Maximilian von Rampusch

Maximilian von Rampusch (* 1665 in Breslau ; † January 9, 1743 ibid) was a royal Prussian major general , chief of infantry regiment No. 43 and knight of the Pour le Mérite .

He was born in Wroclaw . His parents were Joachim von Rampusch (1598–1671) and his third wife Anna Dorothea Assmann . The imperial councilor Zacharias von Rampusch (1632–1697) was his brother.

He was a colonel there when the city became part of the State of Prussia in 1741 . He was the commander and overseer of the fortress there. King Friedrich II appointed him major general and gave him the former city guard to turn it into the 43rd Infantry Regiment (Count von Anhalt). He also received the Pour le Mérite on March 6, 1741. He died two years later on January 9, 1743.

He was a veteran soldier and had already participated in the War of the Spanish Succession . He was seriously injured in the battle of Peterwardein (August 5, 1716) and retired as captain of the Alt-Daun infantry regiment (but received the character of a lieutenant colonel on August 16, 1719). In 1725 he was appointed a Bohemian baron and von Rampusch and Rommenstein .

literature

Anton Balthasar König : Maximilian von Rampusch . In: Biographical lexicon of all heroes and military people . tape III . Arnold Wever, Berlin 1790, p. 478 ( Maximilian von Rampusch in the Google book search).
Johannes Sinapius : Der Schlesische Adel , Volume 2, P. 902 digitized
Julius Mebes : Contributions to the history of the Brandenburg-Prussian state , Volume 1, p. 335, digitized

Individual evidence

↑ Martin Opitz: 1624–1631 issues of German literature from the 15th to the 18th century , Volume 2, p. 444.
^ Carl Günther Ludovici : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts , p. 302, digitized
↑ Austrian War of Succession, 1740–1748: Edited from the field files and other authentic sources in the war history department of the K. and K. War Archives, Volume 2, p. 22
^ Johann Christian von Hellbach : Adels-Lexikon , Volume 2, p. 281, digitized

personal data
SURNAME	Rampusch, Maximilian von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Prussian Major General, Chief of Infantry Regiment No. 43
DATE OF BIRTH	1665
PLACE OF BIRTH	Wroclaw
DATE OF DEATH	January 9, 1743
Place of death	Wroclaw

[1] Martin Opitz: 1624–1631 issues of German literature from the 15th to the 18th century , Volume 2, p. 444.

[2] Carl Günther Ludovici : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts , p. 302, digitized

[3] Austrian War of Succession, 1740–1748: Edited from the field files and other authentic sources in the war history department of the K. and K. War Archives, Volume 2, p. 22

[4] Johann Christian von Hellbach : Adels-Lexikon , Volume 2, p. 281, digitized