Johann Sigmund von Schwendy

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Johann Sigmund von Schwendy as major general.

Johann Sigmund von Schwendy (* 1656 in Deutsch-Wusterhausen , † 1732 in Neuruppin ) was a Prussian lieutenant general, chief of Infantry Regiment No. 24 and governor of Spandau .

Life

origin

He was a descendant of Lazarus von Schwendi and probably the son of the Brandenburg Rittmeister Johann Julius von Schwendy and Anna Magdalena Schenk von Landsberg .

Military career

He joined the Brandenburg service around 1677. In 1690 he became a captain and in 1692 a major in the 2nd Battalion of the Life Guard . On February 24, 1705 he became a colonel, on September 19, 1709 he was appointed major general and on October 10, 1717 as lieutenant general.

In 1713 the Infantry Regiment No. 24 was formed from a company of the Füseliergarde, two free companies from Spandau and one from Frankfurt . In addition, the regiment received a construction company from the artillery, which was reinforced by five companies from the Kolberg garrison . King Friedrich Wilhelm I appointed him head of the regiment . He gave it up on January 1, 1722, when he was appointed governor of Spandau. As early as 1720 he donated enough land to convert the local garrison school into a free school. He donated a house with a garden and a dairy at the Oranienburger Tor in Spandau, the king supported the school by decreeing that it would be exempt from all tax burdens.

family

He was married to Eva Helene Gans Edle von Putlitz .

literature

personal data
SURNAME Schwendy, Johann Sigmund von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schwendy, Johann Siegesmund von; Schwendi, Johann Siegmund von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian Lieutenant General, Chief of Infantry Regiment No. 24, Governor of Spandau
DATE OF BIRTH 1656
PLACE OF BIRTH German Wusterhausen
DATE OF DEATH 1732
Place of death Neuruppin