Michael Heinrich von Losthin

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Michael Heinrich von Losthin (born September 6, 1762 in Vargow , † May 1, 1839 in Neisse ) was a Prussian lieutenant general and brigade chief of the IV Army Corps and a knight of the order Pour le Mérite .

Life

origin

Michael Heinrich von Losthin came from the old Pomeranian aristocratic family von Losthin (also Lostin , formerly Loske or Lostke ). His parents were the heir to Vargow Christian Gneomar von Losthin and his wife Christiane, née von Schmude. Many of his family served in the Prussian military. His uncles were the lieutenant colonel in Infantry Regiment No. 40 Daniel Johann Ernst von Losthin and the captain in Infantry Regiment No. 21 Michael Friedrich Wilhelm von Losthin. His older brother Franz Isaak Jakob († May 25, 1781) died as a prime lieutenant in Infantry Regiment No. 30, the younger brothers were the captain in Infantry Regiment No. 49 Karl Reinholt (later in the Silesian Landwehr) and Major Wilhelm Gneomar († 1820).

Military career

Losthin came to Stolp as a cadet on May 16, 1773 and visited the cadet house in Berlin on April 28, 1775 . From there he was employed on March 27, 1780 as an ensign with a patent from March 6, 1780 in the infantry regiment "von Tauentzien" . Here he was promoted to Second Lieutenant on September 9, 1781, and on October 1, 1783, he became Adjutant to General von Tauentzien . In the same capacity, Losthin joined Major General von Götzen on September 21, 1785 . In 1795 he became an adjutant of the Warsaw General Inspectorate. On January 3, 1798 he became major and on March 14, 1799 he was appointed battalion commander in the infantry regiment "von Klinckowström" . On January 3, 1801 Losthin was appointed to the infantry regiment "von Müffling" and there commander of the grenadier battalion 38/49.

In the Fourth Coalition War , Losthin fought with his battalion on October 14, 1806 near Jena . After the lost battle he was able to move to Silesia and took part in the defense of the fortress Glatz as well as in the battles of Kanth and Niedersalzbrunn . On June 12, 1810, he received the highest Prussian valor award, the order Pour le Mérite, for his services to Glatz . Promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1808 , Losthin was transferred to command of the 2nd Silesian Infantry Regiment in February 1809 . In 1811 he was promoted to colonel .

During the spring campaign of 1813 , Losthin initially served as a brigadier in the Silesian Landwehr . In June 1813 he became a brigade commander in the 1st Army Corps under the command of Wartenburg . With this large association he fought in the autumn campaign of 1813 in the battle of Wartenburg (October 3, 1813) and received the Iron Cross 2nd class. In the following Battle of the Nations near Leipzig from October 16 to 19, 1813, Losthin was seriously wounded and awarded the Iron Cross First Class.

In 1814 he was appointed major general and in September of the same year he was appointed divisional officer of the Landwehr in Silesia. On March 23, 1815 he became brigade chief in the IV Army Corps of the Lower Rhine Army. Losthin and his brigade took part in the Battle of Waterloo on June 18, 1815 and received the oak leaves for the order Pour le Mérite. With promotion to lieutenant general on September 15, 1815, he was retired with a pension of 1500 thalers . In March 1817 he was awarded the Russian Order of St. Anna 1st Class.

Losthin died unmarried on May 1, 1839, at the age of 76 in Neisse.

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SURNAME Losthin, Michael Heinrich von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian lieutenant general
DATE OF BIRTH September 6, 1762
PLACE OF BIRTH Vargow
DATE OF DEATH May 1, 1839
Place of death Neisse