Karl Ludwig Gottlob Löwenberger von Schönholz
Karl Ludwig Gottlob Löwenberger von Schönholz (* 1716 ; † November 6, 1789 in Schönfließ ) was a Prussian major general of the cavalry .
Life
origin
He comes from a family in Pomerania . His father was a pastor in Marwitz and Velten, his mother's name was Marie Sophie, geb. Kruger.
Career
He began his military career in 1744 as a flag boy in Dragoon Regiment No. 1 (Lottum). In the regiment, after having participated in the First Silesian War , in particular the battles at Hohenfriedeberg and Kesselsdorf , he advanced to ensign on July 10, 1745 and second lieutenant on July 1, 1749 . During the Seven Years' War he was present at the battles near Prague , Kolin , Leuthen , Zorndorf and Torgau . For his service in front of Kolin, already with the rank of captain , he received the order Pour le Mérite on November 10, 1760 . He climbed until he 1771 Major was 1782 Lieutenant Colonel and on September 27, 1784 , Colonel . Due to his age, he was retired as major general in 1788.
family
He married Anna Blessing († 1800) with one son Ludwig (* 1769), who in 1789 took his leave as ensign in Dragoon Regiment No. 3 and had a daughter.
literature
- Anton Balthasar König : Karl Ludwig Gottlob Löwenberger von Schönholz . In: Biographical lexicon of all heroes and military figures who made themselves famous in the Prussian service . tape 3 . Arnold Wever, Berlin 1790, p. 410 ( Karl Ludwig Gottlob Löwenberger von Schönholz at Wikisource [PDF]).
- Ernst Heinrich Kneschke : New general German nobility lexicon . Volume 5, Leipzig 1864, p. 621, digitized
- Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 2, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1937], DNB 367632772 , p. 275, no. 770.
Individual evidence
- ^ After Priesdorff (Lit.) * 1712 in Pomerania.
- ↑ Gustaf Lehmann: The knights of the order pour le mérite. Volume 1, Mittler , Berlin 1913, p. 95, no. 566.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Löwenberger von Schönholz, Karl Ludwig Gottlob |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | royal Prussian major general of the cavalry |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1716 |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 6, 1789 |
| Place of death | Schönfließ |