Prime major

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Prime major was a military rank in the Imperial Army , Denmark , Sweden and the Russian Empire in the 18th - 19th centuries . In the ranking he was between major and lieutenant colonel .

Denmark

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Denmark led in the 18th and 19th Century the division of the rank of major in his army into "Tertsmajor" (Third Major), "Sekondmajor" (Second Major) and "Premier Major" (First Major). Officers with the rank of prime major also served at the Danish royal court in Copenhagen .

Russia

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At the time of Catherine the Great's reign , Danish officers, some of German origin, also served in the Imperial Russian armed forces . For example the premier major Karl Friedrich von Kaltenborn (* 1723), Karl Helmut von Lepel (* 1742) later Danish major general, Kaspar von Munthe af Morgenstjerne (* 1744) and Christian Karl Pogrell (* 1734). With the takeover of the government of the native Karl Peter Ulrich Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (1728–1792) as Tsar Peter III. took place in the Imperial Russian officer corps . The Prussian-friendly prince initiated the establishment of his own army, which reflected the Prussian model . In this reformatted army there were officer ranks of the premier and second major, in the order of precedence the prime major stood between the major and lieutenant colonel . Here, too, the German origin was unmistakable, such as the prime majors: Buckner, Finck, Hein (senior), Hübner, von Knorring , von Linstow , Ramm (senior) or Stasse. As a result, Prime Majors were also awarded high Russian military orders , for example: Prime Major Prince Bagration with the Order of St. Vladimir in the 4th class and Prime Major Count Witgenstein with the Order of War in the 3rd class.

Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation

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In some imperial armies of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation , the rank of Prime Major was introduced. The troops of the Swabian Imperial Circle were part of the Imperial Army of the Holy Roman Empire. As with the Fürstenberg District Infantry Regiment, for example, it also held the rank of Prime Major. In 1795, Karl Freiherr von Neuenstein was promoted to Premier-Major of the Swabian district in the Fürstenberg regiment. At the same time, a second major v. Mention of Freystedt.

Sweden

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In Sweden, the division of the rank of major had more of a financial background related to pay . Thus the rank of second major and prime major were introduced in various regiments around 1758. In 1807, the rank groupings in the Skaraborg Regiment were renamed from Prime Major, Premier Adjutant and Second Major to Förste Major (First Major) and Förste Adjutant. These ranks lasted in Sweden until 1927.

See also

literature

The latest regulations of the Russian Imperial troops on horseback and on foot: with tactical experiments: together with six Plans Verlag Prost, 1776 Original from Bayerische Staatsbibliothek Digitized July 28, 2011 (tasks of the Prime Major, pages 70, 73, 75, 77, 80, 81 and 100 ) [8]

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Prime Major . da: Major # Major i forsvaret
  2. ↑ Allmänt om officerare (General information about officers). On: Militaria - Hans Högman (Swedish) [1]
  3. ↑ List of some prime majors, in: Kongelig Dansk Hof-og Stats-Calender, Verlag Mercurius, 1832, original from the Austrian National Library , digitized September 24, 2014 [2] , accessed on August 7, 2017
  4. ↑ Danish officers of the Russian army in the 18th century in: Institut Deutsche Adelsforschung [3]
  5. ↑ The Imperial Russian Officer Corps 1762 - Troops belonging to German officers in the Tsarist Empire in the 18th century. On: Institute for German Aristocracy Research - Research and references to German aristocracy [4] , accessed on August 7, 2017
  6. ↑ Journal von Russland, Volume 4, Verlag Graff, 1795, original from Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, digitized July 14, 2011 [5]
  7. ^ The Princely Fürstenberg Contingent. In: Journal of the Society for the Promotion of the History, Antiquity and Folklore of Freiburg, the Breisgau and the neighboring landscapes . Seventh volume. Freiburg in Breisgau. In commission at Stoll & Bader. 1888, Thomas Zech [6]
  8. ↑ Skaraborg Regiments : Skaraborg Regiment (infantry)
  9. ↑ Secundmajor and Premier Major. In SVENSKA AKADEMIENS ORDBOK [7]