Friedrich Wilhelm von Steinwehr

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Friedrich Wilhelm von Steinwehr (born August 5, 1733 in Deetz , Soldin district , † September 22, 1809 in Berlin ) was a royal Prussian lieutenant general and chief of the 40th Infantry Regiment .

Life

origin

His parents were the heir to Deetz Philipp Christoph von Steinwehr (* 1686; † 26 May 1740) and his wife Anna Margarethe von Kienitz († 22 February 1743).

Military background

He came on February 1, 1750 as a private corporal in Infantry Regiment No. 23 . He became an ensign on June 30, 1755 and took part in the Seven Years' War as such . He was wounded in the battle of Prague . He then fought in Roßbach , Leuthen , Zorndorf , Hochkirch , Reichenbach , Liegnitz and Torgau . He also took part in the sieges of Prague and Dresden. In this war he was promoted to second lieutenant on June 4, 1757 and on November 16, 1760 to premier lieutenant . After the war he became staff captain on January 18, 1765, and real captain and company commander in infantry regiment No. 23 (Renzel) on May 18, 1768 . As such, he took part in the War of the Bavarian Succession , where he fought near Weiskirch. On November 27, 1778 he received the order Pour le Mérite for this .

On December 2, 1778, he was promoted to major and on April 1, 1780, he was appointed commander of the 1st Battalion . A little later on January 1, 1783, he was appointed commander of Regiment No. 23. On June 7, 1788 he became lieutenant colonel and on August 30, 1790 colonel. On January 7, 1795, he was appointed major general and was appointed chief of the 40th Infantry Regiment . On February 1, 1800, he celebrated his 50th anniversary with the company. On May 20, 1801 he was promoted to lieutenant general, with a patent from May 25, 1801. On September 21, 1805 he received his resignation and a pension of 1200 thalers. He died on September 22nd, 1809 in Berlin and was buried on September 25th, 1809 in the Halle cemetery.

family

He married on June 8, 1768 in Weitenhagen Margarethe Henriette von Below (* June 16, 1744, † June 28, 1775) from the house of Klein Machmin . The couple had the following children:

  • Karl Friedrich Christian (born April 15, 1769 - † August 5, 1826), Colonel and director of the Cadet House in Potsdam
  • Wilhelmine Elisabeth Henriette (born August 26, 1770; † May 13, 1843), abbess at Heiligengrabe Abbey
  • Philipp Heinrich (born September 9, 1771; † November 5, 1846), Prussian major and postmaster in Schlawe
  • Friedrich Wulffen (September 9, 1771 - May 15, 1774)
  • August Wilhelm Ferdinand (January 29, 1773 - March 17, 1779)
  • Wilhelm Ludwig Bogislav (February 15, 1774 - December 12, 1854), Lieutenant General ∞ Juliane Charlotte Günther (1798–1857)
  • Friedrike Margarethe (born June 25, 1775 - † July 14, 1775)

After her death, he married on January 21, 1777 on Saleske Charlotte Luise Hedwig von Below from the Saleske house (* June 17, 1754, † January 29, 1793). The couple had the following children:

  • Charlotte Wilhelmine (born July 24, 1778)
  • Friederike Karoline Luise (born March 19, 1780)
  • Friedrich Franz Ferdinand (born June 26, 1781 - † July 27, 1841), Braunschweig major ∞ Ernestine von Göden (parents of Adolph von Steinwehr )
  • August Ferdinand (born August 13, 1784 - May 31, 1801), student of the engineering academy
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Franz Heinrich Leopold (born June 8, 1785 - † June 7, 1860), major a. D.
  • Ernst Christoph Ludwig (* July 17, 1786; † June 12, 1809), died in the Freikorps of the Duke of Braunschweig
  • Juliane (December 13, 1792 - December 14, 1792)
  • Helene (December 13, 1792 - December 14, 1792)

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hans A. Pohlsander: German Monuments in the Americas: Bonds Across the Atlantic , p. 56.
personal data
SURNAME Steinwehr, Friedrich Wilhelm von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian Lieutenant General, Chief of Infantry Regiment No. 40
DATE OF BIRTH August 5, 1733
PLACE OF BIRTH Deetz , Soldin district
DATE OF DEATH September 22, 1809
Place of death Berlin