Levin August von Dingelstädt
Levin August von Dingelstädt (* 1718 in Mecklenburg ; † December 25, 1807 in Lessendorf) was a Prussian colonel and chief of Hussar Regiment No. 4 and heir to Lessendorf and Alt-Tschau near Freystadt in Silesia .
Life
Dingelstädt went into Prussian service in 1740 . On January 5, 1741 he became a lieutenant and on August 7, 1745 Rittmeister . In March 1758 he became lieutenant colonel of the hussar regiment and in December 1759 he was promoted to colonel and became chief of the regiment. In 1762 Dingelstädt asked for his release because of illness, which was granted to him despite the ongoing war . He retired to his estate in Lessendorf. On April 4, 1763 he received the Silesian Inkolat .
He was married to Charlotte Sophie von Koschembahr from 1746 . She died a few days after her husband. The marriage remained without children. The Hessian Major General August Ludwig von Lehsten († 1819) inherited the colonel, who was the last of his tribe to die, and founded the Lehsten-Dingelstedt line.
literature
- Johann David Erdmann Preuss: Friedrich the Great: A life story. Volume 5, p. 20. Marriage license.
- Hans Bleckwenn: Old Prussian officer portraits. P. 187f.
- Leopold von Zedlitz-Neukirch : New Prussian Nobility Lexicon . Volume 1, p. 420.
- Anton Balthasar König : Levin August von Dingelstädt . In: Biographical lexicon of all heroes and military people . tape I . Arnold Wever, Berlin 1788, p. 438 ( Levin August von Dingelstädt in the Google book search).
- Ernst Heinrich Kneschke : New general German nobility lexicon . Volume 5, p. 443. Lehsten-Dingelstedt.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dingelstädt, Levin August von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dingelstaedt, Dingelstedt |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian Colonel, Chief of Hussar Regiment No. 4 |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1718 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mecklenburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 25, 1807 |
| Place of death | Lessendorf |