Christoph Albrecht von Kanitz

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Christoph Albrecht von Kanitz (born July 14, 1653 in Peesten, later Groß Peisten (Piasty Wielkie), district of Preußisch Eylau in Prussia; † November 18, 1711 in St. Benedetto) was a royal Prussian major general , chief of infantry regiment No. 14 and hereditary lord of Mednicken , Mühlfeld and Boxin.

Life

He was the youngest of three surviving children of Christoph Friedrich von Kanitz (* 1617, † 1680), a lieutenant colonel in Brandenburg and commandant of the Pillau fortress , and his first wife Marie von Kreytz (en) († 1653) from the house of Peesten, who died just a few months after the birth of Christoph Albrecht von Kanitz. A second marriage between the father and Susanna von Kreytz (en) from the house of Weßlienen in 1655 resulted in six other sons, all of whom became officers, including the later colonel Otto Ludwig von Kanitz , who was to become a Polish-Elector of Saxony .

Kanitz joined the garrison regiment of Feste Pillau in 1670 as an ensign . He was promoted to captain (captain) in 1673 , major in 1679, lieutenant colonel on June 23, 1689 and colonel on January 16, 1694. Kanitz was given command of Infantry Regiment No. 14 ("von Brandt") on January 10, 1702 . On January 18, 1703 he became a brigadier and received the rank of major general on December 25, 1704.

He served under Elector Friedrich Wilhelm in the campaigns of the Dutch War (1672–1679) against the French and Swedes and marched to Holland as a lieutenant in the Lehndorff regiment. In 1676 he followed the elector in the winter campaign to Livonia . He became major in Regiment No. 14 and took part in the war until 1679. The regiment was then disbanded and Kanitz was transferred to Pillau. Under the leadership of Wolfgang Christoph Truchsess von Waldburg , the commander of the Pillau Fortress, Kanitz was sent to Hungary in 1684 to support the imperial troops in the fight against the Turks, where he was deployed in the siege of Ofen (1684/1686) . In 1691 he joined the troops in Brabant as a lieutenant colonel. In 1702 he took part in the sieges of Bonn and Kaiserswerth . On August 13, 1704 he fought in the battle of Höchstädt , where he was wounded. He took part in the subsequent siege of Landau , where he was wounded again. During the War of the Spanish Succession , Kanitz took part in the costly Battle of Cassano on August 16, 1705 . On January 10, 1708, his regiment was nominally subordinated to Prince Friedrich Ludwig of Orange and carried his name until 1713, but Kanitz remained his commander until his death. From 1709 to 1711 he was again deployed as commander of the Brandenburg contingent in northern Italy, where his son Samuel Friedrich von Kanitz accompanied him. He succeeded in conquering Susa , Fenestrelles and Exilles . On September 16, 1711, he drove the French under Marquis de Bréville from Mont de Vallon near Chaumont. Kanitz died in November on the march back on the border with the Duchy of Parma .

family

He was married to Maria Gottliebe Schach von Wittenau (* May 12, 1659 - December 6, 1736), she was the daughter of the Oberhof Appellate Judge Gebhard Friedrich Samuel Schach von Wittenau (* July 24, 1623 - April 5, 1686) and the Maria Katharina von Müllenheim (1642–1715). The couple had five surviving daughters, including:

and a son :,

  • Samuel Friedrich (June 15, 1690; † January 18, 1762) ⚭ September 29, 1723 Christiane Tugendreich von Kyaw (September 2, 1705; † April 3, 1749) from the Friedersdorf family

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Julius Mebes : Contributions to the history of the Brandenburg-Prussian state. Volume 2, 1867, pp. 354f, digitized
  2. ↑ European genealogical handbook. 1800, p. 349, digitized
  3. ^ Leopold Nedopil: German aristocratic samples from the German Order Central Archive. Volume 1, 1868, p. 505, digitized
  4. ↑ New Lusatian Magazine . Volume 43, 1866, p. 408, digitized
personal data
SURNAME Kanitz, Christoph Albrecht from
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Canitz, Christoph Albrecht from
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian Major General, Chief of Infantry Regiment No. 14
DATE OF BIRTH July 14, 1653
PLACE OF BIRTH Peesten, Prussia
DATE OF DEATH November 18, 1711
Place of death St. Bernedetto, Duchy of Parma