Christopher Heinrich von Kursell
Christoph Heinrich von Kursell der Spandauer (born November 29, 1722 , † December 5, 1795 in Hapsal ) was Herr auf Ocht, a Prussian lieutenant and a Russian lieutenant general .
Life
Christoph Heinrich von Kursell was wealthy on Ocht in Estonia . He came from the German-Baltic Kursell family . His parents were Christopher Engelbrecht von Kursell (1685–1756) and Gertrude Helene von Tiesenhausen († 1742). On March 12, 1764, Anna Lunetta von Essen († 1772) married in Reval .
First he was in the service of Frederick II of Prussia as a guard ensign, then as a lieutenant, and as a Russian subject in 1749, at the beginning of the Seven Years' War between Prussia and Russia, he sought a farewell , which he was not granted. He then deserted and was captured. He refused a pardon from Frederick II. After 13 years imprisonment in the Spandau fortress , he was exchanged for other prisoners by Tsarina Katherina II in 1762 . In 1763 he was made a colonel , in 1770 a general of the Imperial Russian Army and dismissed as lieutenant general.
literature
- Julius von Eckardt : Baltic and Russian cultural studies from two centuries. 1999, p. 91f
Web links
- Baltic Historical Commission (Ed.): Entry on Christopher Heinrich von Kursell. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
- Ancestry lines of Stael von Holstein (Сталь фон Гольштейн), ancestry lines of my grandfather Reinhold Baron Stael von Holstein, Generation VI, No. 15
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kursell, Christopher Heinrich von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kursell, Christoph Heinrich von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Herr auf Ocht, Prussian lieutenant and Russian lieutenant general |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 29, 1722 |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 5, 1795 |
| Place of death | Hapsal |