Friedrich Heinrich von Katte
Johann Friedrich Heinrich Christoph Wilhelm von Katte (* 1740 in Lüben ; † March 11, 1813 ) was a Prussian lieutenant general and knight of the Red Eagle Order .
Life
His parents were the later Lieutenant General Johann Friedrich von Katte (1699–1764) and his wife Henriette Katharina Truchsess von Waldburg (1714–1791).
Katte initially received his training at the Bergen monastery. In 1755 he came to the University of Halle. When Frederick II tried to persuade his father that year to send him to the military, he was against it because of his son's weak constitution. Presumably as a compromise, he joined his father's regiment as a cornet, but stayed in Halle for another year.
With the beginning of the Seven Years War he went into the field with the regiment. Katte came to General von Hülsen's staff . Afterwards he became an orderly and adjutant of Seydlitz and Zieten . In 1767 he became a staff assistant master. At the Magdeburg Review in 1776 he was publicly praised by the king and promoted out of turn to major. In the War of the Bavarian Succession he was in Prince Heinrich's army. In 1784 he became a lieutenant colonel and in 1787 a colonel . He was appointed commander in his regiment in 1789. On May 26, 1792, he became major general and chief of Dragoon Regiment 4 . During the First Coalition War he was wounded in the Battle of Pirmasens in 1793 and his horse was shot. In the battle of Weißenburg (December 25, 1793) and in the battle of Kaiserslautern , he and his regiment were able to capture several enemy cannons. In 1798 he was appointed lieutenant general. After the lost war of 1806 he was no longer given any command.
He was married to Countess Eleonore Johanne Elisabeth von der Schulenburg (born March 1, 1750) since 1778 .
literature
- Gerhard Johann David von Scharnhorst, Tilman Stieve: Private and official writings. Volume 4: General Staff Officer between Crisis and Reform (Prussia 1804-1807). Böhlau, Cologne 2006, ISBN 3-412-27105-5 , p. 140.
- Guido von Frobel : Military weekly paper . Volume 53, p. 178. (digitized version)
Individual evidence
- ^ New Prussian nobility lexicon. Volume 3, p. 82. (digitized version)
- ^ Johann Friedrich Danneil: The gender of the Schulenburg. Volume 2, p. 513. (digitized version )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Katte, Friedrich Heinrich von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Katte, Johann Friedrich Heinrich Christoph Wilhelm von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian Lieutenant General, Chief of Dragoon Regiment No. 4 |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1740 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lüben |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 11, 1813 |