Leopold Alexander von Wartensleben (1710–1775)

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Leopold Alexander von Wartensleben (1710–1775)

Leopold Alexander Graf von Wartensleben (born October 1, 1710 , † September 21, 1775 in Berlin ) was a Prussian lieutenant general . He was senior of the Order of St. John as well as Komtur and Landvogt der Kommende Schivelbein, knight of the order Pour le Mérite , Landdrost von Hetter, Rees and Isselburg and Freiherr der Herrlichkeit Wertherbruch and Mitteldonk as well as hereditary lord on Freybergsdorf.

Life

Leopold Alexander was born as the youngest son of Field Marshal Alexander Hermann von Wartensleben from the primeval aristocratic house of Wartensleben and his second wife Anna Sophia von Treskow (1670–1735).

He received his training at the pedagogy in Halle . On April 25, 1725 he was already ensign in Infantry Regiment No. 1 (body regiment of the king) and on January 1, 1728 second lieutenant. In 1730 he was part of the retinue of King Friedrich Wilhelm I at the troop display in Mühlberg . In February 1732 he was a volunteer in the imperial army under Friedrich Ludwig von Württemberg-Winnental in battle with the Corsicans . After the end of the campaign in 1732 he returned, in 1734 became a wing adjutant to the king and in 1737 a staff captain. He was a good friend of Crown Prince Friedrich II , who ensured that Wartensleben was accepted into the Freemasons ' league in Braunschweig on August 14, 1738, immediately after himself . When Friedrich became king, he appointed Von Wartensleben as colonel and adjutant general. He was in its wake in the First and Second Silesian Wars . On May 20, 1751 he became major general. On June 26, 1756 he applied for his departure due to illness, which he received as lieutenant general.

Knights of St. John

He was accepted into the Order of St. John on August 6, 1731 and assigned to the Coming Schievelbein. On October 18, 1735, on the orders of the King, he became Commander-in- Chief with Friedrich Wilhelm von Kalckstein. In 1759 he became senior of the order and when Prince Ferdinand was admitted in 1762, he was knighted. He died as the resident commander of Schivelbein.

He was buried in the crypt of the Berlin garrison church , as was his wife. Since the church was destroyed in World War II, the couple's bones were buried after 1945 in a shared grave in the Stahnsdorf cemetery near Berlin.

family

Since March 24, 1734 he was married to Anne Friederike von Kameke († 1788), daughter of Paul Anton von Kameke . The couple had the following children:

  • Friedrich Wilhelm (* 1739; † as a child)
  • Wilhelm Friedrich Heinrich Ferdinand (1740–1776), Court Marshal ⚭ December 3, 1762 Sophie von Printzen (1742–1811) (married in 1782 Hans Ernst Dietrich von Werder )
  • Elisabeth Amalie Ulrike (1741–1808) ⚭ Hans von Blumenthal (1722–1788), colonel and chief steward
  • Luise Anna (* 1742 † as a child)
  • Alexander Hermann (* 1743; † as a child)
  • Leopold Alexander (1745–1822) ⚭ October 29, 1771 Dorothea von der Recke (1753–1825)
  • August Heinrich (1748–1805)
⚭ September 26, 1774 (divorced August 26, 1786) Charlotte Luise von Wakenitz (1756–1831) ⚭ 1790 Adolf Friedrich von Rochow
⚭ Eleonore Dorothea Karoline Adolfine von Plessau (1775–1807)
  • Anna Amalie Friederike (1749–1818) ⚭ 1771 (divorced 1778) Wilhelm Karl von Dyhrn-Schönau (1749–1813)
  • Karl Sophus (* 1751; † as a child)
  • Ferdinand Moritz (1753–1795), Court Marshal ⚭ January 9, 1775 Andriette Auguste von Kleist (1758–1798)

literature

personal data
SURNAME Waiting life, Leopold Alexander von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Commander von Schivelbein, Prussian Lieutenant General, Landdrost von Hetter, Rees and Isselburg
DATE OF BIRTH October 1, 1710
DATE OF DEATH September 21, 1775
Place of death Berlin