Johann Anton Franz von Buttlar
Johann Anton Franz von Buttlar , from 1726 Imperial Count of Buttlar (born April 8, 1685 in Fulda , † January 6, 1731 in Buttlar ) was Upper Rhine, Prussian and Imperial Major General, Imperial Count and Knight of the Black Eagle Order . He was the heir to Buttlar and Mariengart . As a general he did not appear militarily, but was a successful recruiter, especially for the Prussian king.
Life
origin
His parents were Major General Johann Christoph von Buttlar and his wife Reichsfreiin Marie Renate von Freiberg zu Geflingen. His father was sergeant-general of the Upper Rhine Reichskreis , heir to Mariengart and Landoberst of the princes of Fulda. Johann's brother Friedrich Otto was the future prince abbot of Fulda.
Military career
Buttlar came to his father's regional regiment on the Upper Rhine in 1701. In 1702/06 he fought in front of Landau and in 1708 became captain in the service of Sachsen-Meiningen . As early as 1710 he switched to Polish services and took part in the battles against the Swedes under Charles XII. part. On July 9th, 1715 he was appointed Prussian colonel by King Friedrich Wilhelm I and on May 18th, 1719 he was even awarded the Order of the Black Eagle. The king gave him this award for repeatedly tracking down Lange Kerls whom he was able to sign for the Prussian army . He was also appointed major general on December 3, 1719. On April 28, 1722, he was also major general of the Upper Rhine District, and on January 19, 1726 imperial major general and imperial count. However, he did not use this title. In August 1726 Buttlar was electoral Mainz chamberlain and in 1728 also princely Fulda secret council and chief hunter master. He died on January 6, 1731 on Buttlar, his estate in the Rhön.
family
He married Maria Anna Klara Sophie von Reifenberg on September 15, 1716 . The couple had several children including:
- Adam Konstantin Friedrich Georg (1720–1721)
- Maria Anna Constantina Benedicta (1723-1723)
- Franz Adolf (* 1727) Kurmainzer and princely Fulda privy councilor and head stable master
literature
- Johann Gottfried Biedermann: genealogy of the Reichsfrey immediate knighthood country to Franconia praiseworthy places Rhön and Werra. 1749, Tabula CCXXVI, digitized
- Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 1, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1937], DNB 367632764 , p. 121f., No. 198.
- Anton Balthasar König : Johann Anton Franz von Buttlar . In: Biographical lexicon of all heroes and military figures who made themselves famous in the Prussian service . tape 1 . Arnold Wever, Berlin 1788, p. 302 ( Johann Anton Franz von Buttlar at Wikisource [PDF]).
Web links
- Maria Anna von Reifenberg at geneall.net
Individual evidence
- ^ Leopold von Zedlitz-Neukirch : New Prussian Adels Lexicon . Volume 4, 1837, p. 443, digitized
- ↑ Konrad Tyroff : Gender and coat of arms descriptions for the Tyroffischen new aristocratic coat of arms. Volume 1, 1791, p. 297, digitized
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Buttlar, Johann Anton Franz von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Upper Rhine, Prussian and imperial major general, imperial count, heir to Buttlar and Mariengart |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 8, 1685 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Fulda |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 6, 1731 |
| Place of death | on Buttlar |