Erich Philipp von Schwaan

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Erich Philipp von Schwaan (also: von Schwan ; von Swaan ; * around 1660 in Landesbergen , Nienburg / Weser district  ; † February 7, 1738 in Calenberger Neustadt, city of Hanover ) was a Royal British and Elector Hanover General .

Life

Erich Philipp von Schwaan was a member of the von Schwan family from Schwaan , Mecklenburg . He was one of 15 children ( of them died even young 6 ) of the Princely Münstersche Governing Council and the Inspector General of the rule of Rotenburg , Lord, among other Landesbergen and Düsterbeck , Christian Siegfried von Schwaan , and his wife, the cousin Elisabeth Schwanen .

Erich Philipp was a freed corporal under the Lünenburg peoples in 1683 . In 1689 he was an ensign in the Hanoverian Army , residing with Captain Belling, who later became Brigadier General , in Marktstrasse in Hanover's old town. In 1709 and 1711 he was a lieutenant colonel in the Hanoverian Guard Regiment, deputy commander under Colonel von Campe. In 1711, the officer Erich Philipp von Schwaan participated in the function of a cure-Hannoversche colonel lieutenant in the diocese of Hildesheim located fortress Peine one.

After the beginning of the personal union between Great Britain and Hanover, von Schwaan worked as a colonel "[...] over a regiment on foot", then became "[...] during the military doctorate in Hanover " on June 23, 1735 from the colonel promoted to major general.

In addition, von Schwaan worked as city ​​commander in Münden, where he died in this position in 1738.

Erich Philipp von Schwaan was married to Juliana Sophia von Bremer ; the marriage remained childless.

A wooden epitaph of General von Swaan was attached to the northern side wall of the sacred building in the garrison church in Hanover.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Louis von Sichart : History of the Royal Hanoverian Army. Second volume, third period, 1705–1756, Hanover, Hahn'sche Hofbuchhandlung, 1870, pp. 20, 30, 38, 47, 51, 58, 66, 70, 155. Digitized via Google books
  2. ↑ a b c d e f Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts, which so far have been invented and improved by human understanding and wit. In it ... Vol. 35, Halle; Leipzig: Johann Heinrich Zedler, 1743, column 1841; Digitized via Google books
  3. ↑ a b c Arnold Nöldeke (edit.): Hospital St. Spiritus (broken off in 1894) and Holy Spirit Church, later garrison church (broken off in 1875) , in which: The art monuments of the province of Hanover , ed. from the provincial committee and state directorate of the province of Hanover, part 1: Region of Hanover , issue 2 in two parts (= issue 19 of the complete work ), Hanover: self-published by the provincial administration, Theodor Schulzes Buchhandlung, Hanover, 1932, pp. 230-236
  4. ^ Albrecht Elzow : Schwane, Pomeranian noble family, large genealogy (until the end of the 17th century), 1685; in: ELZ, Rep. 41, Vol. 30, pp. 229.1-230.2. "Vorpommerschen Landesarchiv, Martin-Andersen-Nexö-Platz 1, D-17489 Greifswald
  5. ^ Heinrich August Lindner: Schwan, family tree of the noble family until 1787, signature: "Cod. Germ. 8012, Volume 12b, No.1211b"; Genealogical collection of Heinrich August Lindner (-1787), Dresden; Bavarian State Library, Ludwigstrasse 16, D-80539 Munich
  6. ↑ Ancestry.com:Von_Schwaan : Family History Library Film Number 185234, Evangelical Church. Neustädter Hof- und Stadtkirche Sankt Johannis, Hanover, Deaths and Burials, 2017. Accessed January 12, 2018
  7. ↑ Ernst Heinrich Kneschke (Ed.): New general German Adels Lexicon , Vol. 8, Leipzig: Voigt, 1859, pp. 381, 382 and others; Digitized via Google books
  8. ^ A b Albrecht Elzow : Nobility mirror of Pomerania (PZ) . In: ELZ, Rep . 40,. tape 1685-1745 , signature II 76/3, p. 229 .
  9. ↑ Albrecht Elzow : Schwane, Pomeranian noble family, large genealogy (until the end of the 17th century) , 1685; in: ELZ, Rep. 41, Vol. 30, pp. 229.1-230.2.
  10. ^ Max Burchard: The head tax description of the principalities of Calenberg-Göttingen and Grubenhagen from 1689. Part 2: The old and new town of Hanover and the Princely Chancellery. Verlag M. u. H. Schaper, Hannover, 1941, p. 55.
  11. ↑ Jürgen Ritter: Garrison Church Book Hanover 1690-1811. P. 159, Lower Saxony Regional Association for Family Studies e. V. Hannover , special publication 18, Hannover 1991.
  12. ↑ Louis von Sichart: History of the royal Hanoverian army. Second volume, third period, 1705–1756, page 20, Hahn'sche Hofbuchhandlung, Hanover, 1870.
  13. ↑ Michael Ranfft : The genealogical-historical archivarius, who carefully notes / puts to light everything that changes among the last living high people in the world in the form of births, marriages, advancements and deaths, with impressions of many life descriptions. . , Part 41 (eleventh piece of the year), Leipzig: Verlag Johann Samuel Heinsius, 1737, p. 289; Digitized via Google books
personal data
SURNAME Schwaan, Erich Philipp von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schwaan, Erich Philipp von; Swaan, Erich Philipp von; Swan, Erich Philipp von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Major General of the Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg
DATE OF BIRTH around 1660
PLACE OF BIRTH Landesbergen , Nienburg / Weser district
DATE OF DEATH February 7, 1738
Place of death Calenberger Neustadt, City of Hanover