Jacques de Brion
Jacques de Brion Baron de Lux (* 1667 ; † April 24, 1728 in Memel ) was a Prussian major general and chief of the garrison regiment No. 1 . He was the owner of the Götzhöfen (Brionischken) estate in Lithuania from August 1, 1721 .
Life
He was one of the French refugees who came to Brandenburg in 1686 after the edict of Nantes was repealed . He then joined the Brandenburg war service when he was young. As early as 1688 he was a lieutenant in the "Varenne" regiment. On June 27, 1691 he became a captain in the "Alt-Dönhof" No. 2 infantry regiment , in April 1704 he became a major , on June 10, 1710, a lieutenant colonel and on January 16, 1711, a colonel . In 1714 he took over the garrison regiment No. 1. On May 30, 1718 he was promoted to major general and on January 1, 1722 he was appointed in command of the fortress of Memel. He died there in April 1728.
family
His first wife was Charlotte Rose de la Force (1650-1724). Her father was the Maréchal de camp Franz de Caumont Marquis de Castelmoron. The marriage was divorced after ten days.
In Brandenburg he married Charlotte Florentine von Dobrizikowsky and Malijowa († March 13, 1767) from the Blumerode house ( Neumarkt in Silesia ). She was the widow of Major von Rummel. His brother Jakob de Brion († 1718) was married to Benigna Dobrizikowsky. From the marriage of Karl de Brion marriage:
- Amalie (born August 9, 1708)
- Charlotte Elisabeth († January 12, 1788)
- Luise Charlotte (* December 23, 1717; † 1750) ∞ Friedrich Eduard von Prök , heir to Gurnen
- Friedrich Wilhelm († 1756), heir of Götzhöfen ∞ Anna Amalie von Grothus († 1756) (daughter of Johann Gebhard von Grotthus on Podollen)
- Albrecht Christoph (born August 1, 1720)
- Elisabeth (1722--22 September 1743)
- Magdalene Sophia (born June 10, 1726)
literature
- Anton Balthasar König : Jaque de Brion Baron de Lux . In: Biographical lexicon of all heroes and military people . tape I . Arnold Wever, Berlin 1788, p. 262 ( Jaque de Brion Baron de Lux in the Google book search).
- Leopold von Ledebur : Nobility Lexicon of the Prussian Monarchy . Volume 1, 1854, p. 106 (digitized version)
- Ernst Heinrich Kneschke : New general German nobility lexicon . Volume 2, 1860, p. 76 (digitized version)
- Jean Pierre Erman : Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire des réfugiés French. Volume 9, 1799, p. 48 (digitized version)
- Jean Pierre Erman: Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire des réfugiés French. Volume 2, 1783, p. 359 (digitized version)
- Johannes Sembritzky: Old Prussian monthly. Volume 38, pp. 260f.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Karl Joseph Bouginé: Handbook of the general Litterar history after Heumanns. Volume 6, Part 2, 1802, p. 394 (digitized version)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Brion, Jacques de |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Brion, Karl de; Brion, Jacques de; Lux, Brion Baron de Lux, Charles Jacques de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian major general |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1667 |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 24, 1728 |
| Place of death | Memel |