Johann Christoph von Buttlar
Johann Christoph von Buttlar (* around 1650; † July 1, 1705 near Landau in the Palatinate ) was a general field sergeant (major general) of the imperial army .
Life
He was the son of Johann Friedrich von Buttlar auf Mariengart († 1685), Fulda bailiff in Geisa and Rockenstuhl , as well as his wife Anna Kunigunde von Boyneburg (1632-1675) and struck a military career. The father converted to the Catholic Church in 1669 and the children adopted the same faith.
Johann Christoph von Buttlar joined the imperial army. He was a high princely Fulcrum colonel, commander of a regiment on foot and was promoted to sergeant general of the imperial troops of the Upper Rhine district . In this capacity he took part in the battles against the French for Landau in the Palatinate from 1702 to 1704, in the War of the Spanish Succession . In both the siege and conquest of 1702 and that of 1704 he was one of the main military actors.
Buttlar died on July 1, 1705 in the field camp of Landau, whereupon Emperor Joseph I appointed the officer Hartmann Samuel Hoffmann von Löwenfeld (1653–1709) as his successor as chief of the Upper Rhine troops.
As the owner of the Mariengart monastery in Thuringia , Johann Christoph von Buttlar was involved in the preservation and restoration of the church, which burned down in 1704 and which his father had prepared as a Catholic church or burial place.
His younger brother was the Teutonic Order Commander Georg Daniel von Buttlar (1671-1725).
family
Buttlar was married twice. First with Maria Renata geb. von Freyberg († 1699), then with Maria Agatha von Roll . From the first marriage u. a. the sons Friedrich Otto von Buttlar and Johann Franz Anton von Buttlar (1685–1731). Friedrich Otto was under the name of Konstantin von Buttlar (1679–1726) Imperial Prince and Prince Abbot of Fulda, Johann Franz Anton was Royal Prussian Major General and also Sergeant General of the Upper Rhine Imperial Troops.
literature
- Johann Gottfried Biedermann: genealogy of the Reichsfrey immediate knighthood Landes zu Franconia praiseworthy places Rhön and Werra. Gender table CCXXVI, Bayreuth 1749 (digital scan )
- New military newspaper. Darmstadt, born 1858, p. 242 and 252, (digital scan)
- Theodor Niederquell: The canons of St. Peter's in Fritzlar 1519–1803. Commission publisher Elwert, 1980, p. 87, ISBN 3770806662
Web links
- Genealogical website about the person
- Website of the former Mariengart monastery, with a mention of Johann Christoph von Buttlar
Individual evidence
- ^ Genealogical website about the mother
- ↑ Landau, fortified to its misfortune and the disadvantage of the empire: shown in a curious relation of the hard sieges endured twice in 13 months , 1704, without author and page numbers (digital scan )
- ↑ Joachim Käppner: The family of generals: A German story. Berlin Verlag, 2007, ISBN 3827007089 , p. 48 (detail scan )
- ^ Website of the former Mariengart monastery
- ↑ family of Buttlar Rhön lexicon, with mention of the two sons
- ^ Anton Balthasar König : Johann Franz Anton 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 Franz Anton von Buttlar at Wikisource [PDF]).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Buttlar, Johann Christoph von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German nobleman and major general |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1650 |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 1, 1705 |
| Place of death | near Landau in the Palatinate |