Christoph Ehrenreich from the Trenck
Christoph Ehrenreich von der Trenck (born April 7, 1677 in Aken , † May 14, 1740 in Königsberg ) was a Prussian major general , knight of the order Pour le Mérite and governor and heir to Groß-Scharlack , Schackulack and Meicken. He is the founder of the Prussian line of those von der Trenck .
Life
origin
He was the son of the Brandenburg Rittmeister Christian Albrecht von der Treck († January 1708) and his wife Katharina, née Bronsart from the Garbeningken family (* 1638). His father was the master of Scharlack.
Military career
Trenck was employed in 1700 as a private corporal in the former dragoon regiment "Margrave Albrecht" . During the campaign against France in 1702/13 he took part in the battles at Oudenaarde and Malplaquet and rose to the rank of staff assistant master . In the further course of his military career Trenck was appointed commander of the regiment "von Waldow" on horseback on February 26, 1728 . On July 19, 1736, he was promoted to colonel .
Because of insubordination was sentenced Trenck on February 18, 1737 to 1½ years imprisonment. However, King Friedrich Wilhelm I released him from this sentence just a few days later. On August 2, 1739, Trenck was appointed major general due to health reasons .
family
Trenck married on February 3, 1724 in Königsberg with Maria Charlotte von Derschau from the house of Woningkeim (* July 12, 1707 in Königsberg; † December 25, 1753). She was the daughter of the court president Albrecht Friedrich von Derschau (1674–1743). The marriage produced four sons and two daughters, including:
- Friedrich Wilhelm (1727–1794) ⚭ 1765 Maria Elisabeth Franziska Gabriele de Broe zu Diepenbendt (* March 28, 1740; † January 12, 1802)
- Ludwig Ehrenreich (* 1728; † around 1783), Gut Meicken in East Prussia ⚭ 1751 Marie Karoline von Quoos (* August 30, 1732; † September 4, 1809)
- Karl Albrecht (* 1730; † 1809) ⚭ 1756 Juliane von Taube (* 1735; † April 15, 1797)
- Dorothea Charlotte ⚭ by Meyerentz
- Hennriette Albertine (February 20, 1728; † 1760)
- ⚭ Karl Ludwig von Waldow (1721–1754), son of Arnold Christoph von Waldow
- ⚭ Adolf Friedrich Siegesmund von Pape (* 1725 - † October 27, 1789), Colonel and commander of the Dragoon Regiment No. 4
After the death of her husband, Maria Charlotte von Derschau married Lieutenant Colonel Karl de l'Ostange , a son of General Count Charles de l'Ostange .
literature
- Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 1, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1937], DNB 367632764 , pp. 193–194, no. 261.
- Ernst Heinrich Kneschke : New general German nobility lexicon , Volume 2, Leipzig 1860, p. 266. von der Trenck
- Anton Balthasar König : Christoph Ehrenreich von der Trenck . In: Biographical lexicon of all heroes and military figures who made themselves famous in the Prussian service . tape 4 . Arnold Wever, Berlin 1791, p. 97 ( Christoph Ehrenreich von der Trenck at Wikisource [PDF]).
- Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of noble houses, 1906. Seventh year, p.595
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gustav Berthold Volz: Friedrich der Grosse and Trenck. P. 68, digitized version
- ↑ Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the letter aristocratic houses 1912. Sixth year, p.707
- ^ Leopold von Zedlitz-Neukirch : Neues Prussisches Adelslexicon , Volume 5, Leipzig 1839, p. 444, digitized
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Trenck, Christoph Ehrenreich from the |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Trenck, Christoph Ehrenreich Freiherr von der |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian major general, heir to Groß-Scharlack and Schackulack |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 7, 1677 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Aken |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 14, 1740 |
| Place of death | Koenigsberg |