Carl Ludwig von Spiegel zum Desenberg

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Carl Ludwig von Spiegel zum Desenberg (* 1689 in Westphalia ; † October 19, 1742 in Berlin ) was a lieutenant general in the first half of the 18th century.

family

His place of birth and exact date of birth are not known. Carl Ludwig came from the Westphalian noble family von Spiegel . His father was Hermann Wilhelm von Spiegel (* 1653), his mother Claire Anna Helena von Hornberg. He himself married Eberhardine Dorothea von Neipperg in 1720 . His son was Ernst Ludwig Christoph von Spiegel .

Life

After initially serving in the Landgraviate of Hessen-Kassel , he became major general and commander of the Hesse-Darmstadt district of Giessen . However, he developed his main activity in Russian services . From 1736 to 1739 he participated in the Russian-Austrian Turkish War in the campaigns against the Turks and Tatars. In 1736 he encountered Tatars with an advance detachment and was wounded in the ensuing battle. After the retreat of the army on Perekop he was ordered to explore the east coast of the Crimea and the strait there with a strong corps . After driving the Tatars to flight, he carried out his mission happily. On June 15, 1738 he was wounded again at Perekop. In 1741 he moved from Russian to Prussian service. In November 1741 he arrived in Berlin and in August 1742 received the Prussian "Kannenberg Regiment on Horseback" (D IV) , now as Lieutenant General. He had held this rank in Russia since 1736.

Now the Netherlands wanted to appoint him as general of the infantry , possibly because he had participated in the War of the Spanish Succession at the very beginning of his military career .

However, he died on October 19, 1742 in Berlin.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ According to Priesdorff (lit.) he was born in 1682 in the Grafschaft Hohenstein .
  2. ↑ Karl Ludwig Freiherr von Spiegel zum Desenberg. Genellall.net, accessed June 13, 2011 .
  3. ↑ Their first marriage was in 1717. See House of Auersperg. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on April 2, 2015 ; Retrieved June 13, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / titlesofnobility.9f.com
personal data
SURNAME Spiegel zum Desenberg, Carl Ludwig von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Lieutenant General
DATE OF BIRTH 1689
PLACE OF BIRTH Westphalia
DATE OF DEATH October 19, 1742
Place of death Berlin