Hermann von Wartensleben (Colonel)

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Hermann Graf von Wartensleben (born June 25, 1700 in Gotha , † October 20, 1764 in Berlin ) was a Prussian colonel and most recently chief of the cuirassier regiment No. 9 . He was a knight of the Order of St. John , resident commander in Lagow, canon and coadjutor of the collegiate church in Magdeburg, as well as canon and senior of the collegiate church in Brandenburg as well as heir to Meseberg , Baumgarten , Schönermark andRauschendorf .

Life

origin

His parents were Field Marshal Count Alexander Hermann von Wartensleben (1650-1734) and his second wife Anna Sophia, born von Treskow (1670-1735). His father had belonged to the notorious cabinet of three counts of King Friedrich I as a Real Privy Councilor , but after the fall of the "triple woe" he was the only one to get away with the successor Friedrich Wilhelm I.

Military career

After a proper education, he was sent to Geneva for further training in 1711 in the company of his brother Johann Wilhelm August (1696-1718) . He stayed there until 1714, when he was promoted to lieutenant in the Gensdarmes regiment by King Friedrich Wilhelm . As such, Wartensleben took part in the Pomeranian campaign in 1715/16 , the siege of Stralsund and the landing on Rügen. His brother Heinrich Friedrich (1694–1715) fell in the fighting on Rügen as a major in the “Finkenstein on foot” regiment . In 1716 he received his own company in his father's regiment , the Order De la Générosité and the canon office of the Brandenburg Monastery.

As part of a reform, the Wartensleben regiment was distributed to other regiments in 1718. Wartensleben and his company came to the body cuirassiers. There he became major and commander in 1722, although other officers were ahead of him in the seniority list . On June 30, 1729 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel. Around this time, the Order of St. John accepted him as a knight and designated him for the Kommende Lagow .

Meseberg Castle

In 1734 Wartensleben received a prebend in Magdeburg Abbey. Prince Leopold von Anhalt-Dessau thought a lot about waiting life. Therefore he proposed waiting life to the king in 1735 as commander of the regiment "Prince Friedrich Heinrich on horseback". The king did not follow the suggestion, but in January 1738 Wartensleben became a colonel and commander of the regiment "Truchsess on Horses" . The two senior colonels of the von Bonin and von Werdeck regiments were quickly transferred to other regiments. The regiment was also given the name "Leibkarabiner". From 1736, Wartensleben had Meseberg Castle built instead of a mansion that burned down in 1721.

During the First Silesian War , Wartensleben fought in the Battle of Mollwitz . His regiment was able to capture a standard there , his horse was wounded twice and the reins cut. He himself had a graze on his right knee, a shot under his left arm that got stuck near his spine, and a shot under his chin in the neck. He was brought to Breslau and from there to Berlin, the chopped lead had to be cut from his neck, as well as the bullet from his spine. For his bravery, in 1741, Wartensleben was awarded the regiment "von Katte zu Pferde" . But due to the severity of his injuries, he could not take over the regiment and asked for his departure. A bullet was still stuck in the neck of his windpipe and no doctor was ready to remove it. However, on September 30, 1745, he found a doctor who removed the bullet. But he could not fully recover.

In 1752 the cathedral monastery in Magdeburg elected him dean and in September 1752 coadjutor . Minister Viereck , who was also Komtur von Lagow , died on July 11, 1758 , and Wartensleben was his successor. Due to the Seven Years' War , however, it was not until 1761 that he could take possession of the Kommende Lagow. In 1763 he was allowed to accept Prince Ferdinand with an accolade into the Order of St. John. In 1764 he ceded his prebend in Brandenburg Abbey to the Count of Reuss with royal permission . In June 1764 he fell ill on his Meseberg estate and was brought to Berlin. He died there on October 20, 1764.

He was buried in an extension of the Meseberg church. Ten years after Wartensleben's death, his daughters sold the Meseberg estate (including the Rauschendorf , Schönermark and Baumgarten estates ) to Prince Heinrich of Prussia in 1774 .

family

Wartensleben married Dorothea Johanne Albertina von der Gröben on February 9, 1723 (* September 1707; † January 16, 1766) a daughter of Vice President Wilhelm von der Gröben (* August 29, 1665; † April 9, 1721) and his wife Helene Elisabeth von Lüderitz (born October 17, 1674; † March 20, 1744). The couple had a son and four daughters:

  • Friedrich Wilhelm (born September 11, 1728; † September 11, 1798) ⚭ June 9, 1755 Maria Sophie Caroline von Brandenstein (1739–1789), divorced in 1783, (later married Philipp Adolph Böhmer )
  • Louise Charlotte Friederike (* June 27, 1738; † September 5, 1785) ⚭ March 30, 1765 Christoph Ludwig von Stolz and Felchow († 1787)
  • Dorothea Sophia Herminia (* May 23, 1740; † October 5, 1771) ⚭ December 17, 1761 Heinrich Friedrich von Platen († 1783), Canon of Magdeburg
  • Anna Albertine Alexandrine (June 28, 1742 - February 3, 1803)
⚭ June 30, 1765 Wilhelm Rudolph von Werthern (1719–1770)
⚭ July 1773 Theodor Leopold (Lupold) von Burgsdorff (1749–1807), divorced
⚭ 1777 Friedrich Sigmund von Sommerfeld , Prussian colonel and chief of the Königsberg Landwehr regiment

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Theodor Fontane : Walks through the Mark Brandenburg. Volume 1, 1865, p. 164, digitized
  2. ↑ Albertina von der Groeben  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at geneagraphie.com@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / geneagraphie.com  
personal data
SURNAME Waiting life, Hermann von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Waiting life, Herrmann von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian colonel, canon and coadjutor
DATE OF BIRTH June 25, 1700
PLACE OF BIRTH Gotha
DATE OF DEATH October 20, 1764
Place of death Berlin