Karl Friedrich von Posadowsky

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Karl Friedrich Graf von Posadowsky, Baron von Postelwitz (born August 3, 1695 in Lampersdorf , † April 7, 1747 in Wriezen ) was a Prussian lieutenant general , chief of the Dragoon Regiment No. 1 and the Knight Academy in Liegnitz .

Life

origin

Karl Friedrich was the son of Christian Adam von Posadowsky (* April 7, 1663 in Ohlau ; † October 11, 1716 in Brieg ) and his first wife Anna Charlotte, born von Gfug (* September 18, 1672 in Manze; † 1695 in Lampersdorf ) from Manze. His father was the governor of Quedlinburg , senior of the cathedral monastery of Sancti Mauritii in Magdeburg , state elder of Oels - Bernstadt as well as lord of Ober- and Nieder-Lampersdorf and Eckersdorf.

Military career

After attending the Maria-Magdalenen-Gymnasium in Brieg, Posadowsky was employed on August 7, 1712 as an ensign in the “Guard” regiment of the Prussian Army . At the end of March 1714 he became a second lieutenant in his regiment and took part in the 1715 campaign in Pomerania . Even before the siege of Stralsund he was on 6 December 1715 as the captain in the cuirassiers no. 6 have been added. On August 29, 1718 Posadowsky was major and on June 8, 1722 lieutenant colonel . The king sent him to Kassel at the end of January 1729 in order to examine the Hessian troops during a review .

On June 11, 1732 he became a colonel and a month later regimental commander. In August 1736 he gave up command and took over the cuirassier regiment "von Katte" . End of August 1736 he was appointed Amtshauptmann of Oletzko appointed. In January 1740 the king sent Posadowsky to Eichsfeld in response to advertising and in October of the same year to Silesia .

When Frederick II ascended the throne in 1740 , the latter awarded him the Pour le Mérite order . During the First Silesian War , on January 3, 1741, together with Colonel Kaspar Wilhelm von Borcke, he concluded a neutrality treaty with the city of Breslau . In the Battle of Mollwitz on April 10, 1741, he commanded the cavalry of the left wing. While the right wing cavalry failed, the Posadowsky units were successful. After the battle, the king divided the "von Platen" dragoon regiment . The previous chief of the regiment, Hans Friedrich von Platen , received the light units, which from now on formed the dragoon regiment of the same name , while the heavy units remained in the dragoon regiment No. 1 under their new chief Posadowsky. On June 4, 1741 he was promoted to major general and in January 1742 he became head of the Liegnitz Knight Academy. Nevertheless, he took part in the campaign in Moravia and came as far as Vienna. In 1744 he fought in Silesia. He took part in the battles near Hohenfriedberg and was made a knight of the Black Eagle Order for his courage on the battlefield . In the battle of Soor he fought under Wilhelm Dietrich von Buddenbrock and commanded the cavalry on the left wing.

On November 19, 1746, however, the king reprimanded him ("légéreté des Gemüthes") because he had mistaken the regimental treasury for his own. He was spared the court martial, but from then on the treasury was administered by a lieutenant colonel. Posadowsky died a little later on April 7, 1747.

family

1771 Anna Eleonore Charlotte Friederike von Posadowsky, Baroness von Postelwitz (1735–1813)

Posadowsky was married to Eleonore Elisabeth von Seidlitz and Gohlau (* March 9, 1702, † June 3, 1796 in Diersdorf) since November 6, 1720 . The couple had the following children:

  • Friedrich Wilhelm (born September 17, 1721 in Manze; † October 9, 1781), Prussian court marshal
⚭ January 13, 1743 (divorced June 27, 1746) Louise Wilhelmine Marquise von Varenne (* May 27, 1725 - August 3, 1757), daughter of Colonel Friedrich Wilhelm von Varenne
⚭ February 2, 1761 Amalie von Wehner († 1776)
  • Karl August Leopold (born May 31, 1724), Prussian major
  • Christian Wilhelm Siegmund (1725–1791), Major General ⚭ September 5, 1760 Luise Henriette Karoline Elisabeth von Hochberg (January 14, 1731; † February 18, 1764)
  • Eugen Ferdinand August (* May 17, 1728 in Leubitz; † April 21, 1777), Prussian Rittmeister ⚭ 1765 Sophie Wilhelmine Charlotte Auguste von Schenck (* 1729; † January 1, 1815)
  • Johann Adam Ludwig (born August 15, 1731 in Halberstadt), Prussian major ⚭ Anna Eleonore von Tschammer
  • Anna Eleonore Charlotte Friederike (* July 6, 1735 in Aschersleben; † January 27, 1813) ⚭ Karl Friedrich Graf von Pfeil and Klein-Ellguth (* May 25, 1735; † April 3, 1807), district administrator
  • Karoline Katharina Luise Henriette (born January 28, 1738 in Angerburg; † February 12, 1824 in Medzibor)
⚭ 1768 Hans Friedrich von Sauerma (* December 6, 1699; † September 21, 1779), senior official and councilor
⚭ 1790 Karl Wilhelm von Tschirschky (1735–1803), district deputy, major general

Posadowsky was raised to the hereditary count of counts for himself and the descendants of his eldest son on January 20, 1743 .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ According to Priesdorff (lit.), the date of birth was August 2, 1694.
  2. ↑ Robert Bürkner, Julius Stein: History of the city of Breslau from its foundation to the most recent times , p. 233, (digitized) with contract text
  3. ↑ Historical political, geographic, statistical and military contributions concerning the royal Prussian and neighboring states. Volume 2, p. 572. (digitized version )
  4. ↑ daughter of Carl Friedrich von Wehner ⚭ Anna Catharina von Seliger
  5. ↑ http://www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha/gotha/hochberg.html
personal data
SURNAME Posadowsky, Karl Friedrich von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Posadowski, Karl Friedrich von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian lieutenant general, head of the Knight Academy in Liegnitz
DATE OF BIRTH August 3, 1695
PLACE OF BIRTH Lampersdorf
DATE OF DEATH April 7, 1747
Place of death Spices