Georg Friedrich of Oldenburg

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Georg Friedrich von Oldenburg (* 1694 ; † January 6, 1758 in Breslau ) was a Prussian major general and chief of two infantry regiments.

Life

origin

He came from the Neumark line of the noble family of Oldenburg . His father Joachim Friedrich von Oldenburg was the heir to Studnitz near Arnswalde , his mother was Sophie, née von Bärfelde from the Lossow family .

Military career

Oldenburg was initially brought up by private tutors. In 1706 he came for further training in the house of the later Field Marshal Hans Heinrich von Katte . This promoted his military talent. So he came in 1709 as a standard junker in the cavalry regiment "von Katte" and took part with them in the battle of Malplaquet . Field Marshal General Friedrich Wilhelm von Grumbkow also recognized his talent and so in 1714 he switched to the von Grumbkow infantry regiment as an ensign . In the Pomeranian Campaign of 1715/1716 one was present at the landing on Rügen and also at the siege of Stralsund . Oldenburg got through the batches and when the First Silesian War broke out, he commanded his own company as captain . On April 19, 1741 he became a major . When the battle of Chotusitz broke out in 1742 , he was in the center of the front row. For his personal commitment in battle, he received the order Pour le Mérite .

In 1744 he was with his regiment at the siege and conquest of Prague . He also distinguished himself in the battle of Hohenfriedberg , so that Oldenburg was appointed lieutenant colonel on June 24, 1745 . In the subsequent Battle of Thrush he was in the second row when the "Alt-Anhalt" regiment in front of him retreated and met the regiment behind him. Nevertheless, he managed to stabilize the front again and repel the enemy attack. He had never been wounded in all the battles, but was shot in the body while fetching food after the battle in a skirmish, which he survived.

On June 19, 1747, Oldenburg was promoted to colonel . In 1748 he got a new boss, Adam Friedrich von Jeetze . However, this was already old and therefore the organization of the regiment remained with Oldenburg (he received an extra 500 thalers for this). In 1756 Jeetze gave up the regiment and von Manteuffel became its new boss. With the beginning of the Seven Years' War it marched to Saxony for the battle of Lobositz . However, Oldenburg had recently fallen on his horse and broken a leg, so he did not take part in the battle. When Major General Bernd Siegmund von Blankensee died on February 8, 1757 , he was appointed to his successor as Chief Infantry Regiment No. 52 and Major General on February 15 . It was a matter of former Saxon guards, which he was now to convert to Prussian. In the spring he came to the quarters in Chemnitz with the regiment . But there was a mutiny there . He was able to end it, nine ringleaders were executed. After order was restored, he was commissioned to occupy the city of Erfurt to prevent the French from advancing against Thuringia. The Prussians entered the city on June 19 without a fight. After the defeat in the Battle of Kolin , they withdrew on June 25th. But on September 19th he returned with the king's army. Since he was able to prevent attacks by the soldiers during the first occupation, the second was also without a fight. The regiment followed the king into the battle of Rossbach . There his brigade was the only one of the Prussians who came to fire, as well as to Leuthen . There he fought on the left wing under Lieutenant General Forcade . He then came to the siege of Breslau . On December 11th a grenade struck the stable where the major general was staying; he was the only survivor. However, the weather took a toll on his health. He fell seriously ill and died on January 6, 1758 near Breslau. Shortly before his death, he received the 9th Infantry Regiment .

family

In her first marriage, Oldenburg was married to Modeste Sophie von Beneckendorff from the Kremzow family , von Wedel's widow . This marriage had six children:

As a widower, he married Marie Klara von Kleist from the Tychow family (baptized September 22, 1691; † 1784), widowed von Zastrow . This marriage remained childless.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gustaf Lehmann: The knights of the order pour le mérite. Volume 1, Mittler , Berlin 1913, p. 164, no. 885
  2. ↑ Johann Friedrich Seyfart : Impartial history of the Bavarian War of Succession. P. 456. (digitized version )
personal data
SURNAME Oldenburg, Georg Friedrich von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian major general
DATE OF BIRTH 1694
DATE OF DEATH January 6, 1758
Place of death Wroclaw