Johann Friedrich von Brehmer
Johann Friedrich von Brehmer (* October 1737 in Weißenfels an der Saale , † February 27, 1802 in Hamm ) was a Prussian major general and chief of infantry regiment No. 9 .
Life
origin
Johann Friedrich was the son of Gustav Leberecht von Brehmer, ducal Saxon stable master , and his wife Johanne Philippine von Stahr.
Military career
In 1755, Brehmer therefore initially served as a cadet in the “Prince Friedrich” regiment. During the Seven Years' War he was taken prisoner on November 15, 1756 when the Saxon troops surrendered near Pirna and changed to Prussian services .
He was wounded in the Battle of Roßbach and injured in his right arm and foot in the Battle of Liegnitz . Brehmer took part in the battles of Farbezin in Pomerania and Nickelsberg in Bohemia . He was also at the sieges of Prague , Neisse , Dresden and Schweidnitz . At that time he was in the infantry regiment "Prince Ferdinand" No. 34 on August 2, 1758 Second Lieutenant and on January 28, 1763 Prime Lieutenant . After the war, the carriage was followed on 7 January 1772 to staff captain in 1772, and on June 22, Captain . At the same time Brehmer was appointed company commander. In September 1672 he took part in the great autumn maneuvers near Potsdam . On July 25, 1773, he was given four weeks' leave to check on the Freienwald estate. He took part in the War of the Bavarian Succession and became a major on November 3, 1782 . On July 16, 1787 he was battalion commander and in this capacity on September 11th lieutenant colonel . On December 29, 1792 the king appointed him commander of the infantry regiment "von Ruits" No. 28 . On January 8, 1793 he became a colonel and took part in the capture of Warsaw during the Polish War . On December 3, 1796 he was appointed chief of the "von Winning" No. 9 infantry regiment. He was then promoted to major general on June 4, 1798.
family
Brehmer married Maria Eleonore Rosine Sophie von Kaphengst on June 6, 1777 in Meseburg (* September 8, 1745, † January 10, 1820 in Radensleben ). She was the daughter of the captain a. D. and hereditary lords of Bruch and Molwitz, Christian Albrecht von Kaphengst (born November 29, 1704; † November 15, 1773) and his wife Henriette Dorothea von Rochow (born July 28, 1718; † June 8, 1783) from the Plessow family . The couple had the following children:
- Ferdinand Christian Heinrich Friedrich (born February 15, 1778 in Neuruppin)
- Johanna Dorothea Auguste Friederike (born October 5, 1780 in Neuruppin)
- Wilhelm Albrecht (born October 2, 1783), was in Infantry Regiment No. 34
- Friederike Alberine Henriette (born October 2, 1783 in Neuruppin; † November 30, 1803)
- Karl Ludwig (born July 10, 1788 in Neuruppin; † August 30, 1865), most recently captain a. D. in the Kaiser Alexander Guard Grenadier Regiment No. 1
literature
- Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 3, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1937], DNB 367632780 , p. 31, no. 953.
- Deutsche Adelsgenossenschaft (Hrsg.): Yearbook of the German nobility , Volume 2, 1898, published by WT Bruer, p. 222 - digitized Kaphengst
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Brehmer, Johann Friedrich von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian major general and chief of infantry regiment No. 9 |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 1737 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Weissenfels |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 27, 1802 |
| Place of death | Hamm |