Christoph Georg von Luck
Christoph Georg von Luck (* before 1692; † 1766 ) was a Prussian colonel and chief of garrison regiment No. 1 .
Life
origin
Christoph Georg was a member of the noble family of Luck and came from Crossen . His parents were Christoph George von Luck (1660–1712), heir to Plau and partly Schönow and Muschten , and Sophie Eleonore von Glaubitz and Brieg (1665–1730). From his brothers, Christoph Franz von Luck (1688–1743) advanced to Prussian lieutenant colonel and Franz von Luck to Prussian lieutenant.
Military career
His career in the Prussian Army began in the “Anhalt” regiment . He rose steadily and finally advanced to major in 1743 . In 1744 he commanded a grenadier battalion, which was built on the grenadier companies of the regiments "Kleist" and "Wendessen" . On June 13, 1747 he, now a major in the Dietrich on foot regiment, received the order Pour le Mérite with 18 other officers on the occasion of the general revue in Magdeburg . In September 1754 he was promoted to colonel and was given garrison battalion No. 1. In April 1757 he was given farewell at his own request and received supplies .
He died unmarried in 1766 and the line Schönow-Plau found its way out into the male line with him.
literature
- Genealogical manual of the nobility . Noble houses, Series A, Volume XVI, CA Starke Verlag , Limburg (Lahn) 1981, pp. 269-270.
- Anton Balthasar König : Christoph George von Luck . In: Biographical lexicon of all heroes and military people . tape II . Arnold Wever, Berlin 1789, p. 444 ( Christoph George von Luck in the Google book search).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Eduard Lange : The soldiers of Frederick the Great. Leipzig 1853, p. 110 , (Rgmt. No. 26 and No. 36); P. 293 (Rgmt. No. 26 and No. 29)
- ^ Gustav Lehmann: The knights of the order pour le merite. Volume 1: Awards under King Friedrich II. ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1913, p. 38.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Luck, Christoph Georg von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian Colonel, Chief of Garrison Regiment No. 1 |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 1692 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1766 |