Johann Heinrich von Grape

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Johann Heinrich von Grape (* 1696 ; † after 1758) was a Prussian officer and regiment chief and heir to Carwitz .

Life

He was a member of the Pomeranian noble family of Grape . His parents were Siegmund von Grape (1650-1729) and his wife Barbara Katharina von Wobeser .

As early as 1708 he entered Prussian service and came to the “von Loeben” regiment . There he became an ensign in 1718 . Then he switched to the "Golz" regiment . There he became captain in 1732 . In March 1740 he became a second captain, but on June 27, 1740 he was transferred to the newly established "Prince Heinrich" regiment. On March 22, 1743 he was promoted to colonel . On January 7, 1746, he moved as a colonel and chief to Garrison Regiment No. IV , which he led until December 1758. At the beginning of the Seven Years' War he took part in the campaign of Prince Henry's army. The prince appointed the colonel to be in command of the Sonnenstein fortress near Pirna , but withdrew himself in the direction of Dresden before the advancing Austrians . The fortress had to surrender on September 5, 1758.

A little later he asked for his release and died shortly afterwards. He was married to Louise Tugendreich Amalia von Sack from the Blankenfelde house . From the marriage u. a. the son Jakob Ludwig von Grape (1735-1811), who was later President of the Chamber in Poznan .

literature

  • I. Taeglichsbeck: The Fusilier Regiment Prince Heinrich of Prussia (No. 35). 1740-1806. Berlin 1891, p. 262.
  • Anton Balthasar König : Johann Heinrich von Grape . In: Biographical lexicon of all heroes and military figures who made themselves famous in the Prussian service . tape 2 . Arnold Wever, Berlin 1789, p. 61 ( Johann Heinrich von Grape at Wikisource [PDF]).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ludwig Wilhelm Brüggemann : Detailed description of the current state of the royal. Prussian duchy of Vor and Hinter Pomerania. Volume 2, 1784, p. 868. Carvitz
  2. ↑ Contributions to the modern history of the state and war. Volume 5, 1758, p. 654. (digitized version )
  3. ^ Johann Christoph Adelung : Pragmatic State History of the Last War up to the Peace of Hubertsburg. Volume 2, 1769, pp. 171f. (Digitized version)
  4. ↑ In the source "Sach" probably a type error cf. Johann Bernouilli : Archive on modern history, geography, knowledge of nature and people. Volume 6, 1787, p. 317. (digitized version )
personal data
SURNAME Grape, Johann Heinrich von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian officer and head of the regiment as well as heir to Carwitz
DATE OF BIRTH 1696
DATE OF DEATH after 1758