Imbert Rollaz du Rosey

Imbert Rollaz du Rosey (* 1640 , baptized on January 25, 1657 in Rolle ; † March 19, 1704 in Berlin ) was a Prussian major general and heir to Rosey, Heinersdorf , Hackenau ( Lebus district ; also: Hackenow), Behlendorf (Lebus district ) and Schönwalde .

Life

origin

Imbert was the son of Guillaume Rollaz, who became lord of Rosey in 1658, and his wife Magdalene, née von Steiger.

Military career

Rosey joined Kurbrandenburg in 1681 and fought against the Turks in Hungary. In 1690 he was a colonel and adjutant general of Elector Friedrich III. In July 1690 he was on an important diplomatic mission in Brussels , where he met the Prince of Waldeck , the Marquis of Castanaga , that of Degenfeld and the councilor Anthonie Heinsius .

In July 1691 Rosey asked for a transfer to the army on the Rhine, which was also granted. On May 28, 1692 he went as a diplomat from Wesel to the King of England and at the end of July 1692 to the Bishop of Munster . He had promised to provide several thousand men on horseback and 2000 men on foot for the allied army. When the French ambassador traveled between Hanover and Leipzig , Rollaz was commissioned to accompany him. Since Brandenburg and France were at war, the latter had the order to arrest the ambassador immediately if he should enter the Electorate of Brandenburg . On December 28, 1692 Rosey became the commander of the Kurprinz regiment on horseback .

In 1697 Rosey was entrusted with the recruitment and deployment of the Swiss Guard , which he headed as captain. In 1703 he was appointed major general.

He died in 1704 and was buried in the vault of the Parochial Church in Berlin.

family

He was married since January 6, 1693 to Dorothea Charlotte von Meinders (* 1671; † June 13, 1734 in Berlin), the daughter of Finance Minister Franz von Meinders . The couple had several children including:

• Franz Wilhelm (1695–1728) ⚭ June 1, 1739 Amalie Juliane von Dönhoff
• Karl
• Ludwig Imbert (* 1697; † April 19, 1757), district administrator and heir of Hasselbusch ⚭ Jacobine Luise von Dewitz (* 1712; † before 1767)
• Melchior Friedrich Philipp (May 30, 1699 - November 14, 1744)

⚭ Marie Katharina von Schlieben (* 1698; † April 14, 1738), daughter of Major General Johann Friedrich von Schlieben , widow of Johann August Marschall von Bieberstein († 1736)

⚭ June 1, 1739 Countess Amalie Juliane von Dönhoff (* April 17, 1714 - January 16, 1760), daughter of Bogislaw Friedrich von Dönhoff

• Otto

The Heinersdorf, Hackenau, Behlendorf and Schönwalde estates were all heirs to his wife.

See also

• Swiss troops in Prussian service

literature

• Rudolf Gugger: Prussian advertisements in the Confederation in the 18th century. Duncker and Humblot, Berlin 1997.
• Anton Balthasar König : Imbert Rollaz du Rosey . In: Biographical lexicon of all heroes and military figures who made themselves famous in the Prussian service . tape 3 . Arnold Wever, Berlin 1790, p. 319 ( Imbert Rollaz du Rosey at Wikisource [PDF]).
• Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 1, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1937], DNB 367632764 , p. 75, no. 121.
• Helmuth Rhenius: The Rolaz du Rosey family and their ancestors. Self-published, Hamburg [1959].
• Gustav Schwab (Hrsg.): Switzerland in its knight castles and mountain castles historically depicted by patriotic writers. Volume 3, Dalp, Bern / Chur / Leipzig 1839, p. 356 ( books.google.de ).
• Jeremias Sterkyus: The Crowned Kämpffer. Johann Wessel, Berlin 1704 (funeral sermon for Imbert Rollaz du Rosey; 90022602 in VD 18th ).
• Rolf Straubel : Biographical manual of the Prussian administrative and judicial officials 1740–1806 / 15 . In: Historical Commission to Berlin (Ed.): Individual publications . 85. KG Saur Verlag, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-598-23229-9 , pp. 831 ( limited preview in Google book search - Ludwig Imbert, Melchor Philipp).
• Jérôme Guisolan: Rolaz, Imbert de (du Rosey). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Web links

• Imbert Rollaz du Rosey. In: Geneagraphy - Families all over the world.