Maximilian Emanuel von Württemberg-Winnental
Maximilian Emanuel von Württemberg-Winnental (born February 27, 1689 in Stuttgart , † September 25, 1709 in Dubno ) was a prince from the house of Württemberg-Winnental and lifesaver of the Swedish King Karl XII.
His parents were Field Marshal Friedrich Karl von Württemberg-Winnental (1652–1698) and his wife Eleonore Juliane von Brandenburg-Ansbach (1663–1724).
Life
The prince left the court at the age of 14 to join the army of Charles XII. who waged war in Poland in 1703. In the army he was quickly known as "lillprinsen" (German: the Little Prince ). His first battle was the Battle of Pułtusk on April 21, 1703 . He fought in the conquest of Thorn , Elbing and Lemberg . In the course of the campaign he saved Karl XII. while crossing a river from drowning, which gave him the lifelong friendship of Charles XII. secured. After the peace treaty of 1706 , he returned briefly to Stuttgart in 1707, to rejoin Karl XII after only five weeks. to set out, who now invaded Russia.
On June 18, 1708 he suffered a gunshot wound while crossing the Beresina . Although his wound had not yet healed, he fought in the Battle of Golovchin (July 4, 1708). A little later he became a colonel in the Buchwald dragoon regiment.
In the Battle of Poltava , in which he fought in the cavalry on the left wing, the Swedish army capitulated and Maximilian was also captured. But he was soon released. On the way back to Württemberg he died of an illness in Dubno , Volhynia (today: Ukraine ). Charles XII. lamented losing a good friend. His body was buried first in Krakow and then in the family crypt in the church of Pitschen in Upper Silesia. His grave monument was moved to the old castle in 1887.
On his travels he was accompanied by the preacher Johann Wendelin Bardili (1675–1740), a grandson of Carl Bardili . He wrote a book about his trip with the prince: Des Weyland durchl. Printzens Maximilian Emanuels, Hertzogs in Würtemberg Reisen und Campagnen , Stuttgart 1730.
See also
literature
- Klaus Merten: Maximilian Emanuel. In: Sönke Lorenz , Dieter Mertens , Volker Press (eds.): Das Haus Württemberg. A biographical lexicon. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-17-013605-4 , p. 239.
- Gerhard Raff : Hie good Wirtemberg all the way. Volume 4: The House of Württemberg from Duke Eberhard Ludwig to Duke Carl Alexander. With the Stuttgart and Winnental lines. Landhege, Schwaigern 2015, ISBN 978-3-943066-39-5 , pp. 570–620.
- Eugen Schneider : Maximilian Emanuel . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 21, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1885, p. 76.
- Sigmund Schott : Max Emanuel, Prince of Würtemberg, and his friend Karl XII, King of Sweden. Adolph Krabbe, Stuttgart 1839 ( books.google.com ).
- Max Emanuel . In: Theodor Westrin (Ed.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 17 : Lux-Mekanik . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1912, Sp. 1323-1324 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Christian Gottlieb Jöcher: General learned lexicon . books.google.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Württemberg-Winnental, Maximilian Emanuel von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prince from the House of Württemberg-Winnental, Swedish colonel |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 27, 1689 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stuttgart |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 25, 1709 |
| Place of death | Dubno |