Friedrich Sebastian Wunibald Truchsess zu Waldburg

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Friedrich Sebastian Wunibald Truchsess zu Waldburg (* 1677 ; † June 4, 1745 in Hohenfriedberg ) was a Prussian lieutenant general , knight of the Black Eagle Order and the Order of St. John and Commander of Lagow .

Life

origin

He was the son of Lieutenant General Joachim Heinrich Truchsess von Waldburg († October 14, 1718) and his wife Freiin Maria Eleonore von Heydeck († 1692).

career

Count zu Waldburg from the Protestant Waldburg line entered Prussian service in 1702. After Friedrich Wilhelm I , the soldier king, ascended to the throne , he became major on May 18, 1715 in the newly established "Löben zu Fuß" (No. 26) and in 1718 a lieutenant colonel. In 1736 he accompanied the Polish King Stanislaus I , who was on his way into French exile, on his journey through the Prussian lands to Geldern . In 1739 he was sent to the Danish court for negotiations. At that time, Count zu Waldburg was also a partner in Crown Prince Friedrich , who entrusted him with personal missions. After Friedrich became king in 1740, he promoted him to head of the former "Dönhof Regiment on foot" (No. 13). As early as August 1740 he became major general and on October 13th official governor of Plettenberg . In addition, Prince August Wilhelm appointed him Oberhofmeister. Another diplomatic assignment took him to Great Britain in 1741 together with Baron von Bielfeld , where he reported on the invasion of the Prussians in Silesia.

On his return from London, Count zu Waldburg took part in the fighting at the Battle of Mollwitz , where he was wounded. In October 1741 he and his corps drove General Neipperg from the Neisse area to Troppau . On January 3, 1742, he received the official governance of Kolbatz . On May 14th he was in action near Lesch (Lösch) in Moravia. He was standing there with his battalion when the Austrians suddenly attacked. He was able to repel the attack and fight back, but was wounded again in the fighting. For this he received an additional pension from König. In 1744 he was back in Bohemia, in August 1744 he was awarded the Order of the Black Eagle . In January 1745 he became lieutenant general. He died on June 4, 1745 in the battle of Hohenfriedberg .

He was a Knight of St. John and canon in Magdeburg. When the tower of the Petrikirche in Berlin collapsed on August 21, 1734 , it was buried in his apartment, which later gave him anxiety. It took three days before he could be rescued unharmed. For his loyal service, Friedrich Wilhelm I gave him the area around Bastion VII of the now inoperable Memhard city fortifications in 1736 . The garden built here passed into the possession of the banker David Splitgerber in 1748 and later became part of today's Köllnischer Park .

His name was immortalized in 1851 on one of the plaques on the equestrian statue of Frederick the Great .

family

He was married to Theresia von Schapitzky , widowed von Gilgenheim (also: Dorothea von Trzebitzky ). The couple had no children.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ So Lange (lit.), Poten / ADB (lit.) and König (lit.). According to Priesdorff (lit.), however, he was born on May 31, 1691 in Königsberg .
personal data
SURNAME Truchsess zu Waldburg, Friedrich Sebastian Wunibald
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Truchsess von Waldburg, Friedrich Sebastian Wunibald
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Royal Prussian Lieutenant General, bearer of the Black Eagle Order, Knight of the Order of St. John and Commander of Lagow
DATE OF BIRTH 1677
DATE OF DEATH June 4, 1745
Place of death Hohenfriedberg