Carl Magnus von Schwerin

Carl Magnus von Schwerin (born December 24, 1715 in Stolpe on Usedom , † January 18, 1775 in Liegnitz ) was a Prussian major general , chief of infantry regiment No. 43 and knight of the Pour le Mérite .

Life

origin

He came from the Pomeranian aristocratic Schwerin family . His parents were Johann Heinrich von Schwerin (* August 12, 1678; † December 15, 1724) on Stolpe and heir to Usedom and Johanna Elisabeth von Horn (1673-1730), a daughter of Major General Magnus Friedrich von Horn . The district administrator Erdmann Friedrich von Schwerin was his brother.

Career

On April 19, 1727 he came to the royal pages in Berlin. On August 20, 1728, however, he became a flagjunker in Infantry Regiment No. 16 (Flanß). Because of his youth, he was transferred to the Cadet Corps in Berlin on February 10, 1729, in order to acquire the necessary scientific knowledge there.

On May 30, 1737 he was ensign in Infantry Regiment No. 26 (Kleist), in 1740 he was Second Lieutenant and on July 15, 1745 Premier Lieutenant. From 1741 he fought in the First Silesian War , where he was wounded six times on April 10, 1741 in the Battle of Mollwitz . It was not until 1744 that the regiment returned to battle. In Tabor he came in 1744 in captivity, he was soon replaced again. Due to his achievements he received a grenadier company in the regiment (Margrave Heinrich) in 1750 without ever having been a staff captain . In the Seven Years' War he was in the siege of Prague and the battle of Kolin . He received eleven wounds in the battle and was taken prisoner. After being substituted, he was no longer considered fit for the field. He therefore became major and commandant of Driesen in October 1757 . This was where his practical test came on July 10, 1758, when the Russian general Demikof attacked the place. After a second attack, he had to retreat to Landsberg an der Warthe .

After his final recovery he was given a grenadier battalion, which was formed from the grenadier companies of regiments No. 12 and No. 25 (von Möllendorf). With this he was sent to the relief of Kolberg in 1760. There he was able to acquire the order Pour le Mérite . He stayed in the fortress, which he also helped defend in 1761. On January 20, 1761 he became lieutenant colonel and in December 1761 commander in regiment No. 47 (Grabow). On May 22, 1764 he became a colonel, on June 7, 1767 Chief of Infantry Regiment No. 21 (pods) and on August 3, 1767 Major General.

The Hereditary Prince of Braunschweig, Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand , entered Prussian service in 1773, wanted a regiment close to his home and received the regiment of Schwerin. In return, Carl Magnus von Schwerin received the Fusilier Regiment No. 43 (Krokow) in Liegnitz . He died there in 1775.

family

He was married twice. His first wife became Friederike Charlotte von Falcke on September 5, 1743 (* October 26, 1715 - January 6, 1762), who was the daughter of Captain Hans Friedrich von Falcke heir to Galrow and his wife Dorothea Elisabeth von der Lips. With his first wife he had five sons and one daughter:

• Magnus Carl Ferdinand Bogislaus (1746–1810, commandant of the Silberberg Fortress ) ∞ Frederike Katharina von Loefen (1746–1815)
• Gustav Heinrich (1747–1768)
• Wilhelm Heinrich (1748–1815)

∞ Eleonore von Wittstruck (1756–1796)

∞ Katharina Mark († 1852)

• Friedrich Leopold (Dietrich) (1749–1808)
• Alexander Friedrich (1752–1807, progenitor of the older Stolper branch) ∞ Ernestine Sophie von Rothkirch (1767–1790)
• Henriette Charlotte Wilhelmine (1754; † 1793) ∞ Karl Heinrich Gustav von Witten († January 15, 1794), Lieutenant Colonel

His second wife was Eva Friederike von Winterfeld on November 11, 1762 (born January 26, 1742; † March 4, 1804). Her father was a captain in the body regiment. With her he had two sons and a daughter. His wife survived and received a royal pension. After her death she was buried in one of the tombs of the garrison church. The couple had the following children:

• Ferdinand Ernst Ludwig (1763–1789)
• Adolf Hermann Carl (1767–1793)
• Friedrich Ludwig August (1769–1822, progenitor of the younger Stolper branch) ∞ Constanze von Innhausen und Knyphausen (* October 6, 1785 - March 6, 1856) (daughter of Luise Charlotte Henriette von Kraut )
• Elisabeth Charlotte (Adolfine) (1766–1808, canon in the monastery of the Holy Sepulcher)

literature

• Anton Balthasar König : Carl Magnus von Schwerin . In: Biographical lexicon of all heroes and military figures who made themselves famous in the Prussian service . tape 3 . Arnold Wever, Berlin 1790, p. 471 ( Carl Magnus von Schwerin at Wikisource [PDF]).
• History of the Schwerin family , part 2, Biographical news about the Schwerin family , p.43

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hero, state and life history of the most noble and powerful prince and lord, Mr. Friedrichs II. Müller, 1761, p. 90, digitized.
2. ↑ Silesian Provincial Blätter . Volume 13, 1791, p. 189, digitized short biography.
3. ^ Garrison cemetery . ( Memento of the original from August 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.