Gottlob Haubold von Liebenau

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Gottlob Haubold von Liebenau (* 1721 in Wurzen ; † February 9, 1792 in Pegau ) was a major general of the Elector of Saxony .

Life

Military career

Liebenau joined the Electoral Saxon army as a cadet in 1737 at the age of 16 . During his 55 years of service, he was promoted to major general. Liebenau took part with the Saxon army in all three Silesian Wars , 1740/42 on the side of Prussia against Austria , 1744/45 then on the side of Austria against Prussia and in the Seven Years' War 1756/63 again on the side of Austria.

The mid-1780s served Liebenau as Lieutenant Colonel in Cuirassier - Regiment "Anhalt". In 1786 he was elected by the Saxon Elector Johann Georg III. appointed commander of the cuirassier regiment "Kurfürst" with simultaneous promotion to colonel . It is also recorded as such in the Electoral Saxon court and state calendars from 1787 to 1790.

Liebenau died at the age of 72 on the Schlagfluss in what was then the headquarters of the Electoral Saxon army.

family

Gottlob Haubold came from the noble family of Liebenau . His father was Lieutenant Colonel von Liebenau in Electoral Saxony, his mother Johanne Helene, née von Wolffersdorff . He still had three sisters:

Liebenau was married to Sophia Dorothea von Derschau . She was the daughter of the Prussian major general Christian Reinhold von Derschau (1679–1742) and his wife Louise Charlotte, née von Sturm. Liebenau's wife was also the sister of the Prussian secret minister of state Friedrich Wilhelm von Derschau (1723–1779).

literature

  • Genealogical news in: Lausitzisches Magazin, or collection of various treatises and news… 25th year, Görlitz 1792, p. 68.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Avencements at the Churfl. Saxon. War state. In: Lausitzisches Magazin, or a collection of various treatises and news… 19th year, Görlitz 1786, p. 58.
  2. ↑ Churfürstlich-Sächsischer Hof- und Staats-Kalender to the year 1787. Leipzig, p. 218.
  3. ↑ Churfürstlich-Sächsischer Hof- und Staats-Kalender to the year 1788. Leipzig, p. 218.
  4. ↑ Churfürstlich-Sächsischer Hof- und Staats-Kalender to the year 1790. Leipzig, p. 220.
  5. ↑ Obituary. In: Bayreuther Zeitung. 1795, p. 1033.
  6. ^ Genealogical news. In: Lausitzisches Magazin or collection of various treatises… Volume 23, Görlitz 1790, p. 347.
  7. ^ Johann Heinrich Merck: Correspondence. Eds. Ulrike Leuschner, Julia Bohnengel, Yvonne Hoffmann and Amélie Krebs, Volume 1, Wallstein Verlag, Göttingen 2007, ISBN 978-3-8353-0105-4 , p. 432.
  8. ↑ Leipziger Zeitung. P. 4455.
personal data
SURNAME Liebenau, Gottlob Haubold from
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Liebenau, Gottlieb Haubold from
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Saxon major general
DATE OF BIRTH 1721
PLACE OF BIRTH Spice up
DATE OF DEATH February 9, 1792
Place of death Pegau