Karl Matthias von Lepel

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Karl Matthias von Lepel (* December 24, 1704 ; † 1766 ) was a Prussian major .

Life

origin

Karl Matthias was a member of the Pomeranian noble family von Lepel . His parents were the Pomeranian district administrator and heir to Netzelkow and Lütow Caspar Mathias von Lepel (1660–1723) and Eleonore Agnes von Klinckowström from the Engelswarth house (1680–1720).

Career

Lepel took over as adjutant and commander of an infantry battalion , which in 1744 made up of two companies of the regiments no. 7 and no. 30 or 1744-1745 "Jung-Bornstedt" and "Alt-Woldeck" was composed, the second Silesian War part . In 1746 he was awarded the Pour le Mérite order . He received his departure in 1747.

From his father's inheritance he was the lord of Netzelkow and from 1727 also owned Görmitz . In 1744 he also acquired the remaining shares in Gut Neuendorf and Lütow from brother Carl Albrecht. All goods on the Gnitz were sold together in 1753 in the family, in this case Joachim Friedrich (1712–1784).

In the last year of his life he was under guardianship (trustee) because of mental confusion .

family

Lepel's first marriage was in 1747 (divorced before 1754) with Sophie Dorothea von Kleist (1728–1811). He had entered into a second marriage with Eva Sophie von Ramin . The son Johann Friedrich von Lepel emerged from his first marriage, who had also served as an officer in the Prussian army.

literature

  • Historisch-Genealogisches Handbuch des Familie v. Lepel (Lepell). Developed by Andreas Hansert and Oskar Matthias Frhr on the basis of family history sources. v. Lepel with the assistance of Klaus Bernhard Frhr. v. Lepel and Herbert Stoyan . German Family Archives , Volume 151, Verlag Degener & Co. , owner Manfred Dreiss, Insingen 2008, ISBN 978-3-7686-5201-8
  • Anton Balthasar König : Karl Matthias von Lepel . In: Biographical lexicon of all heroes and military figures who made themselves famous in the Prussian service . tape 2 . Arnold Wever, Berlin 1789, p. 402 ( Karl Matthias von Lepel at Wikisource [PDF]).
  • Gottlob Naumann : Collection of unprinted messages explaining the history of the Prussian campaigns from 1740 to 1782 , Volume 1, Dresden 1782, p. 304

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Günther Gieraths : The combat operations of the Brandenburg-Prussian Army 1626-1807. A source handbook , Walter de Gruyter , Berlin 1964, pp. 26, 71, 89, 100 u. 578
  2. ↑ Gustaf Lehmann: The knights of the order pour le mérite. Volume 1, Mittler , Berlin 1913, p. 35, no.247 .
  3. ^ Heinrich Berghaus : Land book of the Duchy of Pomerania: Description of the conditions of this country in the second half of the 19th century , Part II: Land book of the Duchy of Stettin, of Kamin and Hinterpommern; or of the administrative district of the Royal Government of Stettin , Volume 1 Containing the districts Demmin, Anklam, Usedom-Wolin and Ukermünde , Anklam 1865, p. 499
  4. ^ Georg Heinrich Kypke : History of the Kleist family - III. Part, 3rd section Muttrin-Damen'sche Linie , Berlin 1885/1886, p. 36.
personal data
SURNAME Lepel, Karl Matthias von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian major
DATE OF BIRTH December 24, 1704
DATE OF DEATH 1766