Joachim Wocislaus from Wobeser

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Joachim Wocislaus von Wobeser (born October 12, 1685 in Zirchow , † July 14, 1746 in Moers ) was a Prussian major general and Drost zu Moers, heir to Nieschen, Dresow and Börch.

Life

origin

He came from a noble Pomeranian family . His father was Jakob Wocislaw von Wobeser, landlord on Zirchow and Bansekow, ensign from Kurbrandenburg a. D. (* 1655 in Gohren, Stolp district, † 1713). His mother was Anna, born von Berghaus († March 12, 1733 zu Grünwalde). Two of his brothers were also in the military: Christoph Anton († 1749) was a colonel and commander of the Peenemünder Schanze , a second Peter Ernst was a captain in the “Prince Friedrich” regiment .

Military career

Wobeser entered Prussian service and began his military career in 1702 as a junker in the "Alt-Dohna" infantry regiment . He fought in the battles near Höchstädt and Malplaquet and took part in the sieges of Kaiserswerth , Mons and Oudenarde . In 1730 he became Drost of the Principality of Moers . On May 13, 1737 he became a colonel and commander of the Dossovian regiment , whereupon he came to stand with the Flantzian regiment . In 1743 he received a newly established garrison battalion and in October 1745 he was promoted to major general. He was considered a good soldier and as a general strictly adhered to discipline in the troops.

family

His wife was a born Heringin or Haringen, a middle-class but very rich from the Netherlands, who brought her husband considerable goods in Clevish. His son Alexander Bogislaus was also in the military, and his daughter Johanna Elisabeth (* 1717) married the later General Friedrich Wilhelm von der Mosel .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ New genealogical-historical news. Volume 51 ( full text ); a half-brother is mentioned here who dies in July 1755.
  2. ↑ I. v. Wobeser: News from the noble family of von Wobeser. Marienwerder, 1792, p. 62, ad. 126
personal data
SURNAME Wobeser, Joachim Wocislaus von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wobeser, Joachim Wotislaw von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian general, Drost zu Moers
DATE OF BIRTH October 12, 1685
PLACE OF BIRTH Zirchow
DATE OF DEATH July 14, 1746
Place of death Moers