Heinrich von Uffeln

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Heinrich von Uffeln (* 1615 in Immenhausen ; † January 11, 1678 in Landskrona ) he was the Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel , Major General of the Kurbrandenburg region, and Field Sergeant General of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Danish General of the Cavalry .

Life

origin

He was a member of the imperial baronial bastard line Ufflen from the family of the Lords of Uffeln . His father was Johann von Uffeln, a Hesse-Kassel colonel and leader of the Black Regiment on foot, and in 1632/37 a lord of Immenhausen. One of his brothers - Johann Georg von Uffeln - died while in command of Hamburg .

Military career

In 1635 he went into service in Hesse-Kassel and became an ensign in the personal company in his father's regiment. In 1636 he became a lieutenant captain and leader of the company. In 1640 he became a constable sergeant in the Black Regiment . In the years 1642 to 1643 he moved with the Hessian auxiliary corps under Major General von Ebersten from the Lower Rhine through Braunschweig and Franconia to Lake Constance. In 1644 he became the commandant of Kirchhain . When the imperial army under Franz von Mercy reached the area in the spring of 1645, he was able to defend the place successfully. On July 24, 1645 he was able to distinguish himself in the battle of Nördlingen . With two squadrons he managed to capture the main position and the artillery buried there, and thus decide the battle. On August 4, 1645 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel for this. In 1646 he became the commandant of Alsfeld in Hesse. In 1647 he was first in command of Friedberg and later of Rheinfels Castle . At the end of 1647 he became a colonel and commander of the Brown Regiment . On May 2, 1656 came to Brandenburg as a major general in service. On August 7, 1657, he was given quarters on foot in the Lebus district. On June 1, 1657 he became governor of Berlin and set up a regiment there. The city was also re-fortified under his leadership. But already on January 31, 1660 he left the Brandenburg service. In 1661 he was back in the service of Hessen-Kassel . There he became a secret war councilor, general sergeant and, as head of the castle company, also commander-in-chief of the Hessian troops. From 1665 he was general field sergeant in the services of Brunswick-Lüneburg , where he took part in the siege of Brunswick. In 1666 he was appointed General Feldzeugmeister by the Danish King Friedrich III. sent to besieged Bremen but captured by the Swedes on the way there. In 1674 he became a war councilor, then governor of Funen and commander of Nyborg. During the Skåne War the plan was that he should support UF Gyldenløve in Norway. To do this, he was supposed to cross over with a squadron under Markor Rodsteen . But the Danes first lost the Battle of Lund and then the Battle of Landskrona . Therefore, the Danish King Christian V appointed him governor of Landskrona in August 1677; there he was supposed to reorganize the defeated and demoralized army. The remnants of the cavalry were withdrawn to Denmark, the infantry lay in plague-ravaged camps near Landskrona. In addition, there were disputes between Joachim Rüdiger von der Goltz and the war commissioner Hermann Meier . In addition, there were further attacks by the Swedes, Uffeln quickly realized that there was nothing he could do here. He asked for his replacement and on November 6, 1677, his replacement came in the form of Duke Carl Eugen von Croy . Uffeln was already ill and remained in Landskrona until his death on January 11, 1678. He died as a royal Danish general of the cavalry.

family

He married Viktoria Dorothea von Uffeln on May 29, 1649. She was the daughter of his uncle Karl von Uffeln, general steward of the Hessian troops in 1632/49. The couple had two daughters and two sons.

  • Johann Carl († 1716), major general in Hesse-Kassel and commandant of Kassel
  • Johann Moritz (1657–1736), colonel and head of the Hesse-Kassel region
  • Guida Juliane († after 1690)
  • Charlotte Elisabeth († October 21, 1687), ∞ Thomas Christian von Bülow (1651–1706), Danish officer

literature

Web links

  • Bernd Warlich: Uffeln, Heinrich von . on: The Thirty Years' War in personal testimonies, chronicles and reports (accessed on September 25, 2014)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Journal of the Association for Hamburg History, Volume 3, p. 278, books.google.de The journeys of Mr. Johann Arnold von Uffele .
  2. ^ Conrad Wiegand: Erdbeschreibung des Kurfürstenthums Heßen , p. 139, books.google.de
  3. ↑ Not on the commanders list
  4. ↑ Curieuser History Calendar, In Which The Most Noble Thats and History of the Chur and Prince. House of Braunschweig and Lüneburg, from the year 1624. Bite to the 1699th year presented in full brief . P. 53, books.google.de
  5. ^ Johann Friedrich Gauhe : Des Heil. Rom. Reichs Genealogisch-Historisches Adels-Lexicon , p. 2654, books.google.de
  6. ^ Christoph Rommel : History of Hessen: Modern history of Hessen ; 1: Hesse in general, as Landgrave Philip the Generous left his sons . Volume 5, p. 422, books.google.de
  7. ^ Bülow, Thomas Christian . In: Carl Frederik Bricka (Ed.): Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Tillige omfattende Norge for Tidsrummet 1537-1814. 1st edition. tape 3 : Brandt – Clavus . Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag, Copenhagen 1889, p. 297-298 (Danish, runeberg.org ).
personal data
SURNAME Uffeln, Heinrich von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Uffeln, Henrik; Ufflen, Heinrich von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, general sergeant major, Brandenburg-Lüneburg general sergeant major
DATE OF BIRTH 1615
PLACE OF BIRTH Immenhausen
DATE OF DEATH January 11, 1678
Place of death Landskrona