Ferdinand Friedrich Albrecht Gottlieb von Holwede

Ferdinand Friedrich Albrecht Gottliebe von Holwede (born July 6, 1735 in Potsdam , † March 7, 1816 in Marienwerder ) was a Prussian major general in the 9th Dragoon Regiment .

Life

origin

His parents were Heinrich Christian von Holwede (* March 24, 1684; † May 8, 1739) and his wife Katharina Luise, born von König (* March 13, 1694; † March 29, 1770) from the Lochtum family . His father was initially captain in infantry regiment No. 23, court marshal and chief kitchen master and heir to Bischofswerder ( Rosenberg district in West Prussia ). Major General Friedrich Christian Karl von Holwede was his brother.

Military career

Holwede came in 1752 as a Junker in the Dragoon Regiment No. 9 and became an ensign there on July 28, 1755 . During the Seven Years' War he fought in the battles near Groß-Jägersdorf , Krefeld , Minden , Bergen , Liegniz , Torgau and the siege of Dresden . In the time he was on 1 March 1757 second lieutenant , and on May 10, 1762 First Lieutenant .

On August 10, 1773 he became staff captain , and in 1774 the king appointed him canon in Halberstadt . Holwede took part in the War of the Bavarian Succession and became major on July 20, 1784 . In addition, on July 20, 1787 he received the administration of Schlanstedt, which brought him an income of 500 thalers. On December 18, 1788 he became squadron chief . He was born on June 5, 1791 Lieutenant Colonel and on February 19, 1793 , Colonel . On November 29, 1794 he received his resignation as major general with a pension of 800 thalers.

Holwede died unmarried.

literature

• Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 2, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1937], DNB 367632772 , p. 431, no. 905.
• Genealogical handbook of noble houses. 1999, p. 291.