Daniel von Tettau
Daniel von Tettau (born April 6, 1670 , † September 11, 1709 at Malplaquet ) was a royal Prussian major general , colonel of the Grendadier bodyguard and chamberlain. He was also the heir to Umau, Sommerfeld and Gloschehnen.
Life
Origin and family
Friedrich von Tettau was a member of the Prussian noble family von Tettau . His parents were the Chancellor of the Duchy of Prussia and President of the Higher Appeal Court Hans Dietrich von Tettau (1620–1687) and Dorothea von Borcke († 1689). The two Prussian ministers Dietrich von Tettau (1654–1730) and Friedrich von Tettau (1664–1748) were his brothers. He himself remained unmarried.
Career
After studying in Königsberg , von Tettau entered the Brandenburg military service in 1688. He fought at the siege of Bonn, but then took his leave. His cousin Julius Ernst von Tettau was a Dutch General Feldzeugmeister and helped him to establish an infantry company in the Army of the States General. With this he fought against the French. After the Peace of Ryswyk was concluded in 1697 , he first entered the service of the Duke of Savoy, where he was commanded by two battalions of German troops. In the War of the Spanish Succession , Savoy fought on the side of Brandenburg and Tettau was also recalled. On April 4, 1702 he was appointed Colonel of the Grenadier Guard and received the Order De la Générosité . He then became Chief of Infantry Regiment No. 18 . On February 7, 1703 he had to occupy the imperial city of Nordhausen. On January 5, 1704 he became a colonel in the regiment of Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm. As early as April 18, 1705 he became a brigadier of the body grenadier guard and in the same year major general. On January 6, 1706, he also became a Prussian chamberlain.
Von Tettau was involved in 16 campaigns. He was killed in the battle of Malplaquet in 1709 , where a shot tore his right arm to pieces. His body was recovered and transferred to Berlin. On October 17th he was buried in the garrison church in the presence of royal and princely ambassadors. A monument was erected there by his brothers.
The monument only stood until August 12, 1720, when an exploding powder tower destroyed the church. King Friedrich Wilhelm I - also a participant in the Battle of Malplaquet - held him in high regard. When the church was rebuilt in 1722, he ordered the monument to be rebuilt by the court painter Pesne .
literature
- Anton Balthasar König : Daniel von Tettau . In: Biographical lexicon of all heroes and military figures who made themselves famous in the Prussian service . tape 4 . Arnold Wever, Berlin 1791, p. 78 ( Daniel von Tettau at Wikisource [PDF]).
- Bernhard von Poten : Tettau, Daniel von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 37, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1894, p. 593 f.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Detlev Schwennicke : European family tables. New episode . Volume XXI. Brandenburg and Prussia 2 , Verlag Vittorio Klostermann GmbH, Frankfurt / Main 2002. Volume XXI. Tfl. 161.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tettau, Daniel von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian major general, colonel of the Grendadier bodyguard and chamberlain |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 6, 1670 |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 11, 1709 |
| Place of death | at Malplaquet |