Friedrich Ferdinand von Strantz
Friedrich Ferdinand von Strantz (born September 22, 1741 in Barckow , † November 17, 1793 near Blickweiler ) was a Prussian major and knight of the order Pour le Mérite .
Life
origin
Strantz belonged to the Barkow line of the Strantz dynasty , which derives its origin from the originally noble-free , Thuringian- born nobles from Tüllstedt, which can be proven since 1120. Hermann von Tüllstedt, Burgrave of Leisnig , took on the nickname Strantz in 1210. The family with Hermann, dictus Strantz, has appeared in the Mark Brandenburg since 1325 . He was the fifth son of Carl Ernst von Strantz (1707–1790), Lord of Barkow, Greifenhagen district , Pomerania, and Luise von Küssow (1714–1745).
Military career
As usual for the later sons of the Prussian landed gentry, Strantz chose the soldier profession. He joined the Prussian Army , became an infantryman in the Crousaz Infantry Regiment and made slow progress in the long period of peace after the Seven Years' War . In the First Coalition War against revolutionary France, in the meantime risen to major , he proved himself so much in an attack by his regiment on Kostheim on May 3, 1793 that his commander, Major General von Wegnern , awarded him the order of Pour to the king le Mérite suggested. With the very highest cabinet order of May 9, 1793, King Friedrich Wilhelm II complied with this proposal. " [...] I am sending you 2 medals plm to hand them out to the two officers [ ie von Strantz and von Weyher] of the Crousaz regiment from Meintwegen who attacked Kostheim on the 3rd of d. have distinguished very excellently [...] ”. On November 17, 1793 Strantz fell in battle near Blickweiler on the Saar.
family
Strantz married Louise von der Lahr (1737-1807) in 1773. She was the daughter of the businessman Johann Daniel von der Lahr and Marianne Kirchpauer von Kirchdorf. The marriage produced several children, including:
- Ferdinand (1774–1852), Prussian lieutenant colonel ⚭ 1816 Therese von dem Bussche (1784–1833), widowed Tschegey
- Frederike (1776–1857) ⚭ 1804 Karl von Byla († 1805)
- Louise (1777–1850) ⚭ 1798 Joseph Freiherr von Gruttschreiber Noble Lord von Czopkendorf (1769–1845), district administrator of the Neustadt district in Upper Silesia and landscape director
- Ludwig (1780–1856), Prussian lieutenant general
- ⚭ Lucie Countess von Maltzahn from the Militsch family, divorced Countess von Haugwitz (1796–1834)
- ⚭ Johanna Dorothea Lier, widowed von Schöning (* 1793)
- ⚭ Emma von Rekowski (1818–1887)
- Gustav Adolf (1784–1865), Prussian lieutenant general
- ⚭ 1819 (divorced May 22, 1832) Luise Ebing (1787–1845)
- ⚭ 1833 Franziska Countess von Maltzahn-Hoym-Dyhrnfurth (1790–1849), widow of Lieutenant General Gustav Kalixt von Biron
literature
- Friedrich Ferdinand von Strantz . In: Marcelli Janecki , Deutsche Adelsgenossenschaft (Hrsg.): Yearbook of the German nobility . Third volume. WT Bruer's Verlag, Berlin 1899, p. 484-489 ( dlib.rsl.ru ).
- Genealogical manual of the nobility . Volume A X. Starke, Limburg 1969.
- Gustav Lehmann: The knights of the order pour le merite. Berlin 1913.
- CF von Stranz: History of the noble family Strantz, who belonged to the free lordship, the castle-sitters and knights in the Middle Ages. P. 27 f. ( Digitized in the Google book search).
Individual evidence
- ^ Genealogical handbook of the nobility. Volume A X. Starke, Limburg 1969, p. 298.
- ^ Certificate in the Frankfurt (Oder) city archive ; Printed in Riedel , Codex diplomaticus Brandenburgensis , I, 23, no.27.
- ^ Genealogical handbook of the nobility. Volume A X. Starke, Limburg 1969, p. 304.
- ↑ Gustav Lehmann: The knights of the order pour le merite. Volume I, awards under King Friedrich Wilhelm II., Berlin 1913, p. 244.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Strantz, Friedrich Ferdinand von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian major and knight of the order Pour le Mérite |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 22, 1741 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Barckow |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 17, 1793 |
| Place of death | Blickweiler |