Leopold Schönberg von Brenkenhoff
Leopold Schönberg von Brenkenhoff (* 1750 in Dessau ; † October 5, 1799 ) was a Prussian officer and military writer.
He was the son of Franz Balthasar Schönberg von Brenkenhoff and his first wife Louise von Bergen .
During a stay in Bad Pyrmont in June 1766, he had a partner named Lessing , who also lived with him for a while before they both left for Göttingen in August .
He was initially an officer in the Saxon Garde du Corps , then in the Prussian army. There he was adjutant general to Friedrich von Braunschweig . He worked successfully as a critical military writer and translator of several works from French. On October 17, 1794, he was awarded the Order of Merit Pour le Mérite .
His works are:
- 1783, Mottin de la Balme's principles of tactics for the cavalry , digitized
- 1780, paradoxes, mostly military content , digitized
- 1785, Treatise on the Establishment of Light Troops and Their Use in War Review
- 1799, treatise on the little war and on the use of light troops with regard to the French war , digitized with General Georg Wilhelm von Valentini
The work on the Little War was particularly popular. It had five editions from 1799 to 1821.
literature
- Samuel Baur, General Historical Short Dictionary of All Strange People Who Died in the Last Decade of the Eighteenth Century , p. 139, digitized
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Karl Friedrich Hildebrand, Christian Zweng, The Knights of the Order pour Le mérite: 1740-1918
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Brenkenhoff, Leopold Schönberg from |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Brenkenhoff, Leopold von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian officer and military writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1750 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dessau |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 5, 1799 |