Joachim Heinrich Truchsess von Waldburg

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Joachim Heinrich Truchsess von Waldburg (* July 16, 1646 ; † October 14, 1718 ) was a royal Prussian lieutenant general and chief of a battalion on foot, as well as governor of Angerburg .

Life

origin

He was the son of Hans Albrecht Truchsess von Waldburg († 1655) heir to Friedrichstein. His mother was Anna Sybille von Packmohr († 1652), daughter of Christoph Joachim von Packmohr and Dorothea von Lehndorff . His brother Wolfgang Christoph Truchsess von Waldburg was also a Prussian general.

Military career

In 1675 he was lieutenant colonel in the Swedish service and head of a squadron dragoons when the elector Friedrich Wilhelm called him back to Brandenburg. He was supposed to be major in the Hohendorf Dragoon Regiment, but joined the infantry. In 1679 he became colonel and governor (and commander) of the Pillau fortress . In 1692 he was appointed chief of a battalion of four companies, in 1693 major general and 1701 lieutenant general.

In 1706, the Prussian King Friedrich I combined three free companies and two other newly recruited companies into a new battalion. The free companies were previously in Königsberg under the command of Boguslav von Croy , who had died on February 7, 1684.

This battalion took part in the fighting in Italy during the War of the Spanish Succession . Together with the von Heyden battalion it went up in Infantry Regiment No. 26 .

family

He was married several times. His first wife, Freiin Maria Eleonore von Heydeck (* September 20, 1649 - August 8, 1692), daughter of Eustach von Heydeck and Anna Dorothea Truchseß von Wetzhausen , he married on May 13, 1677. The couple had the following children:

  • Dorothea Henriette (April 7, 1678 - October 13, 1678)
  • Boguslaw Christoph (born September 19, 1679 - † April 23, 1690)
  • Anna Eleonore (12 November 1680 - 26 May 1699)
  • Helene Maria (December 30, 1681; † July 8, 1710) ⚭ April 22, 1704 Otto Friedrich von der Groeben (April 16, 1657; † June 30, 1728)
  • Luise Charlotte Katharina (* March 30, 1683; † December 27, 1742) ⚭ Wolfgang Friedrich von Waldburg († May 31, 1726)
  • Henriette Sybille (* 1684; † July 31, 1736) ⚭ November 16, 1714 Wilhelm Albrecht Schack von Wittenau , Royal Danish Major General († May 22, 1731)
  • Karl Heinrich (March 10, 1686; † October 9, 1721) Prussian Budget Minister ⚭ Katharina Petronella Countess Berchtold, Freiin zu Ungarschitz († March 1725)
  • Otto Wilhelm (* August 24, 1687; † 1715 on Rügen ) Prussian Colonel ⚭ Dorothea Charlotte von Tettau (* 1683; † May 1, 1748)
  • Franz Sebastian Wunibald (born May 31, 1691 - † July 4, 1745) ⚭ 1742 Dorothea von Trzebitzky

After the death of his wife on August 8, 1692, he married her younger sister Anna Dorothea von Heydeck on August 10, 1693 (* January 6, 1664; † May 8, 1703). Both had the following children:

  • Charlotte Dorothea, (* March 31, 1694; † 1785) ⚭ May 2, 1719 Johann Wilhelm, Freiherr Schenk von Tautenburg († 1725)
  • Helene Katharina, (* March 5, 1695; † 1715)
  • Johanna Elisabeth, (* June 24, 1696; † July 1696)
  • Albertine Elisabeth, since 1703 nun in Herford, (born October 8, 1697)
  • Johann Eustachius, (born October 31, 1698; † July 1698)
  • Dorothea Casimira, (December 15, 1699 - 1699)
  • Anna Dorothea, (* November 17, 1700; † July 1700)
  • Maria Eleonora, (* May 2, 1702; † after 1703)
  • Johanna, (7 May 1703 - 7 May 1703)

After the death of his second wife in childbed on May 8, 1703, he married Luise Tinktor von Ferber († May 8, 1722), widow of Freiherr von Dyherrn , in the same year . The marriage remained without children.

literature

  • Michael Schreiber: The weekly bed turned into a coffin / The Hochwolgebohrnen women / Fn. Maria Eleonora / Des ... Mr. Joachim Heinrich / Des Heil. Rom. Reichs Erb-Truchses and Freyherrn zu Waldburg ... Dearly loved wife / one born. Baroness zu Heydeck . Reusner, Königsberg 1692 ( digitized version )
  • Anton Balthasar König : Biographical dictionary of all heroes and military figures . tape IV . Arnold Wever, Berlin 1791, p. 105 ( digitized version in Google book search).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The state forces of the Prussian monarchy under Friedrich Wilhelm I. Vol. 3, p. 209, digitized
  2. ↑ Eduard Lange : The soldiers of Frederick the Great , p. 103, digitized
personal data
SURNAME Truchsess von Waldburg, Joachim Heinrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Freiherr zu Waldburg, Karl Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION royal Prussian lieutenant general, chief of a battalion on foot, governor of Angerburg
DATE OF BIRTH July 16, 1646
DATE OF DEATH October 14, 1718