Karl Wilhelm von Jäger
Karl Wilhelm von Jäger (* 1686 ; † December 1744 ) was a Prussian lieutenant colonel .
Life
Jäger came from a noble family from New Markets . He served in the Prussian army in the infantry regiment "Prince Heinrich" (No. 12) in 1730 as a prime lieutenant and in 1740 as a grenadier captain .
He was the commander of a grenadier battalion , which also comprised the grenadier companies of the regiments "Varenne" (No. 31) and "Kreytzen" (No. 40) .
In recognition of his extraordinary services, the king promoted him, possibly posthumously , from captain to Infantry Regiment No. 12 promoted to lieutenant colonel by the army. He died at the age of 58 from injury at the beginning of December 1744 when the Prussian troops marched out of Bohemia .
literature
- Anton Balthasar König : Karl Wilhelm von Jäger . In: Biographical lexicon of all heroes and military figures who made themselves famous in the Prussian service . tape 2 . Arnold Wever, Berlin 1789, p. 197 ( Karl Wilhelm von Jäger at Wikisource [PDF]).
- Johann Friedrich Seyfart : Life and government history of Friedrich the other king in Prussia , Volume 1, 1788, p. 342, FN 534
Individual evidence
- ^ Leopold von Zedlitz-Neukirch : Neues Prussisches Adels-Lexicon , Volume 4, Leipzig 1837, p. 20.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jäger, Karl Wilhelm von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian lieutenant colonel |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1686 |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 1744 |