Julius Heinrich von Friesen
Julius Heinrich von Friesen , from 1702 Reichsgraf von Friesen (born June 17, 1657 in Dresden ; † August 28, 1706 ) was an electoral Saxon , English and imperial general.
Life
Origin and family
Julius Heinrich came from the old noble family von Friesen and was the son of the Electoral Saxon secret council director Heinrich Freiherr von Friesen (1610–1680) and Maria Margaretha von Lützelburg (1632–1689).
Career
Friesen was a Saxon major general in 1692 . He then served as major general and finally lieutenant general in the English military. On April 10, 1697, he was promoted to Imperial Field Marshal Lieutenant and on December 5, 1703, he was promoted to General Feldzeugmeister .
As commander of the fortress Landau he was on September 25, 1702 Vienna into the imperial counts charged . The Electoral Saxon recognition took place on November 21, 1703.
He was u. a. Heir to Rötha and Trachenau .
family
His marriage to Amalia Catharina von Dohna (1658–1707), daughter of General Friedrich von Dohna , in 1680 resulted in two children:
- Charlotte Johanna Maximiliana ∞ (divorced in 1714) Adolph Magnus von Hoym (1668–1723), Polish- Saxon cabinet minister
- Heinrich Friedrich (1681–1739), Elector of the Saxon infantry general , ∞ Augusta Constantia von Cosel (1708–1728)
literature
- Heinrich Frh. Von Friesen: Julius Heinrich Graf von Friesen, Imperial General Feldzeugmeister, Royal English Lieutenant General: a picture of life from the end of the seventh century , Baensch, 1870 ( digitized ) on Google Books
- Carl von Landmann : Friesen, Julius Heinrich Graf von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 8, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1878, p. 87.
Individual evidence
- ^ Antonio Schmidt-Brentano: Imperial and Imperial and Royal Generals 1618-1815. Austrian State Archives / A. Schmidt-Brentano 2006 p. 32 (PDF; 453 kB)
- ^ Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels , Adelslexikon Volume III, Volume 61 of the complete series, Starke Verlag , Limburg / Lahn 1975, pp. 390–391.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Friesen, Julius Heinrich von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Saxon-English-Imperial General |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 17, 1657 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dresden |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 28, 1706 |