Friedrich Casimir von Botzheim
Friedrich Casimir von Botzheim (born October 15, 1672 in Courland ; † July 15, 1737 in Stettin ) was a Prussian major general and chief of infantry regiment No. 7 .
Life
origin
Friedrich Casimir comes from the Alsatian noble family Botzheim . He was the son of Johann Casimir von Botzheim (* July 8, 1634 in Meisenheim ; † February 10, 1705 in Courland) and his wife Katharina, born von Tyszkiewicz . His father was an Electoral Palatinate and Courland Chamberlain and Courland Court Marshal .
Military career
From 1687 Botzheim was a page with Dorothea von Brandenburg and in 1693 was employed as an ensign in the "von Sydow" battalion. During the campaign in 1693/96 he fought in Hungary in the battles of Peterwardein , Warasdin and Zenta and in the siege of Belgrade against the Turks.
In the War of the Spanish Succession he fought in Brabant in the battles of St. Lions, Ramillies , Oudenaarde , Winnendael and Hunslot. He also took part in the siege of Kaiserswerth , Roermond, Venlo , Reineberg , the siege of Bonn , Melin and Saint-Venant.
On April 13, 1709 he was already a major in the Grumbkow infantry regiment. During the Pomeranian Campaign in 1715/16 he fought off Stralsund and was wounded there. On November 14, 1715 he became lieutenant colonel and on June 16, 1721 colonel . In 1734 he received the infantry regiment "Margrave Christian Ludwig" No. 7.
He died a major general in 1737.
family
He was married to Maria Salome Pawel von Rammingen and had no descendants.
literature
- Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 1, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1937], DNB 367632764 , pp. 181-182, no. 251.
- Anton Balthasar König : Friedrich Kasimir von Botzheim . In: Biographical lexicon of all heroes and military people . tape I . Arnold Wever, Berlin 1788, p. 194–195 ( Friedrich Kasimir von Botzheim in the Google book search).
Individual evidence
- ^ History of the Royal Prussian, 2nd Guards Regiment on Foot, 1813–1882, p. 600
- ↑ Ludwig Clemm: Upper Rhine knighthood. Collection F2, p. 152
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Botzheim, Friedrich Casimir von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Botzheim, Friedrich Kasimir von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian Major General and Chief of Infantry Regiment No. 7 |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 15, 1672 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Courland |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 15, 1737 |
| Place of death | Szczecin |