Dietrich Ehrhard von Knobloch
Dietrich Ehrhard von Knobloch (* 1690 / 1693 in Glittehnen; † 12. April 1757 in Chemnitz ) was a Prussian Major General , Chief of Infantry Regiment 10th and Knight of the Pour le Mérite and hereditary lord of Glittehnen, Wanguthen and Neufrost (Tettawicken).
Life
origin
Dietrich Erhard came from the von Knobloch noble family and was the son of Johann Ehrhard von Knobloch and Euphemia Euphrosine von Tettau . His brother was the Prussian major general Karl Gottfried von Knobloch .
Military career
Knobloch entered Prussian service in 1709 and was employed by the Holstein Infantry Regiment No. 11 . He fought in the War of Spanish Succession and was at the siege of Stralsund during the Pomeranian campaign 1715/16 as Secondeleutnant it. His boss Friedrich Ludwig von Holstein-Beck had great confidence in Knobloch and made him the tutor of his son Wilhelm, who soon died in Vienna .
Knobloch rose further and when General Röder was ordered to campaign on the Rhine in 1735, Knobloch marched with them. In 1736 he was promoted to major . In the First Silesian War he marched with the regiment to Silesia , but came too late for the battle of Mollwitz . He moved on to Silesia and secured the Prussian army in winter. On May 13, 1742 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel.
On May 17, the battle of Chotusitz broke out in which Knobloch was seriously injured. In 1744 he found himself with the troops that drove the Austrians out of Silesia. On January 20, 1745 he became a colonel and commander of the regiment. On June 4, 1745 he led the regiment into the battle of Hohenfriedberg . The regiment then came to General Moulin's corps , while the battles of Thrush and Kesselsdorf were fought .
On December 31, 1750, King Knobloch was appointed major general and he was given the infantry regiment “Prinz Dietrich” No. 10. At the beginning of the Seven Years' War , the regiment marched into Saxony. Knobloch fought in the battle of Lobositz and was there when the Saxon troops were trapped in Pirna .
He died surprisingly on April 12, 1757 in Chemnitz .
family
Knobloch was married twice. His first wife was Henriette Luise von Cupner, daughter of Privy Councilor Cupner, whom he married on July 15, 1735 in Königsberg . The son Friedrich Wilhelm Erhard von Knobloch survived the marriage.
After the death of his first wife, he married Luise von Papen (also: Pappe , Pape ), daughter of a lieutenant colonel in the cavalry. Johann Andreas Ludwig and Amalie Ursula Anna survived from the marriage.
literature
- Michael Ranft : New genealogical-historical news of the most distinguished events which happened at the European courts. Volume 54, 1759, pp. 879f., Digitized
- Karl Friedrich Pauli : Life of great heroes of the current war. Volume 2, 1758, p. 175, digitized
- Anton Balthasar König : Dietrich Ehrhard von Knobloch . In: Biographical lexicon of all heroes and military figures who made themselves famous in the Prussian service . tape 2 . Arnold Wever, Berlin 1789, p. 305 ( Dietrich Ehrhard von Knobloch at Wikisource [PDF]).
- Julius Mebes : Contributions to the history of the Brandenburg-Burg-Prussian state and army. 1861, p. 425, digitized
- Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 1, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1937], DNB 367632764 , p. 380, no. 397.
Individual evidence
- ^ Pauli (Lit.), König (Lit.) and Mebes (Lit.) name the year of birth 1693; Priesdorff, however: 1690 in Glittehnen.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Knobloch, Dietrich Ehrhard von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian major general, chief of infantry regiment No. 10, heir of Glittehnen, Wanguthen and Neufrost |
| DATE OF BIRTH | between 1690 and 1693 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Glide tendons |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 12, 1757 |
| Place of death | Chemnitz |