Friedrich Georg Ludwig von Grolman

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Friedrich Georg Ludwig von Grolman (born January 1, 1726 in Magdeburg , † August 11, 1789 in Köslin ) was a Prussian colonel , commander of the Billerbeck infantry regiment and a knight of the Pour le Mérite order .

Life

He was the son of Georg Arnold von Grolman and his wife Johanna Gottvertrau, née von Eckart.

In 1740 Grolman joined the "Kenitz" fusilier regiment and took part in all of Frederick II's wars . He fought near Prague , Kolin , Leuthen , Liegnitz , Reichenberg , Hochkirch and the siege of Cosel, Prague, Olmütz , Breslau and Schweidnitz . He also took part in the battles of Basdorf, Hohengiersdorf and Kolberg.

On January 5, 1772 he became a major and in 1773 was commander of a grenadier regiment, which was composed of two grenadier companies No. 39 and No. 24 each . With the regiment he took part in the Bavarian Succession War as part of Prince Heinrich's army . In 1781 he was transferred to the “Billerbeck” infantry regiment and promoted to lieutenant colonel on June 5, 1781. On March 29, 1783 he was promoted to colonel and received the order Pour le Mérite.

family

Grolman married Sophie Maximiliane von Schickfus (born March 19, 1736) from Silesia. The couple had two sons and five daughters:

  • Wilhelmine Sophie Elisabeth (* July 8, 1762; † November 16, 1842) ⚭ 1781 Karl Wilhelm von Sanitz († 1821), Prussian lieutenant general
  • Friedrich Heinrich Ludwig (born April 27, 1766 - † August 9, 1820)
⚭ Henriette von Zimmermann
⚭ 1801 Henriette Ernestine von Boehn (* May 28, 1779; † April 28, 1853) from the Kulsow family
  • Frederike Henriette Karoline (* May 23, 1763) ⚭ NN von Lützow , Prussian major
  • Juliane Charlotte Albertine (born May 13, 1770 - † July 11, 1855) ⚭ NN von Ramin
  • Luise Juliane Beate (born December 29, 1779) ⚭ 1798 Ludwig Friedrich Karl Sichart von Sichartshoff († October 10, 1816) in Wendisch-Priebenow, Major a. D.
  • Karl Ernst Leopold (April 1, 1773 - January 23, 1829), Major a. D. ⚭ NN by Ramin
  • Auguste Charlotte Caroline (* March 21, 1775) ⚭ Johann Arnold Erich von Oelffen († December 7, 1820), colonel and knight of the order Pour le Mérite

literature

personal data
SURNAME Grolman, Friedrich Georg Ludwig von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Grollmann, Friedrich Georg Ludwig von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian colonel, commander of the "Billerbeck" infantry regiment
DATE OF BIRTH January 1, 1726
PLACE OF BIRTH Magdeburg
DATE OF DEATH August 11, 1789
Place of death Koslin