Heinrich von Manteuffel (Lieutenant General)

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Heinrich von Manteuffel (* November 7, 1696 , † July 10, 1778 at Gut Collatz ) was royal Prussian lieutenant general . He was the heir to Schloss Polzin and Gut Collatz as well as to large and small Poplow .

Life

Heinrich von Manteuffel was the son of Ewald von Manteuffel (1645-1723) and Sophie von Kameke († July 26, 1699).

Military career

In 1714 Manteuffel entered the Prussian military service and became a Junker in Infantry Regiment No. 24 (von Beville). In 1715 he became private corporal , on July 1, 1716 ensign , on February 23, 1720 second lieutenant , 1721 adjutant and on June 7, 1723 premier lieutenant. In 1734 he became staff captain (staff captain). At the beginning of 1735 he received the company of the deceased Captain Christoph Friedrich von Jeetze. In 1743 he became a major , in 1744 a lieutenant colonel and in 1746 a colonel and commander of regiment No. 24 (Alt-Schwerin). When Major General Adam Friedrich von Jeetze was dismissed from the army in 1756 , Manteuffel took over his Infantry Regiment No. 17 with Major General character. In 1758 he became lieutenant general.

Participation in campaigns

During the Pomeranian campaign of 1715/1716 Manteuffel took part in the siege of Stralsund and the landing on Rügen.

Between 1740 and 1745 Manteuffel fought in the First Silesian War and the Second Silesian War . He was wounded in the battle of Chotusitz on May 17, 1742.

Historical depiction of the battle of Prague with Manteuffel and Schwerin

During the Seven Years' War , Manteuffel took command of a division of the Prussian troops at the Battle of Prague on May 6, 1757, after their commander, Field Marshal Field Marshal Schwerin , had fallen. In recognition of his achievement in this battle, King Friedrich II appointed Manteuffel in September 1757 as commander in chief of the Prussian troops in Pomerania. Only a few units were available to him. But since the Swedish troops initially remained inactive, he was able to maintain the position. At the end of 1757 Field Marshal General Johann von Lehwaldt brought reinforcements. In the summer of 1759 Manteuffel and his troops belonged to the corps of Lieutenant General Carl Heinrich von Wedel , which was supposed to stop the Russian advance in Neumark . He was wounded again in the Battle of Kay on July 23, 1759.

In the winter of 1759/1760 Manteuffel received orders to march against the Swedes, who had advanced as far as Greifswald . Despite adverse circumstances, he managed to stop her. At the end of January 1760 the Swedes were able to briefly take Anklam. While trying to organize the resistance, Manteuffel was wounded on January 29, 1760 in Anklam and taken prisoner. He remained in Swedish custody until the Ribnitz armistice on April 7, 1762.

After the war Heinrich von Manteuffel retired to his Collatz estate, where he died unmarried in 1778.

Honors

In February 1759, King Heinrich von Manteuffel awarded the Order of the Black Eagle . In 1851 he was immortalized on a plaque on the equestrian statue of Frederick the Great .

literature

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Antoine Henri Baron de Jomini : Traité des grandes opérations militaires, contenant l'Histoire critique des Campagnes de Frédéric II, comparées à celles de l'Empereur Napoléon, avec un recueil des principes généraux de l'Art de la guerre , 2nd ed Vol. 3, Magimel Librairie de l'Art Militaire, Paris 1811. p. 244.
personal data
SURNAME Manteuffel, Heinrich von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian lieutenant general
DATE OF BIRTH November 7, 1696
DATE OF DEATH July 10, 1778
Place of death Good Collatz