Georg Wilhelm von Minckwitz
Georg Wilhelm von Minckwitz (born February 21, 1736 in Silesia , † March 19, 1796 in Warsaw ) was a Prussian major general and commander of the cuirassier regiment "von Mengden" .
Life
origin
His parents were Karl Friedrich von Minckwitz (* September 28, 1689; † June 1, 1740) and his wife Maria Charlotte, born von Zeilberg, widowed von Reutz (* 1700; † March 19, 1752). His father was a Swedish and Landgrave Hessian major and heir to Ofendorf and Buchwald.
Military career
Minckwitz came to the cuirassier regiment "von Rochow" on June 1, 1750 as a standard squire . There he became a cornet on July 29, 1756 and took part in the Seven Years' War as such . He fought in the battles of Lobositz , Kolin , Leuthen , Zorndorf , Liegnitz , Torgau and Freiberg . Minckwitz became a lieutenant on May 7, 1758, and staff officer in his regiment on May 27, 1761 .
After the war he became a captain and company commander on July 23, 1769 . As such, he took part in the War of the Bavarian Succession in 1778/79 . Then he was transferred to the cuirassier regiment "von Mengden" on October 6, 1779 and major on May 23, 1788. Within the regiment, Minckwitz rose to major general on January 11, 1795. He then died on March 19, 1796 in Warsaw.
family
Minckwitz married Charlotte Luise von Brösigke on November 19, 1771 (* August 1, 1742; † October 17, 1796). The couple had the following children:
- Karl (March 7, 1773 - January 3, 1842), major ⚭ May 10, 1810 Frederike Karoline Luise von Heising (October 14, 1784 - June 20, 1851), daughter of Ludwig Ferdinand Friedrich von Heising
- Friedrich Ludwig (born May 26, 1775; † April 1, 1844), Rittmeister ⚭ September 13, 1808 Charlotte von Rosenschanz (born June 13, 1788; † December 23, 1823)
- Luise
- Caroline
literature
- Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of noble houses , Justus Perthes , Gotha 1903, fourth year, p. 581
- Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 2, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1937], DNB 367632772 , pp. 443-444, no. 921.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Her parents were Hario von Bröscky auf Elschnig (Heino von Broesigke from Elbing?), Commander of Infantry Regiment No. 19, later Commander of Zeitz and NN von Canitz from the House of Großburg according to: Schlesische Provinzialblätter , Volume 24, p. 268 , Digitized obituary Charlotte Luise von Minckwitz.
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SURNAME | Minckwitz, Georg Wilhelm von |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian Major General, Commander of the Cuirassier Regiment "von Mengden" |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 21, 1736 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Silesia |
DATE OF DEATH | March 19, 1796 |
Place of death | Warsaw |