Ernst Ludwig von Kannacher

Ernst Ludwig von Can Acher (* 1695 / 1696 in Prussia; † 10. November 1765 in Berlin ) was a Prussian Major General , Chief of Infantry Regiment 30th and winner of the Pour le Mérite . He was also Drost of Goch and Sennep and Amtshauptmann of Alt Ruppin and Fehrbellin .

He entered Prussian service in 1711 and joined the "Dönhoff" regiment No. 2 . He became an ensign on August 4, 1721 and second lieutenant on August 17, 1726 . 1730 transferred to King Friedrich Wilhelm I as Prime Lieutenant to Regiment "Thile" No. 30 . He became a captain , a major in 1741 and a lieutenant colonel in 1745 . After the battle of Kesselsdorf he received the Pour le Mérite .

On January 5, 1746 he received the Drostei Goch in the Duchy of Kleve . He became a colonel on May 24, 1747 and major general in January 1757 . He received regiment No. 30 from the king and became chief there. During the Seven Years' War he was captured by the Austrians in the Battle of Moysberg on September 7, 1757 , but was soon exchanged again. He asked for his release, which he received in 1759 and a pension of 1000 thalers. He died in 1765, according to some sources as early as 1760.

He was married to Sabine Hedwig von Thile (1719–1791), a daughter of his former commander Martin von Thile , since 1759 .

literature

Anton Balthasar König : Ernst Ludwig von Kannacher . In: Biographical lexicon of all heroes and military people . tape II . Arnold Wever, Berlin 1789, p. 246–247 ( Ernst Ludwig von Kannacher in the Google book search, additions to Volume IV, 1791, p. 387 in the Google book search).

Julius Mebes : Contributions to the history of the Brandenburg-Prussian state. Volume 1, 1861, p. 449, digitized

Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 1, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1937], DNB 367632764 , p. 423, no. 440.

Individual evidence

↑ König (lit.) and Mebes (lit.) name 1695 as the year of birth, Priesdorff (lit.) gives the year 1696.
↑ ^a ^b Date / place of death according to Priesdorff (lit.), who still gives the burial on November 12, 1765 in the garrison church , and thus becomes more credible than König (lit.) and Mebes (lit.) who name the year of death 1760 .

personal data
SURNAME	Kannacher, Ernst Ludwig von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Prussian major general, chief of infantry regiment No. 30, Drost von Goch and Sennep, governor of Alt Ruppin and Fehrbellin
DATE OF BIRTH	1695 or 1696
PLACE OF BIRTH	Prussia
DATE OF DEATH	November 10, 1765
Place of death	Berlin

[1] König (lit.) and Mebes (lit.) name 1695 as the year of birth, Priesdorff (lit.) gives the year 1696.

[sterbejahr-2] Date / place of death according to Priesdorff (lit.), who still gives the burial on November 12, 1765 in the garrison church , and thus becomes more credible than König (lit.) and Mebes (lit.) who name the year of death 1760 .