. A chronicle on the military history of Würzburg , 1979, p. 97.

Individual evidence

^ Lothar Freiherr von Thüna: The Würzburg auxiliary troops in the service of Austria 1756-1763. A contribution to the history of the Seven Years War, according to archival sources , 1893.
↑ Walter Kopp erroneously referred to him as Freiherr in 1979, cf. Walter Kopp: Würzburg weir. A chronicle on the military history of Würzburg , 1979, p. 97.

personal data
SURNAME	Berlepsch, Carl Heinrich von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Princely-Würzburg Lieutenant General Field Marshal
DATE OF BIRTH	September 5, 1694
DATE OF DEATH	after 1779

[1] Lothar Freiherr von Thüna: The Würzburg auxiliary troops in the service of Austria 1756-1763. A contribution to the history of the Seven Years War, according to archival sources , 1893.

[2] Walter Kopp erroneously referred to him as Freiherr in 1979, cf. Walter Kopp: Würzburg weir. A chronicle on the military history of Würzburg , 1979, p. 97.