Friedrich Wilhelm von der Marwitz

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Friedrich Wilhelm von der Marwitz (* 1639 on Gut Lüssow; † July 10, 1716 in Driesen ) was a Prussian major general and commander of the Oderberg Fortress .

He was the son of the Brandenburg colonel Johann Georg von der Marwitz heir to Dölzig , Lüssow and Bischofssee and his wife Anna Maria von Redern.

Life

First he served in the troops of Elector Friedrich Wilhelm . In 1679 he became a lieutenant colonel, in 1691 a colonel and a few years later a brigadier. On January 3, 1705, he was appointed major general. From 1698 he was in command of Oderberg.

family

He was married to Hedwig Sophia von Ostriches. The couple had three daughters and one son:

  • Hans Georg, heir to Dölzig

literature

  • Anton Balthasar König : Friedrich Wilhelm von der Marwitz . In: Biographical lexicon of all heroes and military figures who made themselves famous in the Prussian service . tape 3 . Arnold Wever, Berlin 1790, p. 25 ( Friedrich Wilhelm von der Marwitz at Wikisource [PDF]).
  • Friedrich Bülau : Secret stories and enigmatic people. Volume 7, 1856, p. 72, digitized
  • Justus Christoph Dithmar: Genealogical historical message from the master masters of the Johanniter order. 1737, p. 78, digitized family tree
personal data
SURNAME Marwitz, Friedrich Wilhelm of the
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Brandenburg Major General and Commander of the Oderberg Fortress
DATE OF BIRTH 1639
PLACE OF BIRTH Good Lüssow
DATE OF DEATH July 10, 1716
Place of death Driesen