Friedrich Wilhelm von Lengefeld

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Friedrich Wilhelm von Lengefeld (born July 16, 1733 in Laasen ; † July 6, 1806 in Heilsberg ) was a Prussian lieutenant general and general advertising inspector.

Life

origin

His family comes from the Principality of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt . He was the son of August Alexander von Lengefeld (1697–1740), heir to Laasen, Döhlen and Arnsbach, and his wife Magdalene Friederike, née von Dorbenck from the Kaulsdorf family. His brother Christian August von Lengefeld was also a Prussian lieutenant general.

Military career

Lengefeld first came to Schwarzburg as a cadet in 1746 , where his regiment was paid in Dutch. In 1748 he resigned as a non-commissioned officer , switched to Württemberg service and became an ensign there on February 14, 1749 . On February 11, 1751 he became a lieutenant and on May 12, 1755, captain . During the Seven Years' War Lengefeld fought against the Prussians from 1756 to 1761. He took part in the siege of Schweidnitz and the battles of Breslau and Leuthen . At that time he was promoted to major on June 29, 1760 .

With this rank Lengefeld entered the Prussian Army on March 22, 1762 and was employed by the Free Regiment "Wunsch". On February 11, 1763 he came with a patent from March 22, 1762 in the infantry regiment "von Lehwald" . He was born on March 20, 1772 Lieutenant Colonel and on May 20, 1776 Colonel with patent of 23 May 1776. In the War of Bavarian Succession Lengefeld came to the army of Prince Henry. On June 6, 1782, he was transferred to the "Graf Henckel" infantry regiment as commander, but on December 11, 1783, he had to surrender his command. For this he received a pension of 800 thalers and was supposed to wait until a regiment was available again.

On March 19, 1784 Lengefeld became major general of the army and on August 13, 1790, finally, lieutenant general and general advertising inspector based in Frankfurt am Main . In this position he was responsible for all advertising for the Prussian Army within the Reich. He was particularly successful in the Kurmainz and Nassau-Orange regions . On June 14, 1792 Lengefeld received his resignation with a pension of 1200 thalers. He died on July 6, 1806 in Heilsberg and was buried two days later in the family's hereditary funeral in Kinkeim .

family

He married Sophie Julia von Korff († 1801) from the Kinkeim family on October 4, 1770 . The couple had several children including:

  • Luise Wilhelmine Charlotte (born October 21, 1771)
  • Ernst Karl (born October 21, 1772)
  • August Ferdinand (born December 13, 1773)
  • Ludowike Wilhelmine Antonie (born March 22, 1775)
  • Marie Sophie Karoline (born May 13, 1776)
⚭ Count Adolf Friedrich von Hordt (* March 8, 1753; † March 13, 1805), son of General Johann Ludwig von Hordt
⚭ Ferdinand von Schau, landscape counselor
  • Alexander Friedrich Viktor (born October 24, 1777 - † August 15, 1849), Colonel a. D. Hereditary lord of Kinkeim
⚭ Jeannette von Bautz († February 4, 1804), daughter of the salt inspector Erhard von Bautz
⚭ 1805 (1822 divorce) Emilie von der Goltz, daughter of the regional director von der Goltz
⚭ Friederike Helm,
  • Friederike Charlotte Wilhelmine (born March 21, 1780)

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Kurt von Priesdorff: Soldatisches Führertum. Volume 2, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1937], DNB 367632772 , p. 73, no. 599.
  2. ^ New necrology of the Germans. Volume 27, pp. 644f
personal data
SURNAME Lengefeld, Friedrich Wilhelm von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian lieutenant general and general advertising inspector
DATE OF BIRTH July 16, 1733
PLACE OF BIRTH Laasen
DATE OF DEATH July 6, 1806
Place of death Heilsberg