Erhard Ernst von Röder
Erhard Ernst von Röder (born July 26, 1665 in / near Königsberg , East Prussia ; † October 26, 1743 at Gut Juditten near Königsberg) was a royal Prussian field marshal as well as budget and war minister .
Life
Origin and family
He was the son of the Prussian Obermarschall Christoph von Röder (1618–1679) and Anna Magdalena, geb. von Rappe from Angerapp . In 1712 he married Elisabeth, nee Freiin Rübel von Biberach, widowed von Graevenitz, and in 1737 he married Anna Sophie Agnes von Buddenbrock (* 1699), a daughter of Field Marshal Wilhelm Dietrich von Buddenbrock . As a widow, she married Field Marshal Johann von Lehwaldt (1685–1768) for the second time .
Life
From 1689 Röder was a captain ( captain ) in the Kurprinz regiment . As head of the Leibcompanie he had a close relationship with Prince Elector Friedrich Wilhelm I. Röder served him in the War of the Spanish Succession and then returned to Prussia as a colonel and brigadier .
In 1705 he became the commandant of the Plassenburg Fortress . In 1714 he was promoted to major general and returned to East Prussia, where he took over a regiment on foot in 1717 (later Infantry Regiment No. 2 ). In 1728 he was appointed commander-in-chief of the troops and fortresses of the Duchy of Prussia and in 1736 first budget and war minister and thus held the highest military and civil power.
In 1734 he was sent back to the field. Together with the Prussian auxiliary corps, he went to the Rhine to take part in the Imperial War against France with Prince Eugene . Crown Prince Friedrich II had military experience under Röder. To participate in the Turkish Wars , he moved his regiment back to East Prussia in 1736 . In 1739 Röder became field marshal .
In June 1732 he was the godfather of the first child born in Königsberg from Salzburg exiles .
He was the landlord of Metgethen .
literature
- Bernhard von Poten : Röder, Erhard Ernst von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 29, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1889, p. 14 f.
- Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 1, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1937], DNB 367632764 , pp. 110-112, no. 183.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the baronial houses for the year 1860. Tenth year, p. 112.
- ^ R. was in command of Königsberg for 20 years
- ↑ cf. A. v. Lyncker, The Old Prussian Army 1714-1806 and their Military Church Books , page 21; Publishing house Degener & Co., Neustadt (Aisch), 1980
- ^ Robert Albinus: Königsberg Lexicon . Wurzburg 2002
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Röder, Erhard Ernst from |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian Field Marshal General |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 26, 1665 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Koenigsberg , East Prussia |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 26, 1743 |
| Place of death | Gut Juditten near Königsberg , East Prussia |