Menasse from Dorthe
Manasseh by Dorthe (actually: d'Orchez ) (* 1660 , † 1731 ) was a kurbrandenburger Lieutenant General and chief of a free company .
Life
Menasse von Dorthe came from the family of Claude Antoine de Bienne Baron de Clervant, a family from which the kings of Burgundy also come. It was an ancient noble family in Metz .
Like many others, he came to Brandenburg via Metz after the edict of Nantes was repealed . There he joined the army and in 1688 became a lieutenant colonel in infantry regiment No. 13 (Varenne) which at that time consisted only of French refugees. In 1692 he became a colonel and in 1698 major general . In November 1701 he set up another French regiment for King Friedrich Wilhelm I. It was sent to Holland by the man from Brandenburg. General Varenne was to become chief there and Dorthe commander . The latter, however, did not want to and was therefore transferred to Infantry Regiment No. 10 (Alt-Heiden). In 1703 he set up a free company which was put together in Rathenow in March and moved to a garrison in Magdeburg . In 1713 he was appointed lieutenant general. The Dorthe Free Company was absorbed into Infantry Regiment No. 22 in 1713 .
family
He was married to Marie de Meaux (1654-1737). She was the widow of General Briquemault .
literature
- Jean Pierre Erman , Pierre Christian Frédéric Reclam: Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire des réfugiés françois dans les États du roi. Volume 9, 1799, p. 93, digitized
- Anton Balthasar König : Menasse von Dorthe . In: Biographical lexicon of all heroes and military figures who made themselves famous in the Prussian service . tape 1 . Arnold Wever, Berlin 1788, p. 381 ( Menasse von Dorthe at Wikisource [PDF]).
- Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 1, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1937], DNB 367632764 , p. 74, no. 117.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Edouard de La Barre Duparcq: Etudes historiques et militaires sur la Prusse. Volume 2, 1856, p. 206, digitized
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dorthe, Menasse von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dorthe-Manasse, Jean-Mathias; Manasse Count d'Orchez; Manasse Count d'Orthez |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Kurbrandenburg lieutenant general and head of a free company |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1660 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1731 |