Karl von Voss

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Karl von Voss (born May 11, 1726 in the county of Mark , † June 20, 1804 in Quedlinburg ) was a Prussian major general , chief of infantry regiment No. 11 and knight of the Pour le Mérite .

Life

origin

Karl was the son of Moritz Leopold von Voss from the county of Mark and his wife, one of Schneid.

Military career

Voss went into Prussian service in 1745 and joined the "Neuwied" infantry regiment No. 41 . There he was on 19 January 1747 Ensign and on March 2, 1752 second lieutenant . As such he took part in the battles near Prague , Kolin , Kunersdorf , Liegnitz , Torgau , Reichenbach and Hof as well as the siege of Dresden during the Seven Years' War . In the course of the war Voss has since been on October 22, 1757 to first lieutenant , on May 26, 1760 to staff captain , and on 29 November 1760 to captain transported and company commander appointed. Voss was also wounded several times. A musket ball hit him in the head near Kolin and he was shot in the arm during the siege of Olomouc .

After the war he was promoted to major on February 2, 1767 and to lieutenant colonel on January 20, 1775 . He took part with his regiment in the campaign in 1778/79 and became a colonel on June 23, 1779 after the peace agreement . In 1783 he became the commander of the Gillern Infantry Regiment No. 16 . On March 1, 1786 he became chief of the infantry regiment "Rothkirch" No. 11 in Königsberg . On March 7, 1786, he was also appointed major general.

On June 7, 1789, Voss received the order Pour le Mérite from King Friedrich Wilhelm II at the review in Klingenbeil . The following year he was freed from the upcoming campaign and took over the business as governor of the Königsberg Fortress on behalf of the absent Lieutenant General Henckel von Donnersmarck . He also supervised the depot battalions there. On September 26, 1790, he dimitted with a pension of 1000 thalers . The pension was increased by 200 thalers on January 23, 1791.

He died on June 20, 1804 and was buried four days later in the cemetery of the Sankt-Blasii-Kirche in Quedlinburg.

family

Voss married on January 23, 1763 in Naumburg (Saale) Wilhelmine Konstanze Friederike von Trebra (born August 16, 1739 in Braunsroda; † October 22, 1826 at Kyffhäuser ), the daughter of a Saxon district councilor. The couple had the following children:

  • Karl Georg Friedrich August (born December 14, 1763 in Minden ; † November 21, 1823), Prussian major and commander of the Invalidenhaus in Anklam
  • Ernestine Luise Henriette Christiane (born December 5, 1764 in Minden) ⚭ NN von Bose , captain
  • Ludwig Theodor (January 1, 1767 in Minden; † February 10, 1807), Prussian major in the regiment of the Gardes du Corps
  • Johanna Marie Elisabeth Ernestine Charlotte (born January 25, 1769 in Minden), domina in the Zehdenick women's monastery
  • Luise Friederike Wilhelmine (born November 28, 1780 in Minden)
  • Fredrike Dorothea (born August 25, 1772 in Minden) ⚭ March 21, 1798 NN von Werther, Major
  • Marianne Karoline Philippine (born June 1, 1776 in Minden)
  • Karl Heinrich Friedrich (born March 22, 1778 in Braunsroda), Prussian captain and chamberlain to the Duke of Anhalt-Bernburg
  • Konstantina Charlotte Henriette (born May 14, 1784 in Minden)
  • Charlotte Eleonore (born April 23, 1783 in Braunsberg)

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Johann Friedrich Seyfart, p. 362, Life and Government History of Frederick the Other King in Prussia , Volume 2, digitized
  2. ^ Leipziger Zeitung, 1826, p.3112 obituary notice
personal data
SURNAME Voss, Karl von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian Major General, Chief of Infantry Regiment No. 11
DATE OF BIRTH May 11, 1726
PLACE OF BIRTH County mark
DATE OF DEATH June 20, 1804
Place of death Quedlinburg