Christoph Moritz von Roëll
Christoph Moritz von Roëll (born March 10, 1713 in Carthausen ; † April 27, 1797 in Groß Reichen in the Lüben district ) was a Prussian major general and chief of the hussar regiment No. 1 .
Life
origin
His parents were the Münsterland cornet Christoph Wilhelm von Roëll and his wife Katharina Elisabeth, née Wever (born April 4, 1674), widow of Johann Wippermann von Karthausen. His father was the heir to Dölberg in the county of Mark . The Lieutenant General Friedrich Alexander von Roëll was his uncle., The Dutch theologian Hermann Alexander Roëll (1653-1718) was a great-uncle.
Military career
Roëll went into Prussian service on January 23, 1727 and joined the cuirassier regiment "Gustav von Anhalt-Dessau" . On October 17, 1739 he came as a cornet in the hussar regiment "von Bronikowski" , became second lieutenant on May 7, 1741 and on December 28, 1743 staff assistant master . During the Second Silesian War he fought in the Battle of Hohenfriedberg . On September 10, 1746, Roëll became captain and squadron chief . On September 28, 1752 he was sent to the Ukraine with a lieutenant and ten soldiers to buy horses for the regiment.
At the beginning of the Seven Years' War in August 1756 he was given his own squadron . On January 7, 1758 he became major , on December 5, 1758 he was awarded the order Pour le Mérite , and on March 8, 1760 he became a lieutenant colonel . On March 17, 1761 he was commander of the Hussar Regiment "von Kleist" and on May 15, 1761 Colonel . On December 9, 1763 he received his retirement as major general with a pension of 400 thalers. In August 1760 he received the Vicarie of the St. Andreas Chapter of Lübbecke .
family
Roëll was married to Baron Ernestine Henriette von Hock (* 1729 - June 11, 1809) since 1764. The couple had several children including:
- Friedrich Ernst Christoph Ferdinand (born November 30, 1767; † 1830) ⚭ May 14, 1790 Luise Friederike Wilhelmine von Erlach (born September 22, 1766). She was the daughter of Friedrich August von Erlach .
literature
- Anton Balthasar König : Christoph Moritz von Roëll . In: Biographical lexicon of all heroes and military figures who made themselves famous in the Prussian service . tape 3 . Arnold Wever, Berlin 1790, p. 478 ( Christoph Moritz von Roëll at Wikisource [PDF]).
- Julius Mebes : Contributions to the history of the Brandenburg-Prussian state. Volume 1, Berlin 1861, p. 530 .
- Gottlob Naumann : Collection of unprinted messages, explaining the history of the Prussian campaigns from 1740 to 1779. Volume 3, p. 38 .
- Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 2, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1937], DNB 367632772 , p. 20, no. 543.
- Ruebezahl: the Silesian Provincial Papers , Volume 25, p. 497 obituary.
Individual evidence
- ^ According to König: 1780 on Gut Rützen in Silesia, that is wrong
- ^ Wever, Line Valbert, p. 6 digitalized (PDF) ancestors of Katarina Elisabeth Wever (9V29), daughter of the judge Christian Wever
- ^ Johann Dietrich von Steinen : Westphälische Geschichte mit many coppers , Volume 2, Mayer-Verlag, Lemgo 1755-1801, part 12, p. 891 descent
- ↑ See: Steinen (EN); according to Priesdorff (lit.), however, Friedrich Alexander von Roëll was his father.
- ^ According to Priesdorff: one by Hacke ; however, those of Hock were originally the owners of the rich.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Roëll, Christoph Moritz von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian Major General and Chief of Hussar Regiment No. 1 |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 10, 1713 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Carthausen |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 27, 1797 |
| Place of death | Big rich |