Johann Sigismund von der Heyden

This article deals with General of the Infantry Johann Sigismund von der Heyden. For the general of the cavalry see Johann Siegmund von Heyden .

Johann Sigismund Freiherr von der Heyden (born May 2, 1656 in Hovestadt , † January 29, 1730 in Wesel ) was the Prussian infantry general , governor of Wesel and lord of Ootmarsum .

Life

origin

Johann Sigismund was the son of Lieutenant Colonel Gottfried von Heyden († January 25, 1670), Lord of Burg Schönrath and Börke, and his wife Odilia, born von Kettler († February 15, 1670). He is not to be confused with Johann Siegmund von Heyden .

Military career

Heyden became Knight of St. John on September 5, 1679 . On February 8, 1689 he became a colonel in the "Alt-Holstein" regiment and took part in the battles at Fleurus , Neerwind and Steenkerke in 1689/97 during the War of the Palatinate Succession . Promoted to major general on July 17, 1693 during the war , Heyden became head of a free company in 1697. He led this in the 1702/13 campaign against France in the sieges of Bonn and Kaiserswerth and in the battle of Malplaquet .

In 1714 Heyden became chief of the "Trossel" regiment on foot . On May 25, 1715 he was appointed General of the Infantry and in the same year he was made Knight of the Order of the Black Eagle .

From 1719 he was also governor of Wesel, where he died in 1730. In 1713 he also received homage from the council of the new Prussian province of Geldern.

family

Heyden was married to Maria Louise Freiin von Diepenbrock (born August 29, 1671, † August 1750) since September 19, 1692. The couple had the following children:

• Friedrich Johann Sigismund, (* October 3, 1696; † 1769), Drost von Twente 1754 to 1769 ⚭ October 14, 1728 Eleonora Henrietta Mauritia von Hompesch (* 1700; † August 18, 1730) → Heiden-Hompesch line
• Alexander Carel (* May 28, 1709; † February 20, 1776) ⚭ August 28, 1737 Esther Susanne Marie de Jaussaud (* February 19, 1718; † 1779)
• Anna Dorothea Christina Albertina (born December 26, 1693)

⚭ February 20, 1729 Hendrik Jacob von Nagell (* 1695; † March 10, 1742)

⚭ March 19, 1748 Hermann Otto Freiherr von Ferssen, major of the cavalry († 1757)

⚭ February 10, 1762 Matthias Michael von Radzitsky († 1764)

• Amalia Louise (born March 4, 1697) ⚭ Emanuel Johann Wilhelm von Hompesch (Walburgh)
• Casimir Wilhelm (November 15, 1701 - March 24, 1759), Prussian Colonel
• Johanna Christina Charlotte Louise (September 15, 1705; † April 7, 1792) ⚭ Lieutenant General Konrad Heinrich von der Groeben (1683–1746)
• Hermina Charlotte (* February 3, 1699) ⚭ February 28, 1726 Wilhelm Albrecht Johann Carl Friedrich von Quadt -Huchtenbruck zu Gartrop († 1758), widower of Sophia Albertina von Wylich and Lottum .
• Otto Ludwig (1712–1714)

literature

• Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 1, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1937], DNB 367632764 , pp. 65-66, no. 104.
• Military weekly paper . Volume 22, 1837, p. 126, digitized
• Anton Balthasar König : Biographical lexicon of all heroes and military figures. Volume 3, 1790, p. 153. Digitized

Individual evidence

1. ^ Friedrich Nettesheim: History of the city and the office of Geldern. P. 464. ( digitized version )
2. ^ M. Gottlieb Schumann's genealogical handbook. P. 170. ( digitized version ) Diepenbrock
3. ^ Johann Friedrich Seyfart , Life and Government History of Friedrich the other , p. 609
4. ↑ Pedigree of Catharina Anna Elfriede v. der GROEBEN ( Memento of the original from May 9, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.