Johann Anton von Dessaunieres
Johann Anton von Dessaunieres (born August 3, 1731 in Alsace ; † July 8, 1802 in Glogau ) was a Prussian major general and most recently in command of Glogau.
Life
Military career
Dessaunieres went into French service in 1745 and changed to Dutch service in 1749 . There he became a lieutenant in 1754 . On January 6, 1761, he came into Prussian service, where he was staff captain in the free battalion "Jenney". He took part in the Seven Years War . After the war, on October 7, 1764, he became captain and company commander in Garrison Regiment No. 11 . There he became major on November 8, 1769 . On May 7, 1787 he was appointed chief of Fusilier Battalion No. 11, which was formed from four companies of Garrison Regiment No. 11 and which bore his name. At the parade on June 8, 1789, he received the order Pour le Mérite . He became a colonel on August 16, 1790 and major general on January 3, 1795. On March 21, 1795 he was transferred to the Glogau Fortress as commander , with a salary of 1200 thalers. He died on June 8, 1802 in Glogau and was buried there on July 11, 1802.
During his time in Glogau, the Countess von Lichtenau was exiled .
family
He married Jeannette Claire du Fresne de Francheville (1742-1830) in 1760. The couple had several children including:
- Julie (1762–1789) ⚭ Casimir Lighton zu Wormditt, Councilor of Commerce
- Adolf Anton (1769–1833), former Prussian colonel D., knight of the order Pour le Mérite, postmaster in Elbing
- ⚭ 1794 (divorce 1817) NN von Sanden († after 1841)
- ⚭ Karoline Mehring (1792–1868)
- Katharina (1775-1780)
- Albertine (* 1776) ⚭ Ludwig Ernst Friedrich Karl von Putlitz, captain
After the general's death, his widow received a pension of 300 thalers.
literature
- Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 2, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1937], DNB 367632772 , p. 433, no. 910.
- Dessaunniers family. In: Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Ritter- u. Aristocratic families 1877. Second year, p. 213.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Leopold von Ledebur : Adelslexikon der Prussischen Monarchy . Volume 1, p. 164
- ^ Prussian provincial sheets. Volume 8, p. 89 ff. , Postmaster Dessaunieres' 50th anniversary
- ↑ New Nekrolog der Deutschen for the year 1833, p. 948 f. biography
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dessaunieres, Johann Anton von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dessaunieres, Jean Antoine of; Dessauniers, Johann Anton von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian major general and commandant of Glogau |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 3, 1731 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Alsace |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 8, 1802 |
| Place of death | Glogau |