Siegmund von Sack

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Siegmund von Sack (* 1662 ; † 1740 ) was a Prussian major general, commander of the Kolberg Fortress and chief of garrison battalion No. 3 and heir to Woltersdorf .

Life

origin

He comes from the Brandenburg noble family von Sack . His parents were Hans Christoph von Sack (* June 24, 1637; † February 7, 1713) and his wife Ursula Tugendreich von Winterfeld (* 1640; † November 17, 1705). His father was the heir to Vietnitz and Butterfelde. He also had a brother Hans Georg who was married to Sophie Charlotte von Ploetz .

Military career

He was already in the army of Elector Friedrich Wilhelm von Brandenburg. On February 15, 1692 he became a captain in the Barfus regiment. There he became major on November 17, 1704, lieutenant colonel on January 10, 1707 and colonel in regiment No. 4 on January 17, 1711 (Beschefer). On January 1, 1722 he was appointed commander of Kolberg due to his injuries. There he became major general in 1725 and died in 1740.

family

He had been married in Ilse Lukretia von Winterfeld since April 28, 1696 , she was the daughter of Johann Georg von Winterfeld (* 1627; † May 28, 1697) heir of Schmarsow and his second wife Anna Ilse von Haake (* 1643; †) December 10, 1700). From the marriage two daughters survived the father, among them:

literature

  • Ludwig Gustav von Winterfeld: History of the family von Winterfeld. Volume 2, 1863, p. 804, digitized Ilse Lukretia
  • Johann Friedrich Seyfar: Life and government history of Friedrich the other king. Volume 1, 1784, p. 196, digitized
  • Anton Balthasar König : Siegmund von Sack . In: Biographical lexicon of all heroes and military people . tape III . Arnold Wever, Berlin 1790, p. 478 ( Siegmund von Sack in the Google book search).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ To Winterfeld
  2. ^ Profile of Hans Christoph von Sack .
  3. ^ News from the Order of St. John, especially from its Herrenmeisterthum , 1767, p.270
  4. ↑ According to Winterfeld, according to König: 3. January 1695
  5. ^ Biographical lexicon of all heroes and military figures who made themselves famous in the Prussian service: M - See . Wever. January 1, 1790.
personal data
SURNAME Sack, Siegmund von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian major general, commander of Kolberg Fortress and chief of garrison battalion No. 3
DATE OF BIRTH 1662
DATE OF DEATH 1740