Christoph Ludwig Motz
Christoph Ludwig Motz (born December 8, 1665 in Kassel , † 1742 in Bremen ) was a Hessian - Bremen colonel .
Life
Origin and family
Christoph Ludwig was a son of the Hessian war councilor Johann Christian Motz (1604–1683) and Elisabeth Hombergk zu Vach (1631–1674). In 1715 he married Lucie Margarethe Köhne, daughter of Bremen's mayor Werner Köhne (1656–1737). The marriage resulted in a son, Werner Christian Motz (1724-1801), a lawyer in Bremen, who in turn married Marie Hüneke († 1757) in 1751. His son Christian Ludwig, born in 1760, became a preacher in Bremen, Heinrich Christian Motz , born in 1761, became a lawyer and senator, and Werner Dethard, born in 1762, became a doctor in Bremen. Werner Dethard's son was the pedagogue Wilhelm Dethard Motz .
Career
At the age of 15, Motz entered the Hessian military service against his providence, but then with the consent of his parents. In 1681 he became a cadet in the life guards on foot . Two years apart he was promoted to the position of Führer and then Sergeant . With the Upper Rhine District Regiment he took part in the campaign to Hungary in 1687 . In 1690 he was promoted to lieutenant in the Schwerin regiment and to captain in 1692 . In 1702 he was a major in the Hesse-Kassel fusilier regiment (No. 2) , where he was promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1704 and in 1709 rose to supreme commander in chief as the successor to Colonel von Stückrad .
In the War of the Spanish Succession , Motz was captured during the Battle of Castiglione , but was soon released again. The City Council of Bremen asked Landgrave Karl von Hessen-Kassel to provide a war-experienced commanding officer, whereupon Motz was dispensed to fill this post. From 1713 until his death he was then colonel in command of the imperial city of Bremen.
literature
- Nicolaus Nonnen: abdication speech (...) Christoph Ludwig Motz (...) , Bremen 1742, (digitized version )
Web links
- Motz, Christoph Ludwig. Hessian biography. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
Individual evidence
- ^ Heinrich Wilhelm Rotermund , Lexicon of all scholars who have lived in Bremen since the Reformation , Volume 2, Bremen 1818, p. 50.
- ^ Johann Focke : From the Bremen city military. In: Bremisches Jahrbuch , Volume 19, 1900, p. 27.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Motz, Christoph Ludwig |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hessian-Bremen colonel |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 8, 1665 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | kassel |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1742 |
| Place of death | Bremen |