Ernst Wilhelm von Salisch
Ernst Wilhelm von Salisch (born June 29, 1649 in Maschelhammer near Oels in Lower Silesia , † February 7, 1711 in Breda ) was a Silesian nobleman , republican-Dutch and imperial general.
Life
Ernst Wilhelm von Salisch came from the well-known Silesian noble family of the von Salisch . His parents were the heir to Simmenau near Constadt and Michelwitz near Strehlen , Nicolaus Ernst von Salisch and Anna von Hess and Stein . He married in 1686 Anna Sophie von Kospoth (* 1669, † 1746), daughter of the Lord Chamberlain to Oels and Berne Städt Just from Salisch (* 1619, † 1676) and sister and heiress of 1711 ennobled counts of Kospoth . The marriage resulted in four sons and 6 daughters, none of whom survived the father. At least one daughter, Anna Maria Ernestina von Salisch (* 1688; † 1709), reached the age of marriage and was married to Count Karl Wilhelm von Erbach-Fürstenau (* 1680; † 1714) in 1708 .
His career began in 1671 as the private ensign of Duke Anton Ulrich von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel . In 1676 he was named as a major in the Dutch republican "Holstein-Norburg Infantry Regiment" and in 1675 as a lieutenant colonel. When the regiment owner Rudolf Friedrich von Holstein-Norburg (* 1645; † 1688) died, he became the owner of the regiment with the rank of colonel . On October 25, 1694 he was promoted to major general , on April 25, 1697 to lieutenant general , on October 1, 1702 to imperial field marshal lieutenant , on October 13, 1704 to general of the infantry and finally on April 3, 1706 to Feldzeugmeister . He led his regiment until his death and was then inherited as regiment owner by Hans Wolf von Buchwitz and Buchau († 1740).
During the siege of Meenen in the course of the War of Spanish Succession, where he was in command, he stood out in particular and deeply impressed the French commander Marquis de Laramain , whom he forced to withdraw, with his strategic approach .
Salisch was the hereditary lord of the Jetzel, Ober- and Nieder- Boguslawitz , Grabke, Koche and Grünhof estates . He was governor of Breda where he decided his life.
literature
- Antonio Schmidt-Brentano: Imperial and Imperial and Royal Generals (1618–1815) Austrian State Archives 2006, p. 87 (accessed on February 8, 2012)
- Johann Sinapius : Silesian curiosities in it the respectable families of the Silesian nobility. Leipzig 1720, Volume I, p. 797 (accessed on February 8, 2012)
Web links
- Portrait of a painting in the British Museum (accessed February 8, 2012)
- Staff of the 673c Infantry Regiment ( Memento from September 11, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed February 8, 2012)
- The wall epitaph of the Salisch couple in the subsidiary church of Zessel is i. d. Attributed to R. Johann Albrecht Siegwitz (accessed February 8, 2012)
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Carl Günther Ludovici (Hrsg.): Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Leipzig 1742, Volume 33, Col. 936
- ^ Friedrich Bülau : Secret stories and enigmatic people Leipzig 1864, Volume 9, pp. 343-345
- ↑ See Staff of the Infantry Regiment 673c ( Memento from September 11, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Salisch, Ernst Wilhelm von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Salisch, Ernst Willem van; Salisch and Stiebendorf, Ernst Wilhelm von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch and Imperial General |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 29, 1649 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Maschelhammer near Oels , Lower Silesia |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 7, 1711 |
| Place of death | Breda |