Georg Arnold von Grolman
Georg Arnold von Grolman (born January 13, 1678 in the county of Mark , † April 17, 1762 in Weißenhorn in Swabia ) was a Prussian colonel , knight of the Pour le Mérite and chief of garrison battalion No. 3 and commander of Kolberg .
Life
origin
His father was Johann Arnold Grolman († October 9, 1710), a merchant in Königsberg .
Military career
Grolman was initially intended for a scientific career and went to the high schools of Gießen and Marburg . But he left school and joined the Brandenburg Army.
He fought in Brabant under Prince Eugene . He distinguished himself in the battle of Malplaquet and was promoted from simple rider to sergeant. On December 14, 1719 he became a cornet in the cuirassier regiment "von Lottum" No. 7 . In 1740 he was Rittmeister and in 1743 he came as a lieutenant colonel in the infantry regiment "Bardeleben" No. 43 . In 1746 he was transferred to the "Natalis" No. 2 garrison regiment. In 1756 he became a colonel and received the "Vittinghof" garrison regiment No. 3 in Kolberg. During the Seven Years' War he was taken prisoner of war. He was interned in Weißenhorn in Swabia and died there on April 17, 1762. Before that, Groöman had received the order Pour le Mérite.
On December 27, 1741 he was raised to hereditary nobility by King Friedrich II .
family
Grolman married Johanna Gottvertrau von Eckart from Salza. She was the daughter of Major Johann Philipp von Eckhart († 1758). The couple had the following children:
- Luise Wilhelmine ⚭ 1769 Otto Friedrich von Borcke (1729–1790)
- Friedrich Georg Ludwig (January 1, 1726; † 1789), Prussian Colonel in Infantry Regiment No. 17 ⚭ Sophia Maximiliane von Schickfuß
- Carl Wilhelm Arnold (* 1729 - † April 11, 1800), Prussian Colonel in Infantry Regiment No. 5
- ⚭ NN from Bornstedt
- ⚭ Sophie Tugendreich von Waldow
literature
- Anton Balthasar König : Georg Arnold von Grollmann . In: Biographical lexicon of all heroes and military people . tape II . Arnold Wever, Berlin 1789, p. 75 ( Georg Arnold von Grollmann in the Google book search).
- Wolfgang Paul: The Grolmans. A noble Prussian family from 1777–1856 . Ullstein, Berlin and Frankfurt am Main 1995, ISBN 3-548-35525-0 .
- Leopold von Zedlitz-Neukirch : New Prussian Nobility Lexicon . Volume 2, 1836, p. 286, Grolman
Individual evidence
- ^ Leopold von Zedlitz-Neukirch : New Preussisches Adels-Lexicon . Volume 5, 1839, p. 141, digitized
- ↑ http://geneagraphie.com/getperson.php?personID=I555360&tree=1
- ^ Marcelli Janecki , Handbook of the Prussian Nobility, Volume 2, (1893), p.284
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Grolman, Georg Arnold von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Grollmann, Georg Arnold von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian Colonel, Chief of Garrison Battalion No. 3, Commander of Kolberg |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 13, 1678 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | County mark |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 17, 1762 |
| Place of death | Weißenhorn in Swabia |