Christoph II of Dohna-Schlodien

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Christoph II., Burgrave and Count of Dohna-Schlodien (born October 25, 1702 in Schlodien , † May 19, 1762 in Berlin ) was a Prussian general .

As the son of Christoph I. zu Dohna-Schlodien, he came from the East Prussian branch of the von Dohna family .

Life

Donah initially served in Infantry Regiment No. 23. On August 16, 1718 he was ensign and on January 1, 1719 transferred to Infantry Regiment No. 3, where he received his first company in 1723. In 1727 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel as the youngest captain and on July 28, 1740 he became a Prussian colonel and in 1741 was appointed commander of infantry regiment 22nd On June 20, 1745 he was appointed major general (patent from May 15, 1743) and Chief of Infantry Regiment No. 4 . He soon swapped this for Infantry Regiment No. 23 . On July 14, 1748, he was given Infantry Regiment No. 16 and on January 25, 1751, he was made lieutenant general.

He distinguished himself in the first two Silesian Wars . Appointed lieutenant general in 1751, he commanded the avant-garde of the Lehwaldtschen corps against the Russians in 1757 , commanded the first meeting near Großjägersdorf and was wounded there. In April 1758 he was given command of the troops in Pomerania. He moved against the Swedes and included Stralsund. In 1758 he stopped the Russians until the arrival of the king on the Oder , commanded a wing of the first meeting near Zorndorf , forced the Russians to lift the siege of Kolberg , acted against the Austrians and von Haddik in Saxony and in January 1759 captured Damgarten , Richtenberg, Grimm, Greifswald, Demmin and Anklam. So he pushed the Swedes back to Stralsund and Rügen .

In April 1759 he was replaced by General von Manteuffel and went to Berlin to relax. After his recovery he came to the army in Landsberg an der Warthe. He marched with her to Poland on June 24, 1759 to dissuade the Russians from advancing to Silesia. On July 22nd, 1759 he was standing in front of the Russian army in Züllichau (Kay) when he was called to Berlin. The battle of Kay fought and lost his successor Carl Heinrich von Wedel .

From then on he lived in Berlin, where he died on May 19, 1762.

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SURNAME Dohna-Schlodien, Christoph II. Von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dohna-Schlodien, Christoph II., Burgrave and Count of
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian general
DATE OF BIRTH October 25, 1702
PLACE OF BIRTH Schlodien , East Prussia
DATE OF DEATH May 19, 1762
Place of death Berlin