Georg Eggert from Woedtke

Georg Eggert von Woedtke (born July 4, 1698 in Sydow ; † November 23, 1756 in Zwickau ) was a Prussian major general and knight of the order Pour le Mérite .

Life

He came from the ancient Pomeranian noble family Woedtke and was heir to Woedtke , Zirkwitz , Buslar and Sydow.

Following the family tradition, Woedtke entered the Prussian army as an officer candidate . He took part in the Silesian Wars of Frederick the Great . At the end of the Second Silesian War he was a colonel in the “von Kalckstein” regiment on foot . He distinguished himself at the annual revues of the troops accepted by the king and was awarded the Order of Pour le Mérite on May 26, 1747. In the Spenersche Zeitung this award is reported as follows: “Yesterday SM held the special revue in the reported Thiergarten about the regiments ... of General Field Marshal von Kalckstein and Generalieutenant von Hacke .... After yesterday's review of the Kalckstein Regiment, SM have gifted the following ... Eggert Georg von Woedtke ... with the plm medal ... "

Woedtke continued to serve in the army and died in 1756 as a major general. He had been married to Johanna von Grapendorf († 1781) since September 3, 1734 and had several sons with her, including the officers:

Friedrich Wilhelm (1736–1776), general in the American War of Independence
August Heinrich (* 1740)
Leopold Christian (* 1737, † after 1782), dismissed due to debts in 1782, died in Turkey
Wilhelm Karl Maximilian († March 5, 1811) ∞ Christiane Sophie von Versen (* March 4, 1757, † December 18, 1822), parents of Major General Leopold Christian von Woedtke

literature

Anton Balthasar König : Eggert George von Woedtke . In: Biographical lexicon of all heroes and military people . tape IV . Arnold Wever, Berlin 1791, p. 428 ( Eggert George von Woedtke in the Google book search).
Karl Friedrich Pauli : Eggert George von Woedtke . In: lives of great heroes of the present war, . tape V . CP Francken, Berlin 1760, p. 428 ( Eggert George von Woedtke in the Google book search).
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Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Genealogical manual of the nobility . Volume B VI, in ancestral line Sandrart. CA Starke-Verlag, Limburg 1964, p. 496.
↑ May 27, 1747, No. LXIII.
^ Gustav Lehmann: The knights of the order pour le merite. Volume I, 36, No. 252, ES Mittler & Sohn . Berlin 1913.
↑ Rolf Straubel : He just wants to know that the army belongs to me. Friedrich II. And his officers. BWV, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-8305-3017-6 , p. 307. Note 854. (online)
↑ Ludwig Wilhelm Brüggemann : Detailed description of the current state of the Königl. Prussian Duchy of Vor and Hinter Pomerania. P. 458. (digitized version )

personal data
SURNAME	Woedtke, Georg Eggert von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Prussian major general
DATE OF BIRTH	4th July 1698
PLACE OF BIRTH	Sydow
DATE OF DEATH	November 23, 1756
Place of death	Zwickau

[genhb-1] Genealogical manual of the nobility . Volume B VI, in ancestral line Sandrart. CA Starke-Verlag, Limburg 1964, p. 496.

[2] May 27, 1747, No. LXIII.

[3] Gustav Lehmann: The knights of the order pour le merite. Volume I, 36, No. 252, ES Mittler & Sohn . Berlin 1913.

[4] Rolf Straubel : He just wants to know that the army belongs to me. Friedrich II. And his officers. BWV, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-8305-3017-6 , p. 307. Note 854. (online)

[5] Ludwig Wilhelm Brüggemann : Detailed description of the current state of the Königl. Prussian Duchy of Vor and Hinter Pomerania. P. 458. (digitized version )