Karl Anton Dominik von Otto
Karl Anton Dominik von Otto ( December 1723 in Franconia ; † May 12, 1797 in Cosel ) was a Prussian major general and commandant of the Cosel Fortress .
Life
Military career
Otto went into Dutch service in 1740 , became second lieutenant in 1746 and first lieutenant in 1752 . At the beginning of the Seven Years' War he switched to Prussian services on October 8, 1756 and was employed as a staff captain in the free battalion "Le Noble" . There Otto became captain and company commander on November 25, 1756 . On February 2, 1759 he was then major . At the end of the war the free battalion was withdrawn and on April 1, 1763, was transferred to the "Le Noble" garrison regiment . On January 1, 1772 he rose to lieutenant colonel and led at the beginning of the Bavarian War of Succession the III. Battalion of the regiment from Glatz to Schweidnitz for the war garrison of the fortress.
After the war, Otto became commander of the garrison battalion on May 1, 1786, and in this capacity, a colonel on December 14, 1786 . On May 1, 1788, he was transferred to the depot battalion of the infantry regiment "von Wunsch" . As an experienced officer , Otto was appointed commander of the Cosel Fortress on July 18, 1790 with a salary of 1200 thalers. On July 28, 1790, he applied for money for building barracks and for earthworks. For this he was given 2,348 thalers. On July 20, 1793, he was promoted to major general. He then died on May 12, 1797 in Cosel.
family
In 1775 Otto married Marie Elisabeth von Keoszeghy (* August 4, 1751; † April 13, 1816), daughter of the Prussian Major General Karl Franz von Keoszeghy . The couple had the following children:
- Franz (born July 9, 1776), major
- Karl (* 1778; † July 6, 1806), died after a duel , lieutenant in the "von Pletz" hussar regiment
- Wilhelm (* 1782), was in the Black Corps of the Duke of Braunschweig in 1809
- Johanne Karoline Wilhelmine († March 12, 1831) ∞ Ernst Gottlieb (Gottlob) von Rohr und Stein (* May 21, 1783; † February 1, 1831), major
literature
- Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 2, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1937], DNB 367632772 , p. 389, no. 875.
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Otto, Karl Anton Dominik von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian major general, commandant of the Cosel Fortress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 1723 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Franconia (region) |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 12, 1797 |
| Place of death | Cosel |