Johann Georg von Tettau
Johann Georg von Tettau (born November 4, 1650 in Königsberg in Prussia , † December 22, 1713 in Berlin ) was a royal Prussian lieutenant general and chamberlain. He was a knight of the Black Eagle Order and commander of the Gardes du Corps , as well as governor and captain of Spandau . He was also the governor of Prussian Eylau and Bartenstein, and heir to the Worin estates.
His parents were Georg Abel von Tettau (* October 5, 1618; † November 25, 1677) and his wife Catharina Barbara von Lehndorff (* January 22, 1629; † November 29, 1667).
Life
In 1673 he joined the Brandenburg army. After the invasion of Sweden in 1674/75 , he took part in the fighting in Pomerania. He fights u. a. in the battle of Fehrbellin . On October 17, 1689, he became the commander of the satellite bodyguard (from 1692 Garde du Korps). On June 27, 1695 he was a colonel when he was appointed real chamberlain. In 1696 he became chief of the Wangenheim regiment . In 1697 he was appointed major general and in 1703 lieutenant general. As early as 1701 he received the Order of the Black Eagle at the coronation of King Friedrich I. On September 20, 1702 he became governor of the Spandau Citadel . On December 30, 1704 he was also head of the personal company of the Garde du Corps and captain zu Preussisch Eylau and Bartenstein . He retired on March 4, 1713 and, as a colonel and commander of the Garde du Corps, received a pension of 150 thalers a month.
He died on December 22nd, 1713 and was buried on December 30th in the Nikolaikirche in Spandau.
He was involved in the campaigns in Hungary and accompanied the elector in the Dutch war on his Rhine campaign.
In his position as chamberlain, Tettau was also responsible for large celebrations, for example in 1700 for the wedding of the Hereditary Prince of Kassel, in 1706 for the wedding of the Crown Prince and in 1708 the third wedding of the king. Tangible things like the arrest of Minister Dankelmann in 1697 or the arrest of Minister von Wittgenstein in 1710 were also part of his duties.
family
He married Eva von Wreech (* 1669; † April 12, 1705) from the House of Büssow on May 6, 1683 in Potsdam . General Joachim Friedrich von Wreech was her brother. She was an elector's chambermaid and the wedding took place in the presence of the whole court. When she died the couple had two sons and two daughters.
- Henriette (December 15, 1687; † August 30, 1761) ⚭ August 7, 1707 Thomas Christian von Berlepsch (* 1668; † November 21, 1752)
- Sophie Louise (* August 28, 1688; † February 20, 1725 in Lütetsburg) ⚭ 1706 Franz Ferdinand von Inn- und Knyphausen (* 1673; † August 30, 1725 in Lütetsburg) President of the East Frisian Knighthood
His second wife was Sophie Hedwig von Mardefeld (born February 26, 1662 in Demmin, † September 27, 1733 in Berlin). She was the daughter of the Swedish Field Marshal Konrad von Mardefeld and was first with General Heinrich Hallard called Elliot (1620–1681), then with Colonel Moritz Friedrich von Schwerin (1652–1686), and finally with Legation Councilor Lorenz Georg von Krockow (1638–1702) ) married. The future Field Marshal Adrian Bernhard von Borcke (1668–1741) became his son-in-law.
Web links
literature
- Carl Eduard Vehse : History of the German Courts since the Reformation. Volume 1, 1853, pp. 159f., Digitized
- Anton Balthasar König : Johann Georg von Tettau . In: Biographical lexicon of all heroes and military figures who made themselves famous in the Prussian service . tape 4 . Arnold Wever, Berlin 1791, p. 77 ( Johann Georg von Tettau at Wikisource [PDF]).
- Wilhelm Johann Albert von Tettau, documented history of the Tettauschen family in the branches of Tettau and Kinsky , p.271ff
Individual evidence
- ↑ after König: Hans Dietrich von Tettau and his mother one von Brandt .
- ↑ Ludwig Wilhelm Brüggemann : Detailed description of the current state of the Königl. Prussian Duchy of Vor and Hinter Pomerania. Volume 2, 1784, p. 570, digitized
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tettau, Johann Georg von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Tettau-Worinen, Johann Georg von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian lieutenant general and chamberlain, governor of the Spandau Citadel |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th November 1650 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Königsberg in Prussia |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 22, 1713 |
| Place of death | Berlin |