Leopold Ludwig of Anhalt

Leopold Ludwig von Anhalt (born February 28, 1729 in Kleckewitz ; † April 28, 1795 in Liegnitz ) was one of the Imperial Counts of Anhalt from the house of the Ascanians and a Prussian general .

Life

Leopold Ludwig was a son of the Hereditary Prince Wilhelm Gustav von Anhalt-Dessau (1699–1737) from his morganatic marriage to Johanne Sophie Herre (1706–1795). The marriage of his parents was only confessed to his grandfather, Prince Leopold I , on his father's deathbed . The children recommended in this marriage lived at Gut Kleckewitz near Raguhn at that time and the princely grandfather only brought the eldest brother Leopold Ludwig to the Dessau court.

In 1749 , the younger brother of his father, Prince Leopold II , had Emperor Franz I elevate the widow and her children to the rank of imperial counts as Countesses of Anhalt .

Leopold Ludwig participated in the Prussian army in the campaigns of the Second Silesian War and fought in the battles of Kesselsdorf , Lobositz and Prague . Seriously wounded there, he had to limp from then on . Caught in December 1759 and released in 1760 by exchange on the word of honor to retire from the war, he returned to Dessau. In Prussian military service he was described as brave but strict. Particularly valued by Frederick the Great , he received the Pour le Mérite in 1774 and rose to Lieutenant General and Inspector General of the Lower Silesian Infantry in 1785 . Also Friedrich Wilhelm II. , Leopold Ludwig acquaintance with his future partner Wilhelmine Enke owed him showed "special trust". He awarded him the Order of Black in 1787 , the Order of the Red Eagle in 1792 and promoted him to General of the Infantry in 1794 .

family

From his marriage to Karoline von Printzen (1734–1799) in 1763 , Leopold Ludwig had a daughter: Wilhelmine Sophie Karoline (1765–1804). She was a candidate for the office of abbess of the women's monastery in Mosigkau when she married Second Lieutenant Julius Friedrich von Bongé , Herr auf Kriegnitz († 1820), in 1795 .

literature

Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 2, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1937], DNB 367632772 , pp. 103-105, no. 625.

Johann Samuel Publication (Ed.): General Encyclopedia of Sciences and Arts ... , Third Part, FA Brockhaus, 1819, p. 134 digitized

Caesar Dietrich von Witzleben : Anhalt . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 462 f. (Family item)

Individual evidence

↑ Her parents were Colonel Johann Friedrich von Printzen (1680–1740) and his wife Sophia Elisabeth Henriette von Rindtorf (1706–1776). Continued new genealogical-historical News , Vol 76, pp 828f, memorial . Major General Johann Friedrich von Printzen was her grandfather.

personal data
SURNAME	Anhalt, Leopold Ludwig von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Count of Anhalt, General
DATE OF BIRTH	February 28, 1729
PLACE OF BIRTH	Kleckewitz
DATE OF DEATH	April 28, 1795
Place of death	Liegnitz

[eltern-1] Her parents were Colonel Johann Friedrich von Printzen (1680–1740) and his wife Sophia Elisabeth Henriette von Rindtorf (1706–1776). Continued new genealogical-historical News , Vol 76, pp 828f, memorial . Major General Johann Friedrich von Printzen was her grandfather.