Georg Friedrich von Sommerfeld
Georg Friedrich von Sommerfeld (born March 19, 1687 , † October 11, 1760 in Hanover ) was a royal British and kurbraunschweiger-Lüneburg general of the infantry , chief of the guard on foot and governor of Hanover.
origin
He comes from the Silesian Sommerfeld family. His parents were Lieutenant General Carl Christian von Sommerfeldt (1650-1711) and his wife Hedwig von Berlepsch († May 10, 1711) from the House of Uxleben.
Life
He became a brigadier in June 1735, major general in 1738 and lieutenant general in December 1740. In 1742 he was commander of the infantry of an auxiliary corps that was in the Dutch service during the War of the Austrian Succession . He fought in the Battle of Dettingen in 1743 and returned to the Netherlands in 1744. After the end of the war he came to The Hague to make arrangements in the event that the French should threaten the Electorate of Braunschweig-Lüneburg . Then he returned with 8,000 men. In 1745 he became the commander of the Hanoverian Corps, which was now assigned to the Austrian army under the Duke of Aremberg. In January 1746 he returned from Wettau with the corps. In May 1746 he was again given command of the Hanoverian auxiliary troops in the Netherlands, for which he was now appointed general of the infantry. He fought again in the War of the Austrian Succession in the battle of Roucoux and Lauffeldt . In 1748 the war ended with the Peace of Aachen (1748) . So he returned and was appointed governor of Hanover and chief of the guard regiment in June 1749. During the Seven Years' War he was still chief of a corps that was sent to England to defend it against a possible French invasion. The corps returned as early as 1757. It was his last military action before he died on October 11, 1760, the last of his tribe. He was buried in the family's hereditary funeral near Vargula .
family
He married Charlotte Eleonore Isabella von Hammerstein (* 1700) on June 22, 1718 . The couple had two children who died shortly after giving birth.
literature
- New genealogical-historical news , Volume 58, pp. 600f
- Friedrich von Wissel, Georg von Wissel, History of the establishment of all Chur-Braunschweig-Lüneburg troops , p. 820
- Albert Arnstadt , Vargula A Contribution to Thuringian Cultural History , p. 137
- Bernhard von Poten : Sommerfeld, George Friedrich v. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 34, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1892, p. 609 f.
- Anton Fahne, history of the Westphalian families , p.199 Hammerstein
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sommerfeld, Georg Friedrich von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sommerfeld, George Friedrich von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Royal British General of the Infantry, Chief of Guards on Foot and Governor of Hanover |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 19, 1687 |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 11, 1760 |
| Place of death | Hanover |