Carl Jakob von Jutrzenka-Morgenstern

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Carl Jakob von Jutrzenka-Morgenstern , also Carl Jakob von Morgenstern or Carl Jakob von Jutrzenka-Trzebiatowski , (* 1745 Żabno, Royal Prussia ; † November 20, 1789 ) was a Prussian officer and knight of the order Pour le Mérite .

Life

Origin and family

Carl Jakob von Jutrzenka-Morgenstern was a member of from Pomerania originating noble family of Jutrzenka ( German  Morgenstern ). His parents were Franz von Jutrzenka-Trzebiatowski and Sabine Veronika von Massow . He had two brothers who were also born or baptized in Żabno, Ernst Johann von Jutrzenka-Trzebiatowski (* 1739) and Nikolaus Nathanael von Morgenstern (1741–1761). The latter took with the infantry regiment “v. Hagen gen. V. Geist ”(No. 8) participated in the Battle of Torgau , where he was seriously wounded, as a result of which he received his patent as ensign in 1760 , but eventually succumbed to his injuries. Carl Jakob von Jutrzenka-Morgenstern was not married and died without leaving any children.

Career

Morgenstern began his career in the Prussian army in 1761 as a private first class - a corporal in the infantry regiment "v. Queis ”(No. 8) with garrison in Stettin . In the same year he was promoted to ensign. From 1761 to 1763 he took part in the Seven Years' War , namely in 1762 the Battle of Freiberg . In May 1766 he was promoted to second lieutenant . During his service (1758–1769) under Major General Julius Dietrich von Queis , the king took a parade at Stargard . Friedrich II asked the young officer von Morgenstern's name and fatherland, and when the latter named Poland for the latter , the king was so angry that he did not want to recognize him as a nobleman . Around 1771 he guaranteed with or for his mother in mortgages to Schönberg , Konitz and Wienskowo, part A, Schwetz district . In June 1777, he was appointed first lieutenant in the 1st Grenadier - Company of the regiment on. With the infantry regiment “v. Hacke ”(No. 8) he also took part in the War of the Bavarian Succession from 1778 onwards . For his use in the battle at Gabel on August 2, 1778, he received the order Pour le Mérite. Since March 1786 he had the patent as a staff captain and from the beginning of December 1786 he was a full staff captain in the infantry regiment “v. Scholten ”(No. 8). He died with the rank of captain .

literature

Lars Severin: A Pomeranian aristocratic excursion on three officers from Morgenstern, the families (v.) Wagner, v. the linden tree and the first names Melchior and Nathanael. In: Genealogy German journal for family history. Volume XXXII / 64. Volume 2, Degener & Co, Insingen 2015, pp. 454–455.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Kurt von Priesdorff : List of officers of the Grenadier Regiment King Friedrich Wilhelm IV. (1st Pomeranian) No. 2. Mittler, Berlin 1906, p. 91, No. 220.
  2. ↑ self-testimony of royal prussia Lieutenant and hereditary lord in Wendisch Silkow, Ernst Friedrich George v. Jutrzenka (1772-1849). State Archives Greifswald , Rep. 40 III 35.
  3. ↑ Max Bär : The nobility and aristocratic property in Polish Prussia at the time of the Prussian occupation. Based on extracts from the vassal lists and land registers. In: Communications from the K. Prussian Archive Administration, issue 19, published by S. Hirzel, Leipzig 1911, No. 1243 and 1375.
  4. ^ Contributions to a list of the Knights of the Order pour le Mérite appointed by Frederick the Great. In: Supplement to the military weekly paper , 1872, p. 179 .
  5. ^ Anton von Mach: The second infantry (royal) regiment: for the illustrated list of tribe, rank and quarters of the Royal Prussian Army, according to the communications of Captain Baron von Gayl. A. Duncker, Berlin 1854, p. 42, no.346.
personal data
SURNAME Jutrzenka-Morgenstern, Carl Jakob von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Morgenstern, Carl Jakob von; Jutrzenka-Trzebiatowski, Carl Jakob von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian officer and knight of the order Pour le Mérite
DATE OF BIRTH 1745
PLACE OF BIRTH Żabno, Royal Prussia
DATE OF DEATH November 20, 1789