Henning Alexander von Kahlden

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Henning Alexander von Kahlden (born March 24, 1713 in Zicker on Rügen , † October 22, 1758 in Berlin ) was a Prussian major general and head of the regiment .

Life

origin

Henning Alexander is the founder of the Gottberg branch of the von Kahlden family . He was a son of the heir to Zicker and Tangnitz, Philipp Christian von Kahlden (1679-1732) and his wife Eleonore Charlotte, née von Bohlen (1696-1745) from the Presenske house.

Military career

At the age of 15, Kahlden began his career as a free corporal in the “von Schwerin” infantry regiment . In 1735 he was promoted to ensign and in 1738 transferred to the guards regiment at that time . In 1740 he was promoted to lieutenant in the 1st battalion in the king's regiment and a wing adjutant to Frederick II . In 1742 he was promoted to major . Kahlden distinguished himself during the Second Silesian War in particular in the Battle of Thrush , where he was wounded and then promoted to Prime Lieutenant. In February 1749, he took over the Bila'sche garrison Grenadier Battalion , was promoted there in 1750 to lieutenant colonel and in 1754 to Colonel . As such, Kahlden took part in the battles near Prague , Collin (again wounded) and Reichenberg . In 1757, Kahlden was promoted to major general. After his essential contribution in the battle of Leuthen on the right wing, Kahlden received the previously discussed infantry regiment "von Anhalt-Dessau" in 1758 . In anger the village he was severely wounded and the now required from amputation of a foot died Kahlden.

Kahlden was hereditary lord on Gottberg and owned Pustar from 1744 to 1747 . Through his marriage, the dignity of the Minden Hereditary Marshal came to his family. His wife also brought him the goods Iden , Kannenberg , Krumke , Busch, Berge , Hohenberg and Roebel.

family

In 1749 he married Freiin Sophia Fredericke Wilhelmine von Kannenberg (1724–1806). She was the heir to Friedrich Wilhelm von Kannenberg , Hereditary Marshal of the Principality of Minden and Countess Charlotte Albertine, née Finck von Finckenstein (1706–1795). The marriage produced a daughter and three sons, two of whom continued the Gottberg branch:

  • Wilhelm Leopold Ferdinand (* January 4, 1751; † February 11, 1837) ⚭ Marie Dorothee Jochensen (Jochimsen) (* 1764)
  • Charlotte Frederica Wilhelmine (April 13, 1753 - March 16, 1830) ⚭ Count August Wilhelm von Mellin (November 8, 1746 - August 16, 1836)
  • Ernst Wilhelm Friedrich Alexander (* 1754; † February 2, 1808)
⚭ May 29, 1788 (divorced before 1793) Philippine von Unruh (born September 6, 1772; † February 6, 1843)
⚭ January 22, 1808 Johanna Luise Christiane Luckow (* July 6, 1774; † June 26, 1842)

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ after divorce from Gf. Mellin mother of Franz Ernst Neumann
  2. ^ Genealogisches Reichs- und Staats-Handbuch for the year 1805. S. 670. Mellin-Nauenburg
personal data
SURNAME Kahlden, Henning Alexander von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian major general
DATE OF BIRTH March 24, 1713
PLACE OF BIRTH Zicker on Rügen
DATE OF DEATH October 22, 1758
Place of death Berlin