Hans von Blumenthal (officer)

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Hans August von Blumenthal , since 1786 Count von Blumenthal , (born February 12, 1722 in Horst in der Prignitz , † December 7, 1788 in Berlin ) was a Prussian lieutenant colonel , commander of the Garde du Corps regiment and knight of the order Pour le Mérite .

Life

origin

He was a member of the Brandenburg noble family von Blumenthal . His parents were Budget Minister Adam Ludwig von Blumenthal (1691–1760) and his first wife Sophia Ester, née von Hoym (1697–1733) from the Poblotz family.

Military career

Blumenthal came in 1737 as an ensign in the Dragoon Regiment "Möllendorf" in Insterburg . In 1740 he joined the Garde du Corps as a lieutenant . He rose further and became a captain in 1742 and commander of the regiment on September 20, 1747 . He became major and in June 1755 a lieutenant colonel. In the same year King Friedrich II granted him an allowance of 500 thalers. During the Seven Years' War he was so badly injured in the Battle of Lobositz in 1756 that he had to say goodbye .

He then became chief steward to Prince Friedrich Heinrich Karl of Prussia . After his sudden death he commuted between his estates and Berlin. In the homage of Friedrich Wilhelm II. On October 2, 1786, he was with his descendants in the count conditions raised . He was the master of Horst, Blumenthal, Paretz, Pretschen, Winmannsdorff and Ziegenhagen.

family

On April 15, 1761, Blumenthal married Countess Ulrike Amalie von Wartensleben (1741–1808), a daughter of General Leopold Alexander von Wartensleben . The couple had the following children:

  • Ludwig (1762–1763)
  • Ulrike (1764-1765)
  • Heinrich (1765–1830), Mayor of Magdeburg ⚭ 1788 Friederike von Plessen (1769–1848)
  • Amaline (1768–1825) ⚭ 1793 Karl von Wulffen (1753–1813), Herr auf Grabow
  • Friedrich (1770–1775)
  • Wilhelm (1771–1775)
  • Johanne (1773–1777)
  • Ulrike (1774–1812) ⚭ 1792 Adolf von Bredow (1763–1852), Lord of Ihlow
  • Luise (1776-1826)
⚭ 1795 (divorced 1807) Georg Adam Graf von Schlieben (1760–1817)
⚭ 1808 Karl Graf von Klinckowström (1780–1844), Herr auf Korklack, son of Karl Friedrich von Klinckowström
  • Isabella (1778–1826) ⚭ 1810 Friedrich Wilhelm von Lepel (1774–1840), Prussian major general
  • Elisabeth (1780–1831) ⚭ 1800 Hans Jakob Freiherr von Eckhardtstein († 1830), Lord of Falkenhagen

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ After Gotha he was a colonel , but also Kurd Wolfgang von Schöning : History of the Royal Prussian Regiment Garde du Corps. P. 92 ( online ) calls him lieutenant colonel.
  2. ↑ Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the baronial houses for the year 1866. P. 185
personal data
SURNAME Blumenthal, Hans von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Blumenthal, Hans August Graf von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian lieutenant colonel, commander of the Garde du Corps, chief steward to Prince Friedrich Heinrich Karl of Prussia
DATE OF BIRTH February 12, 1722
PLACE OF BIRTH Horst in the Prignitz
DATE OF DEATH December 7, 1788
Place of death Berlin