Rudolf Kurt Leberecht von Loeben
Baron Rudolf Kurt Leberecht von Loeben (* 1690 ; † November 22, 1746 in Habelschwerdt ) was a royal Prussian major general, chief of garrison regiment No. 8 and heir to Falkenberg, Matzdorf and Schildkow.
His parents were the Prussian Lieutenant General Kurt Hildebrand von Loeben and his first wife Dorothea Juliane von Krosigk († April 20, 1711), a daughter of Ludolf Lorenz von Krosigk .
He entered Prussian service in 1712, became an ensign on August 16, 1717 and a lieutenant in 1720. On June 13, 1723 he became a captain in Infantry Regiment No. 25 (Rutowski). On May 3, 1730 he became a major, in 1738 a lieutenant colonel and on May 25, 1743 a colonel. In November 1745 he was promoted to major general and received the 8th Garrison Regiment . He died in Habelschwerdt in 1746.
He was married to Sophia Frederike von Arnim , daughter of Field Marshal Georg Abraham von Arnim .
literature
- Anton Balthasar König : Rudolph Kurt Leberecht Freyherr von Loeben . In: Biographical lexicon of all heroes and military people . tape II . Arnold Wever, Berlin 1789, p. 425 ( Rudolph Kurt Leberecht Freyherr von Loeben in the Google book search).
- Leopold von Zedlitz-Neukirch : New Prussian Nobility Lexicon . Volume 3, Leipzig 1837, p. 288, digitized
- Edouard-Marie Oettinger : Moniteur des Dates. Volume 3, Dresden 1867, p. 137, digitized
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Loeben, Rudolf Kurt Leberecht from |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Loeben, Rudolph Curt Leberecht von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | royal Prussian major general, chief of garrison regiment No. 8 and heir to Falkenberg, Matzdorf and Schildkow |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1690 |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 22, 1746 |
| Place of death | Habelschwerdt |