Christian Henning von Lange

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Christian Henning von Lange (* 1688 ; † February 16, 1760 in Groß-Glogau ) was a royal Prussian colonel and chief of garrison regiment No. 7 .

He came into Prussian service in 1705 and was in Infantry Regiment No. 22 (Moritz von Anhalt-Dessau). It already fought with the Prussian troops in the Netherlands and in the Pomeranian campaign in 1715/1716 . Under Frederick II he fought in the Silesian Wars . On April 13, 1754 he became a colonel and commander of the regiment . Due to his age, he was transferred to the 7th Garrison Regiment as chief in the same year. He died in 1760.

Christian Henning von Lange was married.

literature

  • Anton Balthasar König : Christian Henning von Lange . In: Biographical lexicon of all heroes and military people . tape II . Arnold Wever, Berlin 1789, p. 366–367 ( Christian Henning von Lange in the Google book search).
  • Eduard Lange : The soldiers of Frederick the Great . With 31 original drawings by Adolph Menzel. Avenarius & Mendelssohn, Leipzig 1853, p. 266 ( digitized version [accessed October 15, 2013]).
personal data
SURNAME Lange, Christian Henning from
BRIEF DESCRIPTION royal Prussian colonel
DATE OF BIRTH 1688
DATE OF DEATH February 16, 1760
Place of death Groß-Glogau