Johann Christoph von Wegnern

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Johann Christoph von Wegnern (born September 22, 1702 ; † May 1, 1774 ) was a Prussian colonel and regiment chief of the Magdeburg Land Regiment .

Life

Johann Christoph came from the Prussian noble family von Wegnern . His parents were the heir to Malinowken and Krolawolla Daniel Ahasverus von Wegnern (1672–1708) and Marie Elisabeth von Buchholtz († 1733). Major General Georg Friedrich von Wegnern (1729–1793) was his nephew. Like most of his male relatives, he joined the Prussian Army and served as an officer . He is said to have already served as a colonel in the “Bonin” infantry regiment. On January 16, 1757 he became the owner of the Magdeburg Land Regiment, which was given the name “Alt-Wegnern” to distinguish it from the “Jung-Wegnern” militia regiment. Wegnern married Luise Katharina von Graevenitz (* 1727), daughter of the infantry general David Jürgen von Graevenitz (1680–1757) in 1746 . Children are not known from this marriage. On June 24, 1764, together with his wife, he acquired the East Prussian Liekeim estate near Bartenstein for 12,050 thalers .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Areligen Häuser , Alter Adel und Briefadel 1928, Verlag Justus Perthes , Gotha 1928, p. 706.
  2. ↑ Johannes Gallandi : Königsberg councilors. In: Old Prussian Monthly New Series , Königsberg iP 1883, p. 625.
  3. ^ Günther Gieraths : The Combat Operations of the Brandenburg-Prussian Army 1626–1807 , Berlin 1964, p. 325 .
  4. ^ Walther Schultze : History of the Prussian Regieverwaltung from 1766 to 1786 , Leipzig 1888, p. 128 among others
  5. ↑ Julius von Wartensleben : News from the family of the Counts of Wartensleben . Second part: Biographical news. Berlin 1858, p. 406 (supplements p. 2).
personal data
SURNAME Wegnern, Johann Christoph von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian colonel, head of the Magdeburg Land Regiment
DATE OF BIRTH September 22, 1702
DATE OF DEATH May 1, 1774