Friedrich von Wangenheim (Colonel)

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Friedrich Just or Friedrich Jobst von Wangenheim (* 1717 ; † March 16, 1775 in Treuenbrietzen ) was a Prussian colonel , knight of the order Pour le Mérite and most recently chief of the I. Standing Grenadier Battalion .

Life

origin

Friedrich was a member of the Thuringian noble family von Wangenheim . He was a son of the Saxon-Gotha lieutenant colonel Christian von Wangenheim (1687–1757) and Maria Sophie von Teutleben.

Career

Wangenheim began his career in a Schwarzburg regiment, in which he received the patent for captain in the Kahlen grenadier battalion on December 16, 1740 and with which he came into Prussian service via Mecklenburg in 1742 . It had its headquarters in Treuenbrietzen. Up until the Peace of Dresden he was able to distinguish himself many times, including the siege of Prague. On May 1, 1753, he was promoted to major . In 1756 he got his first grenadier battalion composed of four companies from the regiments "Grabow" and "Langen". In June 1757 he is said to have received the Pour le Mérite. 1758 was as commander of the Infantry Battalion of Kahlden added. He was able to distinguish himself several times again in the Seven Years' War , namely in the Battle of Prague . Wangenheim was promoted to lieutenant colonel and was invalidated in 1759 with the character of a colonel.

family

Wangenheim remained unmarried, but left behind three natural sons who are said to have been legitimized by the king and who bore the name of Wangenheim. All of them were married, but left only daughters.

  • Valentin Leopold († 1794), Electorate Saxon lieutenant in the Sangerhausen garrison ⚭ 1781 Henriette Friederike von Hoffmann († 1814); four daughters
  • Karl Friedrich († 1804), lieutenant in the Prussian artillery, then tax overseer in Gardelegen , finally accise collector in Putlitz , ⚭ Sophie Lemmen; a daughter
  • Jobst Friedrich († 1803), lieutenant in the Prussian artillery ⚭ Antonica Henrica Lisetta von Staudnitz († after 1808); two daughters

literature

  • Anton Balthasar König : Friedrich von Wangenheim . In: Biographical lexicon of all heroes and military figures who made themselves famous in the Prussian service . tape 4 . Arnold Wever, Berlin 1791, p. 155 ( Friedrich von Wangenheim at Wikisource [PDF]).
  • Friedrich Hermann Albert von Wangenheim: Contributions to a family history of the Barons von Wangenheim (...) , Huth, Göttingen 1874, pp. 610–612

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gustaf Lehmann: The knights of the order pour le mérite. Volume 1. Mittler , Berlin 1913, PLM → pp. 56–57, No. 412 .
personal data
SURNAME Wangenheim, Friedrich von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wangenheim, Friedrich Jobst von; Wangenheim, Friedrich Just von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian colonel and knight of the order Pour le Mérite
DATE OF BIRTH 1717
DATE OF DEATH March 16, 1775
Place of death Treuenbrietzen