Friedrich Moritz von Pöllnitz
Friedrich Moritz von Pöllnitz (born January 18, 1689 , † June 15, 1760 in Celle ) was a royal British and Brunswick-Lüneburg major general and head of a cavalry regiment.
His parents were the Prussian Colonel Wilhelm Ludwig von Pöllnitz († late 1693) and his wife Luise Katharina von Eulenburg (1673-1711). After the death of her husband, the widow married the privy councilor Franz von Meinders . The adventurer Karl Ludwig von Pöllnitz was his brother.
At first he was in the service of Brandenburg, where Cornet was with the Gensdarmes . and fought with them in Brabant against the French. He then went into service in Kurfürstendamm and joined a cavalry regiment. There he continued to rise until he became its boss on May 4, 1748. In March 1757 he retired as major general. In Brandenburg in 1724 he sold the Buch , Karow and Birkholz estates with all their inventory for 47,000 thalers to the secret budget adviser Adam Otto von Viereck .
literature
- Continued new Genealogical-Historical News , p. 952f, digitized
- Eduard Maria Oettinger, Karl August Kesselmeyer, Moniteur des Dates , p. 126, digitized
Web links
- Friedrich Moritz von Pöllnitz at geneall.net
Individual evidence
- ^ Johann Gustav Droysen, History of Prussian Politics , p. 100, digitized
- ↑ Forays through the local and medical history of Berlin-Buch, p. 24
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| SURNAME | Pöllnitz, Friedrich Moritz von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Royal British and Brunswick-Lüneburg major general and chief of a cavalry regiment |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 18, 1689 |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 15, 1760 |
| Place of death | Celle |