Joachim Heinrich von Bredow
Joachim Heinrich von Bredow (born July 7, 1643 in Spandau ; † October 22, 1705 ) was Major General in Brandenburg and most recently in command of the Friedrichsburg Fortress near Danzig .
Life
origin
His father Joachim von Bredow was hereditary lord on Hoppenrade and Kurbrandenburg captain in the Ribbeck regiment, his mother his wife Anna Hippolyta von der Groeben from the Löwenberg family.
Military career
He joined the electoral bodyguard in 1656 as a simple pikeman . There he became a lieutenant in 1660, a captain in 1675 and a major in the Helldorf regiment in 1678. In the Dutch War he fought in Alsace, Pomerania and East Prussia. On November 12, 1679 he was appointed commandant of Löcknitz . On May 14, 1689 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel and on May 22, 1689 appointed commander of Friedrichsburg. There he commanded his own company. On March 6, 1695 he was promoted to colonel. On November 17, 1698 he was briefly appointed in command of Elbing . On January 22nd, 1705 he was appointed major general, on October 22nd, 1705 he died on a trip to Danzig.
family
On June 12, 1664, he married Sophie Juliane von Bandemer (* 1648; † December 8, 1732) from the Weitenhagen family. The couple had several children:
- Anna Hippolyta († March 20, 1697) ⚭ Adam Kasimir von Glasenapp
- Sophie Christiane († March 9, 1746)
- ⚭ Georg Friedrich von Kalnein (* 1654; † 1703), court judge
- ⚭ Friedrich Wilhelm von Bredow († 1739)
- Johann Heinrich (1676–1739), Provost of Havelberg ⚭ 1715 Constantia Amalia Sophia von Kraut (* 1699; † April 4, 1745) sister of Carl Friedrich von Kraut
- Joachim Melchior († March 30, 1731) ⚭ Anna Katharina von Kalnein (* 1682; † March 7, 1719)
literature
- Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 1, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1937], DNB 367632764 , pp. 83-84, no. 139.
Individual evidence
- ^ Julius Mebes, Contributions to the History of the Brandenburg-Prussian State , Volume 2, p.167
- ↑ George Adalbert von Mülverstedt, collection of marriage foundations and personal commemorative letters of the knightly families of the provinces of Saxony, Brandenburg, Pomerania and Prussia , p.109
- ↑ See also: Theodor Fontane, Fünf Schlösser: Wanderings through the Mark Brandenburg V p.117
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bredow, Joachim Heinrich von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Major general of Kurbrandenburg, most recently in command of the Friedrichsburg Fortress near Danzig |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 7, 1643 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Spandau |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 22, 1705 |