Franz Karl Ludwig von Wied zu Neuwied

Franz Karl Ludwig von Wied zu Neuwied (born October 19, 1710 , † October 9, 1765 in Neuwied ) was a Prussian lieutenant general , knight of the Black Eagle Order and chief of an infantry regiment named after him .

Life

origin

He was the youngest son of Count Friedrich Wilhelm zu Wied-Neuwied (1684–1737) and Luise Charlotte von Dohna (1688–1736), a daughter of Field Marshal Alexander von Dohna .

Military career

Wied joined the Prussian Army through his grandfather . In May 1730 he got his own company in the infantry regiment "von Sydow" . In 1736 he became a major in the “von Kleist” infantry regiment , took his leave in 1737 and went to Hungary. He became an imperial lieutenant colonel in the "Savoy" dragoon regiment and stayed there until the end of the war with the Turks . In 1740 he returned to Prussian service under King Friedrich II. On April 18, 1742, Wied was promoted to colonel and commander of the “von Dohna” fusilier regiment.

He received a special assignment on May 31, 1744 in Wesel . With the death of the last Prince of East Frisia , the land fell to Prussia. Wied had the order to move 400 men from Wesel to East Frisia in order to secure the inheritance.

On July 27, 1746 he took over the infantry regiment "von Riedesel". On September 28, 1749 he was promoted to major general and on April 3, 1760 to lieutenant general. After his brave behavior in the Battle of Liegnitz , he was awarded the Order of the Black Eagle on August 16, 1760.

During the Seven Years' War he fought in Saxony in 1756 and in Bohemia and Silesia in 1757. During the Battle of Breslau he defended the fortress Brieg . After the king arrived in Silesia, he was in the siege of Breslau and in 1758 that of Olomouc . He fought in the battles of Zorndorf , Kunersdorf , Liegnitz and Torgau . In addition, he commanded a corps with which he secured the Silesian mountains and in 1762 advanced to Bohemia . After the surrender of Schweidnitz , he led the corps to Saxony and, after the peace in 1763, back to Minden .

He allegedly died on October 9, 1765 in Neuwied from an accident with a hunting rifle.

His name was immortalized in 1851 on one of the plaques on the equestrian statue of Frederick the Great .

Ducat Society

1746 he founded the ducats firm , one after the snowballing functioning society, which has been classified and banned "dangerous" little later than.

family

On September 3, 1747, Wied married Sophia Louise von Dohna-Carimmern (1727–1749), daughter of Count Friedrich Ludwig zu Dohna-Carektiven . The couple had a daughter who died shortly after giving birth in 1749.

literature

• Friedrich von der Wengen: Karl Graf zu Wied, Royal Prussian Lieutenant General. A picture of life on the history of the wars from 1734 to 1763 based on the papers left by the immortal and other unprinted sources 1890 ( digitized version )
• Continued, new genealogical-historical news of the most noble incidents that happened at the European courts. 49th part, 1766, pp. 583-585 ( digitized version )
• Anton Balthasar König : Franz Karl Ludwig von Wied zu Neuwied . In: Biographical lexicon of all heroes and military figures who made themselves famous in the Prussian service . tape 3 . Arnold Wever, Berlin 1790, p. 216 ( Franz Karl Ludwig von Wied zu Neuwied at Wikisource [PDF]).
• Bernhard von Poten :  Neuwied, Karl Graf von Wied too . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 23, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1886, p. 558 f.