Georg Ludwig von Urff

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Georg Ludwig von Urff (born June 13, 1698 in Niederurff ; † May 2, 1760 in Kassel ) was a lieutenant general in Hesse-Kassel . Von Urff was an important commander and ally of Prussia during the Seven Years' War .

Life

family

He was a scion of the Lower Hessian noble family of those von Urff . His father Wilhelm von Urff (born November 17, 1673; † February 21, 1762) was head of the state hospitals in Hesse. His marriage to Marie Elisabeth Schenck zu Schweinsberg (* 1675; † 1765) resulted in seven sons and four daughters. Georg Ludwig was the oldest child.

His younger brother Johann Wilhelm Rudolf von Urff (born September 17, 1702 in Niederurff; † February 21, 1762 ibid) also became lieutenant general in Hesse-Kassel. Otto Carl von Urff (* 1674), another brother, died in December 1741 as a royal Swedish and Hesse-Kassel major . Of the sisters, Elisabeth Helene von Urff (* 1709; † 1796) married Georg Walrab von Buttlar zu Elberberg and Marie Wilhelmine von Urff (* 1711; † 1766) the Hesse-Darmstadt head forester at Battenberg , Christoph Wolf von Drechsel.

Military background

1753 served as Urff Colonel that in the body of Dragoons Regiment in Homberg (Efze) in garrison stood. In 1754 he was appointed commander of the Gens d'Armes regiment in Kassel. With the outbreak of the Seven Years War he was major general and fought as such on July 26, 1757 in the Battle of Hastenbeck against France .

From December 1757, Urff was under the command of Duke Ferdinand of Braunschweig . As a commander, he led the Hessian cavalry , which consisted of eight squadrons from different regiments , which was reduced to six squadrons by February 1758. He accompanied Duke Ferdinand on his victorious march from the Elbe across the Rhine . He took part in the battle of Krefeld on July 23, 1758 with distinction . With four squadrons of Leib-Dragoons and two squadrons from the Leib-Regiment, he succeeded in releasing the Prussian Dragoon Regiment under Georg Ludwig von Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf from a dangerous situation and opposing standards through a timely and energetic attack on the French cavalry to loot. On December 19, he was promoted to lieutenant general.

In the Battle of Bergen on April 13, 1759, he successfully fought with his cavalry against French infantry and was able to take 150 prisoners in pursuit of the enemy. During the battle of Minden on August 1, 1759, he thwarted a French cavalry brigade's attempt to break through the right wing of the battle line by attacking a flank with some squadrons. A general order of August 2, 1759 from Duke Ferdinand von Braunschweig explicitly named the Hessian cavalry with four generals, including Georg Ludwig von Urff. On August 3rd he received the order to support the Hereditary Prince of Braunschweig in the pursuit of the defeated enemy. Urff's troops captured 280 baggage wagons between Lemgo and Detmold , on which were among other things the luggage of Prince Xaver of Saxony and the war chest of his corps. In recognition of his achievements, he received a grant of 4000 thalers from Duke Ferdinand von Braunschweig .

At the end of 1759 he ended his military career. Georg Ludwig von Urff died on May 2, 1760, at the age of 61, in Kassel. He was solemnly buried in the Oberneustadt church .

Marriage and offspring

Georg Ludwig von Urff married Luise Auguste von Einsiedel (* January 1718 in Badegast ; † 7 May 1773 in Niederurff), a daughter of the Hesse-Kassel court president Gustav Wilhelm von Einsiedel. The couple had four sons and one daughter. The second-born Friedrich Wilhelm von Urff (born November 26, 1738 in Marburg ) became a Hessian colonel. He died on January 20, 1791 after a riding accident. His marriage to Luise von Hatzfeldt had seven children. His younger brother Christian Friedrich von Urff (born September 28, 1744 in Homberg) became a Hessian captain in the fusilier regiment. He fell on September 8, 1793 in the Battle of Hondschoote .

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SURNAME Urff, Georg Ludwig von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION hessen-kassel lieutenant general
DATE OF BIRTH June 13, 1698
PLACE OF BIRTH Niederurff
DATE OF DEATH May 2, 1760
Place of death kassel