Leopold von Heydebrand and the Lasa

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Leopold Blasius Valentin von Heydebrand and the Lasa (born February 15, 1754 in Gross Lassowitz , † September 13, 1808 at Gut Ornontowitz ) was a Prussian major and knight of the order Pour le Mérite .

family

Leopold von Heydebrand and the Lasa came from the Ornontowitz-Storchnest line of his ancient Silesian noble family. Leopold von Heydebrand and the Lasa were married twice, first to Henriette Beate Wientzek (1754–1794) and then, since August 19, 1798, to Marie-Therese von Schimony-Schimonsky (1776–1865), senior councilor of Stubendorf, Neisse district . His eldest son from his first marriage was the Prussian major general Heinrich von Heydebrand and the Lasa (1790–1868), his grandson was the chess master and Imperial German diplomat Tassilo von Heydebrand and the Lasa (1818–1899).

Military career

Heydebrand joined the Prussian army as an officer candidate, as was customary in the Prussian aristocratic families . He chose the cavalry as a weapon and became a hussar. When the First Coalition War against revolutionary France broke out, he was Rittmeister in the Wolffrad Hussar Regiment. With this regiment he took part in the Allied advance to Lorraine in the summer and autumn and, like the whole Wolffradt Hussar Regiment, distinguished himself especially in the battle in August 1792 near Fontoi. On September 1, 1792, the Berlinische Zeitung reported: “Report from the Army High Command, Headquarters Berchem from August 19: […] that General Hohenlohe's Majesty was moved after the lecture, […] and the Staff Assistant Master of Heydebrand granted the order pour le merite In the diary entry of the von Kleist regiment it says: “In the camp near Grüne, August 19:, SM have graciously deigned to appoint Colonel von Wolffradt major general [...]. The Rittmeister von Heydebrand [...] received the order pour le merite from the von Wolffradt regiment [...].

Leopold von Heydebrand rose to major and was adopted after the army reduction imposed by Napoleon Prussia in the Peace of Tilsit . He returned to his estate in Upper Silesia, which he managed until his death.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Volume A XV, Pages 251/52, CA Starke-Verlag, Limburg, 1979
  2. ↑ a b Gustav Lehmann: The Knights of the Order pour le merite, Volume 1, Page 214, No. 172, Mittler, Berlin 1913
personal data
SURNAME Heydebrand and the Lasa, Leopold von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian major and knight of the order Pour le Mérite
DATE OF BIRTH February 15, 1754
PLACE OF BIRTH Gross Lassowitz
DATE OF DEATH September 13, 1808
Place of death Gut Ornontowitz