Georg Friedrich von Kleist

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Georg Friedrich von Kleist (born July 4, 1707 in Königsberg ; † 1765 ) was a Prussian lieutenant general and chief of infantry regiment No. 4 .

Life

origin

Georg Friedrich came from the old Pomeranian noble family von Kleist . He was a son of the Prussian colonel and commander of Pillau Christian Ewald von Kleist (* 1657; † January 3, 1707 in Brabant) and his wife Helene Margarethe, born von Kalnein from the Kilgis family († after 1740).

Military career

Kleist began his career on November 12, 1722 as a cadet . After that he stood on foot in the Glasenapp regiment (later No. 1) for almost 16 years , where he advanced to prime lieutenant and served as adjutant . In 1740 he took over a company in the Münchow regiment on foot (later No. 36), where he was promoted to major in 1745. In 1753 he was transferred to the Borcke regiment on foot (later No. 20). Here he advanced to lieutenant colonel in the same year and to colonel in 1757. In 1758 the king promoted him to major general and entrusted him with the regiment Rautter on foot (later No. 4), which took his name "von Kleist" for his service. From February 1759 Kleist was responsible for recruiting in Mecklenburg. He dimittierte with board on January 27, 1761 as a lieutenant general because of his poor health, as a result of his severe wounds, he at Kolin had contracted.

Kleist took part in all of Frederick the Great's campaigns from 1741 to 1760 and was held in high regard during this. He gave him the Regiment Rautter on Foot Strangely for his bravery in the present war . The last promotion when he left the army testifies to his reputation with the king.

From paternal inheritance he owned in East Prussia Kremitten , together Sprengelin, Scharkuin and Langwäldschen.

family

In 1746 he married Helene Friederike von Rapp from the Powerben family († December 15, 1747). After her death, on April 20, 1751, Kleist married Luise Juliane von Schierstedt, the widow of the Commander of Infantry Regiment No. 1, Colonel Ewald von Massow , who had remained outside Hohenfriedberg . A daughter Sophia Charlotte Helene (born November 12, 1747 in Brandenburg) emerged from the first marriage. On March 20, 1764, she married the Prussian major Friedrich Gottlieb von Kalckstein, who inherited East Prussian goods from her father-in-law . The second marriage was childless.

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SURNAME Kleist, Georg Friedrich von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian lieutenant general
DATE OF BIRTH July 4, 1707
PLACE OF BIRTH Koenigsberg
DATE OF DEATH 1765