Dietrich von Dohna
Dietrich (Theodor) von Dohna (* December 1650 in Küstrin ; † July 17, 1686 near Ofen ) was a Kurbrandenburg colonel and chief of a dragoon regiment , the basis of the cuirassier regiment No. 4.
He was the son of Burgrave Christian Albrecht von Dohna and his wife Sophie Theodore Countess of Holland-Brederode-Vianen (1620–1678).
In 1684 he took over the Leibdragoner Regiment , which was established in 1672 by Colonel Joachim Ernst von Grumbkow . It was also called the kitchen dragon , as it was used to accompany the court. The colonel moved with the regiment to Hungary as part of the Brandenburg support for the emperor's fight against the Turks. The colonel died in the siege of Ofen of a serious injury sustained on July 3rd. The future Field Marshal Dubislav Gneomar von Natzmer was also seriously injured in the storm .
Shortly before - on July 3 - his older brother Karl Emil (1658–1686) had died as colonel from Kurbrandenburg and commander of the Barefoot Infantry Regiment at Ofen.
literature
- Anton Balthasar König : Biographical dictionary of all heroes and military figures . tape I . Arnold Wever, Berlin 1788, p. 390 ( Dietrich von Dohna in the Google book search).
- Leopold von Zedlitz-Neukirch : Pantheon of the Prussian Army. 1835, p. 352, Dietrich von Dohna in the Google book search
Individual evidence
- ↑ Description of the circumstances in: Josef Némedy: The sieges of the fortress oven in the years 1686 and 1849. 1853, p. 14, death of Dietrich von Dohna in the Google book search
- ^ Friedrich Karl Gottlob Hirsching : Historical-literary manual of famous and memorable people. Volume 6, 1804, p. 28, by Natzmer in the Google book search
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dohna, Dietrich von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dohna, Theodorikus von; Dohna, Theodor von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Kurbrandenburg colonel |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 1650 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Küstrin |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 17, 1686 |
| Place of death | at oven |