Kurt Hildebrand von der Marwitz
Kurt Hildebrand von der Marwitz (* 14. December 1641 at Gut Sellin, † 2. July 1701 in Küstrin ) was a Brandenburg Lieutenant General , Governor of Küstrin and Knights of St John .
Life
origin
He was the son of Balthasar von der Marwitz (* March 25, 1600 † March 28, 1657) (Sellin House) in command of Küstrin and his wife Anne von Schönebeck from the Riegenwalde house.
Career
He fought in the army of Elector Friedrich Wilhelm . On July 22, 1677 he became a colonel and commanded an infantry regiment of Field Marshal Georg von Derfflinger in the Swedish-Brandenburg War . He was at the siege of Szczecin. In October he found himself outside Stralsund. On June 18, 1678 he was made Knight of St. John.
On June 9, 1684 he became major general and in 1689 lieutenant general. In 1692 he became governor of Küstrin, where he died in 1701. He was also the governor of Marienwalde and Reetz .
family
He was married three times. His first wife was Anna von Papstein († March 8, 1666) from the House of Tankow on June 15, 1665 . After her untimely death he married Hedwig Tugendreich von Oppen († 1672) from the Fredersdorf house on December 3, 1667 .
Married on May 3, 1677 to Beate Luise von Derfflinger (1647–1715), daughter of Georg von Derfflinger . The couple had four sons and two daughters, including:
- Georg (June 28, 1678; † October 7, 1727) ∞ Henriette Sybille von der Marwitz (* October 18, 1698; † June 16, 1738)
- Baltasar Friedrich († young)
- Christian Ludwig († young)
- Heinrich Karl (1680–1744) ∞ Albertine Eleonore von Wittenhorst (1693–1721)
- Charlotte Sophie (11 November 1687 - 5 March 1751)
- ∞I 1716 Lieutenant General Alexander Magnus von der Marwitz (1668–1726), later Prussian major general
- ∞II 1730 Karl Kasimir von Wittenhorst-Sonsfeld († November 15, 1768)
literature
- Anton Balthasar König : Kurt Hildebrand von der Marwitz . In: Biographical lexicon of all heroes and military figures who made themselves famous in the Prussian service . tape 3 . Arnold Wever, Berlin 1790, p. 23 ( Kurt Hildebrand von der Marwitz at Wikisource [PDF]).
- Carl Günther Ludovici : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 19, Zedler, Halle and Leipzig 1739, Sp. 1889–1890 ( digitized , children)
- Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of noble houses , Justus Perthes , Gotha 1905, p. 495
Web links
- Family tree at online-ofb.de
- Pedigree at rootsweb.ancestry.com
Individual evidence
- ^ Johann Christoph Becmann , Justus Christoph Dithmar: Johann Christoph Beckmanns, D. Description of the Knightly Johanniter Order. Frankfurt an der Oder 1726, p. 276 ( digitized version )
- ↑ Hedwig Tugendreich von Oppen at geneagraphie.com
- ↑ Karl Kasimir von Wittenhorst-Sonsfeld at geneagraphie.com
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Marwitz, Kurt Hildebrand from the |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Marwitz, Curt Hildebrand from the |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Brandenburg Lieutenant General and Governor of the Küstrin Fortress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 14, 1641 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Good Sellin |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 2, 1701 |
| Place of death | Küstrin |