Johann Peter von Delpons
Johann Peter von Delpons , also Johann Peter von Delpont , originally Jean Pierre d'Elpons (born April 20, 1732 in Languedoc , † September 19, 1807 in Neisse ) was a Prussian colonel and chief of a free battalion .
Life
Origin and family
The French , the time spread in the Languedoc family d'Elpons, the tradition is to made after originally Italy come and there have resulted in the name del Ponte. The parents of Johann Peter von Delpons are unknown. He married Charlotte Schmidt (1753-1812) in Dresden around 1772 .
From this marriage three sons were born:
- Karl Friedrich (1773–1850), Prussian lieutenant colonel and district administrator of the Leopschütz district ⚭ Josefine Szerny (1782–1843)
- Friedrich Wilhelm (around 1785–1831), Prussian major and writer, ⚭ 1810 Henriette Benda
- Johann Friedrich (1787–1862), Prussian major
On May 11, 1847, the family received a Prussian nobility confirmation .
Career
d'Elpons had been in French service for at least 14 years, most recently as a lieutenant , before he was captured in the Battle of Rossbach in 1757 . On May 1, 1761, he joined the Prussian Army as captain of Kleist's Croatian Corps . With the dissolution of his unit in 1763 after the end of the Seven Years' War , he moved to the "le Noble" garrison regiment as a staff captain . There he received a on January 1, 1769 company . After he advanced to major in 1778, in December he took over the free battalion "von Steinmetz" , which had been vacant in the Bavarian War of Succession since November 24, 1778 . After the peace treaty, this unit was also dissolved and Delpons concluded his career as a colonel in the depot battalion of the infantry regiment "Margrave Heinrich" .
literature
- Marcelli Janecki (Red.): Handbook of the Prussian nobility. Volume 2, ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1893, pp. 210-213.
- Anton Balthasar König : Johann Peter von Delpont . In: Biographical lexicon of all heroes and military figures who made themselves famous in the Prussian service . tape 1 . Arnold Wever, Berlin 1788, p. 344 ( Johann Peter von Delpont at Wikisource [PDF]).
- Eduard Lange : The soldiers of Frederick the Great. Hermann Mendelssohn, Leipzig [1853], p. 417.
- Johann Friedrich Seyfart : Impartheyische history of the Bavarian war of succession. Leipzig 1778, pp. 408-409.
- Leopold von Zedlitz-Neukirch : New Prussian Nobility Lexicon . Volume 1, Leipzig 1836, pp. 407-408.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Maximilian Gritzner : Chronological register of the Brandenburg-Prussian class elevations and acts of grace from 1600–1873. Berlin 1874, p. 115.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Delpons, Johann Peter von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | d'Elpons, Jean Pierre (French); Delpont, Johann Peter von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian colonel, chief of a free battalion |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 20, 1732 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Languedoc |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 19, 1807 |
| Place of death | Neisse |