Friedrich Philipp Victor von Moltke

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Birthplace: Samow mansion in Behren-Lübchin , built in 1658
Grave of the general in the historical cemetery in Hamburg-Wandsbek

Friedrich von Moltke (born July 12, 1768 in Samow , † October 19, 1845 in Wandsbek ) was a Prussian officer and Danish general.

Life

Friedrich Philip Victor von Moltke was the son of the imperial captain Friedrich Kasimir Siegfried von Moltke (1730–1785), lord of Samow and Wilhelmshof, and his wife Anna Charlotte d'Olivet (1733–1785).

Moltke had been an officer in the Prussian Infantry Regiment No. 25 (von Möllendorf) in Berlin from 1786 . His way of life left him in financial trouble. As a condition for the marriage of the daughter Henriette (1776–1837) of the Hamburg merchant Johann Bernhard Paschen (1734–1816), who came from Lübeck, Moltke had to give up his career as an officer and now managed the Liebenthal estate near Wittstock / Dosse , which he soon sold . He moved to Parchim , where one of his brothers commanded a Mecklenburg battalion. A second attempt as a landowner soon failed, and so the family moved to Lübeck.

Friedrich von Moltke became a Danish citizen in order to acquire the Augustenhof estate in the Cismar district in Eastern Holstein . Again the attempt to make a living from agriculture failed and so Moltke returned to military service in 1806, this time to the Danish king . In 1833 Moltke became the commandant of Kiel and resigned from service as lieutenant general in 1839. He is buried in the Wandsbek historical cemetery .

His sons were u. a. Helmuth Karl Bernhard (1800–1891), Adolf (1804–1871), the father of Helmuth Johannes Ludwig von Moltke (1848–1916), and Louis (1805–1889).

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personal data
SURNAME Moltke, Friedrich Philipp Victor von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Moltke, Friedrich von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian officer and Danish general
DATE OF BIRTH July 12, 1768
PLACE OF BIRTH Samov
DATE OF DEATH October 19, 1845
Place of death Wandsbek