Johann Friedrich von Kreytzen

Johann Friedrich von Kreytzen (* 1693 ; † May 17, 1759 near Deutsch-Kamnitz ) was a Prussian major general and chief of infantry regiment No. 40 , as well as a knight of the Order of St. John and designated commander of Werben.

Life

He came from the noble family von Kreytzen , his parents were the heir to Polkitten and Rohmdorff Ernst Albrecht von Kreytzen (1656-1710) and his first wife Anna Dorothea von Kalnein. His brother was Lieutenant General Georg Christoph von Kreytzen . General Karl Erhard von Kalnein was a nephew of Anna Dorothea von Kalnein. His father's second wife was Luise Charlotte von Loebel (1668–1747). His stepsister Charlotte Albertine von Kreytzen (* June 21, 1708; † January 20, 1769) later married Lieutenant General Reimar Julius von Schwerin . His stepbrother Friedrich von Kreytzen also became major general.

He came into Prussian service in 1707 . On March 20, 1715, he became an ensign in Infantry Regiment No. 26 . He went through the ranks up to major in the regiment . As such, he was transferred to Infantry Regiment No. 5 in 1734 . On April 10, 1741 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel and on January 18, 1745 colonel and commander in regiment No. 5. In June 1747 he received the Pour le Mérite . On May 19, 1750, as Major General, he became Chief of Infantry Regiment No. 40 and thus his brother's successor. He died during the Seven Years' War to a Steckfluß ( asthma ) on 17 May 1759, when his regiment in the camp of German-Kamnitz stood at Neisse. He was buried in the cemetery of the Berlin garrison church.

literature

• Anton Balthasar König : Johann Friedrich von Kreytzen . In: Biographical lexicon of all heroes and military figures who made themselves famous in the Prussian service . tape 2 . Arnold Wever, Berlin 1789, p. 338 ( Johann Friedrich von Kreytzen at Wikisource [PDF]).
• Julius Mebes : Contributions to the history of the Brandenburg-Prussian state and army. Volume 1, 1861, p. 422, digitized
• Michael Ranft : New genealogical-historical news of the most distinguished events which happened at the European courts. Volume 57, volumes 122-126, 1760, p. 184, digitized

Web links

• Family tree Anna Dorothea von Kalnein
• Ernst Albrecht von Kreytzen
• Von Kreytzen Infantry Regiment
• Alt-Kreytzen Infantry Regiment (Polish)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Garrison cemetery . ( Memento of the original from August 13, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.