Melchior von Diezelsky

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Melchior von Diezelsky (* 1708 in Pomerania ; † August 14, 1757 near Landeshut in Silesia ) was a Prussian major .

Life

Origin and family

Melchior was a member of the Polish - Pomeranian noble family von Diezelsky , who were wealthy near Lauenburg and Neustadt .

He married Anna Catharina Wagner in November 1746 in Magdeburg.

Career

Diezelsky joined the Prussian Army and pursued an officer career. He was promoted to Ensign in Infantry Regiment No. 20 on September 24, 1729 , to Second Lieutenant on January 11, 1734 , and Prime Lieutenant in 1738 , and finally to Captain on February 22, 1746 .

In 1757 he was commander of a grenadier battalion , which consists of two companies of the Infanterieregiment no. 7 and the former Saxon infantry regiment S 53 was composed. His battalion was involved in fighting near Striegau on August 3, 1757 . Diezelsky was fatally wounded in fighting in front of the state hat.

Several correspondence between him and the king are known.

literature

  • Anton Balthasar König : Melchior von Diezelsky . In: Biographical lexicon of all heroes and military figures who made themselves famous in the Prussian service . tape 1 . Arnold Wever, Berlin 1788, p. 362 ( Melchior von Diezelsky at Wikisource [PDF]).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ernst Heinrich Kneschke (ed.): New general German Adels Lexicon , Volume 2, Leipzig 1860, p. 489.
  2. ↑ Weekly Magdeburg question and notification news Magdeburg , 1746.
  3. ↑ Eduard Lange : The soldiers of Frederick the Great. Hermann Mendelssohn, Leipzig 1853, p. 283.
  4. ^ Günther Gieraths : The combat operations of the Brandenburg-Prussian Army 1626-1807. A source manual. Walter de Gruyter , Berlin 1964, p. 359.
  5. ^ Leopold von Zedlitz-Neukirch : New Preussisches Adels-Lexicon , Volume 1, Leipzig 1836, p. 420.
  6. ↑ Œuvres de Frédéric le Grand - Works of Frederick the Great. Digital edition of the Trier University Library .
personal data
SURNAME Diezelsky, Melchior from
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian major
DATE OF BIRTH 1708
PLACE OF BIRTH Pomerania
DATE OF DEATH August 14, 1757
Place of death State hat in Silesia