Leopold Georg von Kameke
Leopold Georg (e) von Kame (c) ke (born April 23, 1725 in Pomerania ; † July 13, 1781 in Magdeburg ) was a Prussian major , commander of the grenadier battalion "Jung-Kameke" and heir to Baldekow in Western Pomerania.
Life
origin
His father was Lieutenant Colonel Henning Georg von Kameke (March 3, 1683 - December 24, 1737) and his wife Eleonore Dorothea Juliane, born von Grape (1690 - after 1757) from the Dörphagen family.
Military career
In 1742 Kameke entered Prussian service and came into the infantry regiment "von Herzberg" . He took part in the Second Silesian War and rose to second lieutenant until 1749 . During the Seven Years' War he was wounded in the Battle of Lobositz and was promoted to captain until 1760 .
On July 7, 1773 he was promoted to major and Kameke was given command of the grenadier battalion "Jung-Kameke". The battalion was composed of grenadians from the regiments "Jung-Bornstedt" and "Lengefeld" . During the War of the Bavarian Succession in 1778/79 he was in the army of Prince Heinrich in Saxony. But he died in 1781.
family
Kameke was married to Auguste Elisabeth Luise Oschütz (1745-1814), a daughter of the Prussian war and domain councilor Johann Friedrich Oschütz. The couple had several children:
- Friedrich Leopold Ludwig Levin (* June 30, 1765; † July 6, 1810) ⚭ Wilhelmine von Brandt († 1837)
- Wilhelmine Auguste Eleonore (* July 5, 1766 - † February 21, 1848)
- Georg Ludwig (* 1767)
- Wilhelm Leopold Bernhard (born February 25, 1768 - † July 7, 1834), Lieutenant Colonel ⚭ 1816 Elisabeth Humeke (1797–1869)
- Ludwig Leopold (born February 22, 1771 - † April 19, 1845), captain a. D. ⚭ 1794 Charlotte Anna Wilhelmine Wendland (October 1, 1779 - May 16, 1854)
- Karoline Elisabeth Charlotte (born November 26, 1772 - † January 19, 1861)
- Friedrich Wilhelm Leopold (born August 4, 1774; † February 20, 1812), retired lieutenant. D.
- Karl Georg (* July 20, 1776; † April 1, 1854) ⚭ NN
literature
- Anton Balthasar König : Leopold George von Kamecke . In: Biographical lexicon of all heroes and military figures who made themselves famous in the Prussian service . tape 2 . Arnold Wever, Berlin 1789, p. 244 ( Leopold George von Kamecke at Wikisource [PDF]).
- Yearbook of the German Nobility . Volume 2, 1898, p. 179.
- Eduard Lange : The soldiers of Frederick the Great. P. 290.
- Johann Friedrich Seyfart : Impartheyische history of the Bavarian war of succession. P. 534f.
- Fritz von Kameke-Cratzig: Contributions to the history of the von Kameke family. Hendeß, 1892, p. 91.
Individual evidence
- ^ According to the year book of the German nobility. August
- ↑ Fritz von Kameke-Cratzig: contributions to the history of the family of Kameke. Hendeß, 1892, p. 90.
- ↑ Wilhelmina of fire at online-ofb.de
- ↑ Elizabeth Humeke at schlossarchiv.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kameke, Leopold Georg von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kamecke, Leopold George von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian major, commander of a grenadier battalion |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 23, 1725 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pomerania |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 13, 1781 |
| Place of death | Magdeburg |