Lorenz Ernst von Münchow

Lorenz Ernst von Münchow (* 1700 ; † January 1758 ) was a royal Prussian major general and Drost zu Sparrenberg .

family

He was the eldest son of Anton Reinhold von Münchow and Marie Elisabeth von Briesen. He was married to Charlotte von Stechow and had a son and a daughter with her:

Otto Alexander Friedrich (* 1737; † April 1, 1822) ⚭ Anna Wilhelmie Rolla du Rosey
Margarethe Elisabeth Wilhelmine (born November 11, 1738; † around 1798)

⚭ Johann Siegmund von Kleist (April 12, 1714 - October 21, 1757)

⚭ Christoph Philipp von der Osten (* July 21, 1730 - † December 27, 1797), Major a. D., parents of General Otto von der Osten

Life

Lorenz Ernst von Münchow entered Prussian service in 1716 in Infantry Regiment No. 1 ( Wartensleben ). In 1722 he became an ensign , in August 1724 secondary lieutenant and in July 1730 premier lieutenant. On January 1, 1732 he became a staff captain and in May 1735 captain . In October 1742 he became major , on June 6, 1751 lieutenant colonel and on September 10, 1754 colonel . A little earlier, on September 3, he became the official captain of Sparrenberg appointed (Ravensburg).

During the Seven Years' War he commanded Infantry Regiment No. 1 ( Winterfeld ). In December he took over the Infantry Regiment No. 28 ( Hautcharmoy ) and was made major general at the same time. In the battle of Hohenfriedberg he was able to distinguish himself particularly and was honored with the order Pour le Mérite . He was seriously injured in the Battle of Prague , as well as in the Battle of Leuthen . He died of his injuries in January 1758.

literature

Eduard Lange : The soldiers of Frederick the Great. P. 109 ( (digitized) )
Anton Balthasar König : Lorenz Ernst von Münchow . In: Biographical lexicon of all heroes and military figures who made themselves famous in the Prussian service . tape 3 . Arnold Wever, Berlin 1790, p. 75 ( Lorenz Ernst von Münchow at Wikisource [PDF]).
New genealogical-historical news of the most distinguished events that happened at the European courts , Volume 51, p. 700, ( short biography )
Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of noble houses , fourth year, Jutsus Perthes, Gotha 1903, p. 604
Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 1, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1937], DNB 367632764 , pp. 446-447, no. 462

Individual evidence

↑ Christoph Philipp von der Osten married in 1766 a von Stechow Cf. Lorenz Ernst von Münchow . In: Marcelli Janecki , Deutsche Adelsgenossenschaft (Hrsg.): Yearbook of the German nobility . Second volume. WT Bruer's Verlag, Berlin 1898, p. 714-715 ( dlib.rsl.ru ). ; after Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldatisches Führertum . Volume 5, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1938], DNB 367632802 , p. 131, no. 1456 (wrong).

personal data
SURNAME	Münchow, Lorenz Ernst von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Prussian major general and Drost zu Sparrenberg
DATE OF BIRTH	1700
DATE OF DEATH	January 1758

[1] Christoph Philipp von der Osten married in 1766 a von Stechow Cf. Lorenz Ernst von Münchow . In: Marcelli Janecki , Deutsche Adelsgenossenschaft (Hrsg.): Yearbook of the German nobility . Second volume. WT Bruer's Verlag, Berlin 1898, p. 714-715 ( dlib.rsl.ru ). ; after Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldatisches Führertum . Volume 5, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1938], DNB 367632802 , p. 131, no. 1456 (wrong).