Georg Wilhelm von Minckwitz

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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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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.
personal data
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