Philipp Ludwig Siegmund Bouton des Granges
Philipp Ludwig Siegmund Bouton des Granges (* 1731 in Pays de Vaud ( Canton of Vaud ), † May 22, 1801 at Zinnitz Castle ) was a royal Prussian major general, head of the foot hunters corps and owner of the Zinnitz manor.
He was initially in Dutch service and went to the Prussian Free Regiment Mayr during the Seven Years' War in 1757 . On February 20, he became a captain in the Courbiere Free Regiment. However, on July 14, 1759, Des Granges became company commander in the Jägerkorps, on May 8, 1760 he was promoted to major there and lost many soldiers in the battle near Spandau against Russian troops. In 1761 he was captured in Silesia . In 1762 it was exchanged and again took over the Jägerkorps.
He became lieutenant colonel on April 10, 1773 and commander of the Jäger Corps on November 11. On March 31, 1776 he became a colonel and took part in the War of the Bavarian Succession . On December 1, 1786, he was appointed major general and chief of the Feldjäger regiment. On October 19, 1790, he gave the regiment to Colonel Voss because of illness . On October 26, 1790, he received the requested farewell and a pension of 1000 thalers. He died in 1801 on his Zinnitz estate.
family
He was married three times. His first wife died in 1769. He was then married to Charlotte Johanna von Schlichting († May 8, 1788) from Silesia. His third wife was Katharine Albertine Friederike von Brück on August 15, 1788, divorced von Bülow († after 1806).
Progeny:
- Henriette Charlotte Friedericke (* August 8, 1769; † April 25, 1790) ⚭ Philipp Friedrich Wilhelm von Uttenhoven (* July 11, 1747), Prussian major, parents of Lieutenant General Philipp Friedrich Wilhelm von Uttenhoven
- Luise Philippine
- Ludwig Philipp Karl ⚭ 1794 Sophie Juliane von Bülow († 1842) (Falkenberg house, parents of Pauline von Nostitz )
- Siegmund Friedrich Karl (* May 7, 1790; † April 2, 1811) Saxon Rittmeister
literature
- Anton Balthasar König : Philipp Ludwig Siegmund Bouton des Granges . In: Biographical lexicon of all heroes and military figures who made themselves famous in the Prussian service . tape 2 . Arnold Wever, Berlin 1789, p. 66 ( Philipp Ludwig Siegmund Bouton des Granges at Wikisource [PDF]).
- Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 2, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1937], DNB 367632772 , pp. 242-244, no. 736.
- Leopold von Ledebur : Nobility Lexicon of the Prussian Monarchy . Volume 1, 1854, p. 281, digitized
- Kurd Wolfgang von Schöning : The generals of the Chur-Brandenburg and royal Prussian army. 1840, p. 137, digitized
Individual evidence
- ↑ A daughter of Wolf Joachim Friedrich von Brück (1712-1791) on Niemegk and Charlotte Henriette von Bülow (1723-1803) Cf.: Hans Friedrich Ehrenkroog, On the history of the von Brück chancellor family with the family list [1] (pdf)
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| SURNAME | Granges, Philipp Ludwig Siegmund Bouton des |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Granges, Philipp Ludwig Sigismund Bouton des |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Royal Prussian Major General, Chief of the Jäger Corps on foot |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1731 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pays de Vaud |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 22, 1801 |
| Place of death | Zinnitz Castle |