Christian Friedrich von Wangelin

Christian Friedrich von Wangelin (born July 18, 1682 at Gut Alt Schwerin in Mecklenburg; † January 6, 1755 ) was a royal Danish lieutenant general and most recently chief of the Oldenburg National Infantry Regiment.

Life

Wangelin, son of Friedrich Christoph von Wangelin (1643–1695) and his wife Anna Catharina von Hahn (* after 1662; † 1731), became ensign of the life guards on September 3, 1701, second lieutenant on August 1, 1702 and second lieutenant on 3 May 1704 Premier Lieutenant. During the Great Northern War he fought in the Battle of Helsingborg on March 10, 1710 , where he was wounded and taken prisoner. On April 2, 1712 he became adjutant general of Count Erhard Friedrich von Wedel-Jarlsberg , after which he became adjutant general of lieutenant general Eynden on July 5, 1717 . On September 15, 1719 he became Premier Major and was given the character of Lieutenant Colonel of the Marine Regiment. On April 5, 1720 he became a real lieutenant colonel. When there were disputes between the city of Emden and the Princely House in East Friesland in 1727 , the prince asked for Danish help. The Danish king then sent Lieutenant Colonel Wangelin with three companies to East Frisia.

On January 2, 1731, he received the character of a colonel. But it was not until December 11, 1733, before he was promoted to the real colonel, and he was also head of the Fünsch National Infantry Regiment. On March 26, 1737 he was appointed chief of the Oldenburg National Infantry Regiment, which was not officially set up until May 31, 1737. On June 15, 1742 he was appointed major general and on March 31, 1752 lieutenant general. On September 4, 1752 he received the Danebrog Order (motto: God and the King ). In August 1754 he asked to leave, and he wanted a pension of 600 Reichstalers because he could not live on his property alone. However, this request was rejected. The lieutenant general died in January 1755.

Wangelin's widow pen

Formerly Wangelinsch widow's monastery, today town hall

In 1728 he married Adelheit Auguste von Heespen , the daughter of the princely East Frisian government councilor Wilhelm von Heespen (1669–1742) / The marriage had no children. Therefore, on January 28, 1756, the widow founded the Wangelin Widows' Foundation for the von Wangelin , von Oldenburg , von Heespen and Tammena families . Only widows whose husbands had at least the rank of captain were to be accepted, if the widows did not have an annual income of more than 200 thalers from their own property. The foundation had a house on the market square with up to four apartments for women. Three of them lived in the main building, the fourth in an outbuilding called the little monastery. Each widow had her own household along with part of the garden and an annual income of 200 to 300 thalers, which arose from the rent of the lands. The foundation consisted of the two houses mentioned with a large garden, two sizeable farms with aristocratic justice , the old chief's house of Berdum and Folkertshausen ( Neuharlingersiel ), various piece land wages and some facilities. The management is led by the general superintendent of East Friesland and the male senior of the family in the province.

literature

• Jonathan Smith: On the history of the Oldenburg army during the Danish period 1667–1773 in Oldenburger Jahrbücher, 1940/41, p. 80, digitized
• Danske genalogiske selskab, Lexicon over noble Familier i Danmark, Norge og Hertugdomen udgivet af det kong , Kiobenhavn (1782–87) p.241 (dan.) Family Wangelin

Web links

• Christian Friedrich von Wangelin at geneagraphie.com

Individual evidence

1. ^ Tileman Dothias Wiarda , Ostfriesische Geschichte: Vol. From 1714 to 1734 , p. 358, digitized
2. ^ Johann Samuelansch, General Encyclopedia of Sciences and Arts , p. 104, digitized version