Friedrich Magnus von Horn

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Friedrich Magnus von Horn (* 1704 in Geldern ; † September 2, 1774 ) was an officer in the royal Prussian army , most recently major general and chief of the infantry regiment "Kronprinz" (5th Royal Saxon) No. 104 , which was temporarily used as infantry Regiment S 56 was led.

Life

He entered Prussian service in 1724 and was second lieutenant in the Infantry Regiment No. 30 (Thile) in 1730 . He was already involved in the campaigns on the Rhine in 1734 and 1735, as well as later in the Silesian Wars , in which he was promoted to captain in 1740, major in 1748, lieutenant colonel in 1751 and colonel in September 1754. He was about to retire because he saw himself being passed over in a promotion. But when the Seven Years War broke out, he withdrew his request.

In 1756 the king gave him the infantry regiment S56, which was formed from the Saxon infantry regiment Prince Friedrich captured near Pirna . The regiment was sent to Naumburg an der Saale as a garrison . It actually dissolved again through desertion.

He became the commandant of Wittenberg, but when General Kleefeld had the city besieged, he had to surrender after six weeks. With that he fell out of favor with the king. Although the court martial had initially acquitted him, the king had not recognized the verdict. In a new trial, he was to two years imprisonment convicted. At his request, the detention was postponed until after the war. Despite brave behavior during the war, he was dismissed as major general in 1763, but without a pension, and then had to serve his sentence. His son Christoph resigned from the Prussian army and initially switched to Polish service and a short time later to Danish service.

family

His parents were the governor of Geldern Magnus Friedrich von Horn (1640–1712) and his second wife Anna Katharina von Stosch . He was married to Charlotte Luise von Thile , a daughter of his former boss Martin von Thile . He had the following children:

  • Gustav Heinrich
  • Christoph Bogislav Friedrich († after 1800), Danish lieutenant colonel
⚭ 1765 Elisabeth von Riezkowsky († 1794 in Ottensen)
⚭ 1798 Sophie Georgine Luise von Warnstedt (whose daughter Luise (1800–1856) married Friedrich Christoph Dahlmann ), daughter of Chamberlain Wilhelm von Warnstedt

literature

  • Carl Gesterding : Genealogies and / or family foundations Pomeranian: especially knightly families. Georg Reimer Verlag, Berlin 1842, p. 109, descendants
  • Anton Balthasar König : Friedrich Magnus von Horn . In: Biographical lexicon of all heroes and military figures who made themselves famous in the Prussian service . tape 2 . Arnold Wever, Berlin 1789, p. 183 ( Friedrich Magnus von Horn at Wikisource [PDF]).
  • Julius Mebes : Contributions to the history of the Brandenburg-Burg-Prussian state and army. Vol. I, Lüderitz'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Berlin 1861, p. 527 digitized

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Friedrich Christoph Dahlmann by Anton Springer, Volume 1, p. 245, digitized
  2. ↑ Christian Friedrich Hempel, Johann Friedrich Seyfart, Helden- Staats- und Lebens-Geschichte des Most Serene and Greatest Prince and Lord, Lord Friedrich the Other, now the most glorious reigning King in Prussia, Chur-Prince of Brandenburg, and sovereign Duke in Silesia , Volume 5 , P.1062f Conditions of surrender

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personal data
SURNAME Horn, Friedrich Magnus from
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian major general, chief of the S56 infantry regiment
DATE OF BIRTH 1704
PLACE OF BIRTH Funds
DATE OF DEATH September 2, 1774