Louis de Montolieu
Louis de Montolieu de Saint Hyppolite (* 1669 in Saint-Hippolyte-de-Caton , † 23 August 1738 in Berlin ) was a Prussian major general and Sardinian lieutenant general .
Life
Montolieu was a younger son of Pierre de Montolieu, Seigneur of Saint-Hippolyte in Languedoc . After the Edict of Nantes, he initially entered the Dutch service , but a little later into the Savoyard service, where he advanced to major in 1704 and as such was able to distinguish himself militarily against Louis XIV several times . On 16 May 1705 he became a lieutenant colonel of the infantry in the Prussian service over and was on the corps of Prince Leopold of Anhalt-Dessau einrangiert. Montolieu took part in the War of the Spanish Succession , in particular the battles at Cassano and Turin . He was promoted to colonel on August 14, 1707 and major general on February 5, 1714. In 1716 he returned to the Savoyard service and in 1720 was promoted to lieutenant general. Montolieu's body was buried in the French Cathedral in Berlin.
Montolieu was married to Susanne von Pélissier (1664–1748) and had at least two daughters with her:
- Marie de Montolieu, Baroness de St. Hippolyte (1709–1767), ⚭ Friedrich Wilhelm Quirin von Forcade (1699–1765), Prussian lieutenant general
- Susannade de Montolieu, Baroness de St. Hippolyte, ⚭ Johann Heinrich le Chenevix de Beville, Prussian colonel (parents of Gottlieb Ludwig von Beville (1734–1810), Prussian general of the infantry and governor of the Principality of Neuchâtel )
literature
- Jean Pierre Erman, Frédéric Reclam, Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire des Réfugiés françois dans les Etats du roi, Tome 7 , 1790, pages 265-266 Digitisat
- Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 1, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1937], DNB 367632764 , p. 110, no. 182.
Individual evidence
- ^ Louis Moréri: Le grand dictionnaire historique. P. 388. Pierre de Montolieu and his wife Jeanne de Froment
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Montolieu, Louis de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian major general and Sardinian lieutenant general |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1669 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Saint-Hippolyte-de-Caton |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 23, 1738 |
| Place of death | Berlin |