Paul Trappaud
Paul Trappaud († 1707 in Hungary ) was a royal Danish colonel and chief of the Oldenburg Cuirassier Regiment.
The Trappaud family were religious refugees from Lorraine who came to Holstein . Paul became a cornet on July 10, 1683 in the 4th Jutland cavalry regiment. In 1684 he became a lieutenant. On October 13, 1691, he became a captain in the 1st Jutland cavalry regiment, which was paid for by the emperor, and was sent to Hungary with the regiment in 1692 . He became major there on December 12, 1693 and lieutenant colonel on May 26, 1694.
In 1698 and 1699 the regiment was in Polish pay in Saxony . After it was released, it returned to Denmark. Until 1706 he was stationed with the regiment in Rendsburg . On April 10, 1706 he became a colonel and chief of the regiment that had meanwhile returned to Hungary on an imperial basis; his predecessor Nikolaus Heinrich Ditmersen had died. He died of the plague shortly afterwards in 1707 .
He was married to Katharine Sophie von der Betten († before 1704) since 1688 . The couple had children including:
- Helene Marie Trappaud ∞ Andreas Christoffer Crane
literature
- Jonathan Smith, On the history of the Oldenburg army during the Danish period 1667–1773 in Oldenburger Jahrbücher, 1940/41, p. 77, digitized .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Trappaud, Paul |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Trappeaud, Poul; Trappau, Pavl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | royal Danish colonel and chief of the Oldenburg cuirassier regiment |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1707 |
| Place of death | Hungary |