Friedrich Otto von Wittenhorst-Sonsfeld
Baron Friedrich Otto von Wittenhorst-Sonsfeld (* 1680 ; † March 10, 1755 ) was a royal Prussian lieutenant general and chief of the Dragoon Regiment No. 2. He was also the resident Commander of Wietersheim and Drost von Emmerich , Huissen and Sevenaer .
He was a member of the noble family Wittenhorst-Sonsfeld . His parents were Lieutenant General Friedrich Wilhelm von Wittenhorst-Sonsfeld and his wife Amalie Henriette von Schwerin († 1699), daughter of the Chief President Otto von Schwerin .
Life
On December 6, 1709 he became a captain in Cuirassier Regiment No. 6 and shortly thereafter major . On February 4, 1712 he became a lieutenant colonel in regiment No. 7 , on August 28, 1718 he became a colonel in regiment No. 11 . At this point he had already fought in the War of the Spanish Succession , including the Battle of Malplaquet and the Pomeranian Campaign in 1715/1716 .
In 1725 he got the new Dragoon Regiment No. 2, in 1728 he became major general and took part in the Rhine campaign of 1734. On June 25, 1739 he was promoted to lieutenant general. In 1742 he said goodbye and retired to his estates in the Duchy of Kleve . Until 1728 he continued to build Haus Aspel , to which his father had moved the family seat around 1707. To the north of the old, demolished Sonsfeld Castle , he created a landscape park, the Friedrich Büschken . In 1747 he received the Johanniterkommende from Wietersheim.
He died on March 10, 1755 on his property.
family
He married Anna Dorothea von Schwerin (1709–1768) in 1728 or 1729. She was the daughter of Lieutenant Colonel Philipp Julius von Schwerin, heir to Rehberg and Lautzern. Her mother was Esther Eleonore von Bork on the Regenwalde house . He had several children with his wife among others:
- Friedrich Wilhelm (1729–1789), Herr zu Aspel, Prussian officer
- Wilhelmina Charlotte Dorothea (* July 29, 1732; † July 28, 1776) ∞ Johann Jakob von Collas (1721–1792)
- Ludwig Otto (* 1738), a Prussian officer, in the Seven Years' War fallen
- August Ludwig Christoph (1741–1801), Mr. zu Sonsfeld
- Johann Georg (1743–1792), Prussian officer
The general became famous for his music collection, which is now in Herdringen Castle . The catalog was published after his death under the name: Des Herren General Major Frey Herr von Sons Feldt's musical Cathallogium c1728–60 .
literature
- Anton Balthasar König : Friedrich Otto von Wittenhorst-Sonsfeld . In: Biographical lexicon of all heroes and military figures who made themselves famous in the Prussian service . tape 4 . Arnold Wever, Berlin 1791, p. 428 ( Friedrich Otto von Wittenhorst-Sonsfeld at Wikisource [PDF]).
- Eduard Lange : The soldiers of Frederick the Great , p. 172, ( digitized version )
- Michael Ranft : New genealogical-historical news of the most distinguished events that happened at the European courts , Volume 50, ( obituary )
- Julius Mebes : Contributions to the History of the Brandenburg-Prussian State , Volume I, p. 324, ( digitized version )
- Erich Schüttpelz: noble family von Wittenhorst-Sonsfeld in Haldern 1145-1845. Heimatverein Haldern, Haldern 1999
Individual evidence
- ↑ Eduard Maria Oettinger : Hugo Schramm-Macdonald, Moniteur des dates: contenant un million de renseignements biographiques , p. 14.
- ^ Document book of the city of Krefeld and the old county of Mörs.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wittenhorst-Sonsfeld, Friedrich Otto von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wittenhorst zu Sonsfeld, Friedrich Otto von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian Lieutenant General and Chief of the Dragoon Regiment No. 2 |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1680 |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 10, 1755 |