Michael Wilhelm von Capeller

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Michael Wilhelm Capeller , from 1791 von Capeller , († 1797 ) was a Prussian colonel and commandant of the Silberberg fortress .

Life

Michael Wilhelm Capeller came from Darmstadt . He was initially in the Palatinate and Austrian war service for ten years before he joined the Prussian army as a sergeant , more precisely in the free battalion "Chossignon" (F 5). During the Seven Years' War he and his battalion were taken prisoner near Bautzen in 1757 . Nevertheless, in 1760 in the free battalion " Wunsch " (F 7) he had already risen to the rank of staff captain. Another change to Garrison Regiment No. VIII took place in 1763, where he was also company commander as a captain in 1766 .

During the Bavarian War of Succession he was involved in the fighting in the County of Glatz . On January 18, 1779, he fought the Austrians in Oberschwedeldorf with distinction. For this he later received the order Pour le Mérite on August 23, 1787 and was promoted to major on January 20, 1779 . The position of commander of the Silberberg Fortress took up in 1787.

Together with his cousins, the brothers Georg Capeller, lieutenant in the fusilier battalion " Forcade " No. 15 and Peter Clemens Capeller, lieutenant in the Béville depot battalion, and his legitimate son, he was raised to the Prussian nobility on April 26, 1791 .

His promotion to lieutenant colonel took place in 1790, that of colonel in 1794. He died while exercising his duties.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Johann Friedrich Seyfart : Impartheyische Geschichte des Bavarian Succession War , Leipzig 1780, p. 768, FN 1049.
  2. ↑ a b c Œuvres de Frédéric le Grand - Works of Frederick the Great , Volume 5, p. 126 and Volume 6, p. 189 (digital edition of the University Library Trier )
  3. ↑ Gustaf Lehmann: The knights of the order pour le mérite. Volume 1, ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1913, p. 183, no. 25.
  4. ^ Leopold von Zedlitz-Neukirch : The State Forces of the Prussian Monarchy under Friedrich Wilhelm III , Berlin 1830, p. 212.
  5. ^ Franz von Zychlinski : History of the 24th Infantry Regiment , Volume 1, Berlin 1854, p. 28.
  6. ↑ Maximilian Gritzner : Chronological register of the Brandenburg-Prussian class elevations and acts of grace from 1600–1873. Berlin 1874, p. 58.
personal data
SURNAME Capeller, Michael Wilhelm von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Capeller, Michael Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian colonel and commandant of the Silberberg fortress
DATE OF BIRTH 18th century
PLACE OF BIRTH Darmstadt
DATE OF DEATH 1797
Place of death Silberberg Fortress