Matthias Ludwig von Lossow

Matthias Ludwig von Lossow (born October 7, 1717 in Bansedow in the Stolp district ; † October 12, 1783 in Minden ) was a Prussian lieutenant general and chief of a regiment named after him.

Life

origin

His parents were the royal Polish lieutenant colonel Johann Georg von Lossow (born March 29, 1670 - February 26, 1746) and Johanne Konstanze von Zastrow from the house of Bansedow.

Career

He was in the on August 7, 1731 in Berlin Cadet Corps came after he was born on May 4, 1734 as Junker to Regiment "Glasenapp walk" and was on 24 June 1738 Ensign , on April 26, 1740 Seconde Lieutenant and in the same Years as Premier Lieutenant in the Guard. In the following campaigns he was on the battlefields in Bohemia, Silesia and Saxony: Battle of Chotusitz , Hohenfriedberg and Thrush ; near Groß-Jägersdorf he was wounded in the foot and Torgau in the head. In the battle near Töplitz, a cannonball shot his sword out of his hand. He quickly came forward and was on Nov. 3, 1743 Captain , received on 1 February 1744 grenadier company in which "Garrison Regiment l'Hopital" , was born on June 5, 1753 Major and went into the 1755 in Königsberg standing Königsbergsche "Grenadier -Bataillon " with six companies, was founded on December 16, 1758 Lieutenant Colonel and on May 14, 1759 Colonel and 1760 whose boss was. After the battle near Strehlen (August 20, 1760), the king honored him for special services by awarding him the order of Pour le Mérite . On October 24, 1765 he became chief of the former "Fusilier Regiment Neuwied" , on May 19, 1766 major general and 1777 lieutenant general. In the Bavarian War of Succession in 1778/1779 he was in Prince Heinrich's army .

On May 22, 1782 he diminished and received 2500 thalers a year.

family

Lossow was married to Charlotte Luise Schneider (* June 21, 1732 - December 13, 1812) since May 18, 1782. With this marriage he also legitimized his son, the later Prussian general Constantin von Lossau (* July 23, 1767, † February 16, 1848).

literature

• Ernst Friedländer:  Lossow, Matthias Ludwig v. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 19, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1884, p. 224.
• Anton Balthasar König : Matthias Ludwig von Lossow . In: Biographical lexicon of all heroes and military figures who made themselves famous in the Prussian service . tape 2 . Arnold Wever, Berlin 1789, p. 430 ( Matthias Ludwig von Lossow at Wikisource [PDF]).
• Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 2, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1937], DNB 367632772 , pp. 42-43, no. 569.