Emanuel von Schöning

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Emanuel von Schöning (* November 1690 in Stargard ; † 16 May 1757 near Prague ) was a Prussian major general , chief of infantry regiment No. 46 and governor in Köslin .

Life

family

Emanuel von Schöning is considered to be a member of the Pomeranian-Neumark nobility family von Schöning . But the name of his father has not been handed down; the family history therefore cannot assign him to any of the lines of the Schöning family.

His father died just six months after he was born. That is why he came to his older brother, who is said to have been a secret finance councilor at the time , but cannot be named either.

Military career

In 1705 Schöning became a flag boy in the "Anhalt" infantry regiment . With the War of the Spanish Succession he came to Italy and took part in the battles of Cassano and Turin . In 1707 he came to Brabant . He was found in 1709 at the Siege of Dornick, the Battle of Malplaquet and the Siege of Mons. In 1710 Schöning fought in the siege of Douai and Aire. In 1713 he was transferred to the Grumbkow infantry regiment as an ensign . He became second lieutenant on February 9, 1715 and took part in the Pomeranian campaign in 1715/1716 . There he was involved in the siege of Stralsund and the landing on Rügen . On April 13, 1720, he became Premier Lieutenant , on September 20, 1727, captain of the staff , on May 5, 1732, captain and, in 1738, major .

During the First Silesian War he entered Silesia with regiment No. 17 under la Motte . He distinguished himself in the battle of Chotusitz and was promoted to lieutenant colonel on the battlefield with a patent on May 19, 1740 .

In 1744 Schöning was given command of a grenadier battalion, which was composed of the grenadier companies of the regiments "la Motte" and "Anhalt-Zerbst" . He stood with the battalion in front of Prague and fought on the right wing near Hohenfriedberg . On July 31, 1745 he was promoted to colonel . Schöning fought with it in the Battle of Prague. When the king advanced into Bohemia, the battalion brought up the rear . It then came to the army of Prince Leopold von Anhalt-Dessau . In the battle of Kesselsdorf he was on the left wing. There it attacked the Saxon regiment "von Cosel" in Brennerich and drove it from the post. Schöning was wounded and his skirt was perforated fourteen times. He has celebrated the day annually since then and when he married on February 16, 1746, he wore this skirt too. In October 1748 the king transferred him to the "Kleist" infantry regiment as commander . In addition, the king brought him to Potsdam a few times. From August 1748 he received a pension of 150 thalers, which was increased to 1000 thalers in 1753. In addition, he also became the governor of Köslin , and his widow later received this pension.

On September 15, 1753 Schöning was promoted to major general. When the Seven Years' War broke out, he was assigned the "Pfuel" regiment as commander. On November 19th he was appointed head of the regiment . He fought on April 21, 1757 in the Battle of Reichenbach , shortly afterwards Schöning fell on his horse and broke his foot. Nevertheless, he stayed with his regiment and also led it in the battle of Prague . There he was wounded again in the foot. Schöning came to the hospital at the Margarethenkloster, where the doctors had to remove his foot. He died of the consequences of the amputation on May 16, 1757 and was buried next to General Bernhard Asmus von Zastrow, who had recently fallen, in the church vault of the small Saxon town of Gottleuba .

Marriage and offspring

In 1746, Schöning married Auguste Christiane von Oldenburg (* 1731; † 1791), a daughter of Major General Georg Friedrich von Oldenburg . He had a daughter and three sons with her. The son Carl Heinrich von Schöning (* 1750, † 1824) was Prussian district administrator of the Lubusz district in the Kurmark.

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personal data
SURNAME Schöning, Emanuel von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian major general, chief of infantry regiment No. 46, governor in Köslin
DATE OF BIRTH November 1690
PLACE OF BIRTH Stargard
DATE OF DEATH May 16, 1757
Place of death near Prague