Georg Joachim von der Wense

Georg Joachim von der Wense.

Georg Joachim von der Wense (born December 6, 1666 in Hattorf; † August 3, 1725 in Köslin ) was a Prussian major general , chief of the Dragoon Regiment No. 1 and heir of Hattorf , Mörse and Dedenhausen .

Life

origin

His parents were the royal Saxon-Merseburg court marshal and councilor Georg Friedrich von der Wense (* December 31, 1633 - August 31, 1694) and his wife Katharina Ehrengard, née von Alvensleben from the Erxleben family (* February 1645; † 1. October 1698).

Military career

Wense went into imperial service in 1682 and fought in Hungary . In 1692 he became captain of the “Ansbach” dragoon regiment in the service of the Elector of Brandenburg. He was then major and on January 3, 1700 lieutenant colonel . On June 11, 1705 he became a colonel in the "du Veyne" dragoon regiment and on June 6, 1718 major general. In 1719 Andreas Reveillas du Veyne ceded the regiment to him. Wense died in Koslin in Pomerania in 1725.

family

He was married to Maria Luise von Kalckstein and had several children, including the son Georg Ludwig († after 1725), heir to Hattorf and the daughter Catharina Charlotte († after 1725).

literature

Anton Balthasar König : Georg Joachim von der Wense . In: Biographical lexicon of all heroes and military figures who made themselves famous in the Prussian service . tape 4 . Arnold Wever, Berlin 1791, p. 201 ( Georg Joachim von der Wense at Wikisource [PDF]).
Treatise on the Prussian war constitution in the earliest times up to the end of the reign of King Friedrich Wilhelm. 1771, p. 66 ( books.google.de date of death).
The St. Nicolai Church - Wolfsburg / Hattorf (PDF).

Web links

Georg Joachim von der Wense at geneagraphie.com

Individual evidence

↑ According to Anton Balthasar König: "Meurs"
↑ Georg Friedrich von der Wense . In: Marcelli Janecki , Deutsche Adelsgenossenschaft (Hrsg.): Yearbook of the German nobility . Third volume. WT Bruer's Verlag, Berlin 1899, p. 761 ( dlib.rsl.ru ).

personal data
SURNAME	Wense, Georg Joachim from the
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Wense, Hans Joachim from the
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Prussian major general, chief of the Dragoon Regiment No. 1 and hereditary lord of Hattorf, Mörse and Dedenhausen
DATE OF BIRTH	December 6, 1666
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hattorf
DATE OF DEATH	August 3, 1725
Place of death	Koslin

[1] According to Anton Balthasar König: "Meurs"

[2] Georg Friedrich von der Wense . In: Marcelli Janecki , Deutsche Adelsgenossenschaft (Hrsg.): Yearbook of the German nobility . Third volume. WT Bruer's Verlag, Berlin 1899, p. 761 ( dlib.rsl.ru ).