Reimar von Kleist

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Reimar von Kleist (born April 10, 1710 in Schwellin , † September 7, 1782 in Rathenow ) was a royal Prussian major general and from 1770 to 1775 owner of the "Leib-Carabiniers" regiment .

family

Reimar von Kleist was the fourth son of Lorenz Christian von Kleist (1676–1756) heir to Schwellin and Klein Voldekow and Maria Elisabeth von Kleist (1688–1747). He had ten siblings. In 1745 he married Hedwig Elisabeth (1722–1806), a born von der Hagen and sister of the historian Thomas Philipp von der Hagen . The marriage had eleven children between 1746 and 1767. The general of the infantry Ferdinand von Kleist (1796–1867) was one of his grandsons.

Life

Kleist left his parents' house at a young age and became a page with Margrave Albrecht . He held the regiment of the Leib-Carabiniers from 1692 to 1731. Kleist had a very direct relationship with his regiment from the start of his career. As early as 1730 he became a non-commissioned officer there, advanced to cornet in 1731 , lieutenant in 1736 , chief of staff in 1744 , squadron chief in 1757, major in 1767, first lieutenant in 1767, in 1768 commander of Leib-Cuirassier Regiment No. 3 , and in 1769 colonel In 1770 he returned to the Leib-Carabinier-Regiment as commander and chief, where he was finally promoted to major general in 1771. In 1775 Kleist received care after he had asked to leave due to illness.

During the First Silesian War , Kleist took part in the battles near Mollwitz and Hohenfriedberg . In the Seven Years' War after the Battle of Zorndorf he received the order Pour le Mérite . In 1760, however, his regiment suffered heavy losses in an enemy raid, which earned him the rebuke of the king , but did not disfavor him. Because in 1766 he received the highest cabinet order, the official administration over Sehesten in the district of Sensburg in East Prussia . In 1767 Frederick the Great took over the sponsorship of Reimar's youngest son.

After his brother went bankrupt, the family estates Schwellin and Voldekow came to him, but in 1779 he inherited them to the royal Prussian Lieutenant General Friedrich Wilhelm von Lölhöfel . His eldest son Ludwig Franz Philipp Christian von Kleist (1748–1809) was a royal Prussian colonel and also a bearer of the order Pour le Mérite.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gustav Kratz : History of the Kleist family. Volume III No. 604, page 344
personal data
SURNAME Kleist, Reimar von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian major general
DATE OF BIRTH April 10, 1710
PLACE OF BIRTH Swellin
DATE OF DEATH September 7, 1782
Place of death Rathenow