Christian Gneomar von Puttkamer

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Christian Gneomar von Puttkamer (* 1709 ; † November 12, 1760 ) was a Prussian lieutenant colonel and commander of a grenadier battalion.

Life

origin

He was a member of the Puttkamer noble family from the Pomerania . His parents were Zabel Christian von Puttkamer († before 1730), landowners in Nossin A together with Niemietzke , Jerskewitz A, C and D as well as in Damerkow , and Anna von Pirch adH Nippoglense .

Military career

Puttkamer joined the army in 1722 and advanced to the infantry regiment “v. Brüneck ” to lieutenant colonel and regimental commander. In the War of the Austrian Succession he fought at Chotusitz and Thrush , for which he, still standing with the rank of captain , received the Pour le Mérite . During the Seven Years' War he was wounded near Kolin . He was captured by Welmina . After his replacement, he commanded a grenadier battalion from 1756 to 1757, which was made up of associations of the regiments “v. Manteuffel ” and “ Fürst Moritz ”was composed. In the battle of Torgau he suffered severe wounds, to which he succumbed a few days later after 38 years of service.

During the inheritance dispute with his brother, he had already received Gloddow , Jerskewitz C, and Nossin B in 1731 , and was able to acquire Saviat in 1743 and Nossin A in 1746, which had previously been pledged.

family

In February 1747, Puttkamer married Eva Marie Henriette von La Motte de la Chevalerie , a daughter of the Prussian Lieutenant General Ernst August de la Chevallerie von la Motte (1688–1758) and Eva Marie Unterfasst. The marriage resulted in two sons and three daughters:

  • Marie Anna Elisabeth (1747–1778)
  • Augustine Caroline Christiane (1748–1776), ⚭ Heinrich von Tresckow , Prussian major
  • August Christian Ludwig (1750–1836), Prussian lieutenant, district administrator, war and domain councilor and chief accountant, ⚭ 1780 Eleonore Wilhelmine Caroline von Ciesielska (1763–1809)
  • Henriette Clara Christiane (* 1751), ⚭ Justus Ernst von Besser , Prussian captain, Mayor of Justice of Lübben
  • August Georg Christian (* 1754), † young

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gustaf Lehmann: The knights of the order pour le mérite. Volume 1, Mittler , Berlin 1913, p. 38, no.292
personal data
SURNAME Puttkamer, Christian Gneomar from
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Puttkamer, Christoph Gneomar from
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian lieutenant colonel and commander of a grenadier battalion
DATE OF BIRTH 1709
DATE OF DEATH November 12, 1760