Wilhelm Magnus von Brünneck

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Wilhelm Magnus von Brünneck
Wilhelm Magnus von Brünneck
Bellschwitz manor around 1860, Duncker collection

Wilhelm Magnus von Brünneck (born May 1, 1727 at Gut Bellschwitz ; † April 22, 1817 ibid) was a Prussian officer , most recently field marshal general and landowner.

Life

origin

Wilhelm Magnus was the son of in Saxon related services Johann Friedrich von Brünneck (1679-1726) and his wife Anna Christine (1686-1727), a subsidiary of Saxon major general of Biron. Brünning was the master of the goods Bellschwitz , Trebnitz, Hermersdorf and Wulkow near Trebnitz in the district of Lebus in Brandenburg . In 1788 Wilhelm Magnus changed his name to Brünneck .

Military career

Brünneck was initially 1739 Hofpage at the Queen Sophia Dorothea of Prussia before he in 1744 on the orders of the king in the Regiment Garde no. 15 came. With this he took part in the 1744/45 campaign in the battles near Hohenfriedberg and Thrush . On February 5, 1750, he was promoted to second lieutenant and on March 24, 1756 to prime lieutenant .

In the Seven Years' War 1756/63 he fought near Prague , Roßbach , was wounded in the left foot near Leuthen and was taken prisoner near Hochkirch . After his exchange, he took part in the battle of Torgau and the battle of Reichenbach .

As captain and company commander , Brünneck received the order Pour le Mérite for his service during the Battle of Torgau in 1760 .

On May 22, 1785 he was appointed major general and on August 20, 1790 lieutenant general. For this he received the Order of the Black Eagle on June 4, 1798 according to registration no. 371. From 1793 to 1805 he was chief of a regiment on foot (later No. 2). On February 9, 1793 he became governor of Königsberg , Pillau and Memel and inspector of the East Prussian infantry. On August 17, 1805 he was promoted to field marshal and retired with a pension of 4,000 thalers.

Brünneck turned to progressive ideas and was a friend of Immanuel Kant . So he introduced merino sheep breeding in East Prussia .

family

Brünneck had been married to Charlotte Sophie Wilhelmine, née von Pannewitz (1756–1796), a lady-in-waiting of Princess Friederike Luise of Prussia , since October 15, 1783 . After her death, on April 19, 1810, he married her sister Luise Friederike Sophie Christiane Alexandrine (1759-1804), the widow of the Electorate Lieutenant General and Inspector of Infantry Gottlob Bernhard von Langenau (March 7, 1737 - June 10, 1794 ) in Berlin ). The first marriage resulted in two sons.

⚭ 1817 Friederike Henriette Luise Charlotte von Haxthausen (* 1797; † September 24, 1821)
⚭ 1825 Adelheid Luise Sophie von Haugwitz (* July 18, 1801; † March 12, 1839)
⚭ 1810 Luise Caroline Christiane von der Goltz (1794–1837)
⚭ 1838 Wilhelmine Sophie von der Goltz (1798–1839)

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ernst Heinrich Kneschke : New general German nobility lexicon . Volume 2, 1860, p. 101, digitized
personal data
SURNAME Brünneck, Wilhelm Magnus von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brünning, Wilhelm Magnus von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian officer, most recently field marshal general and landowner
DATE OF BIRTH May 1, 1727
PLACE OF BIRTH Good Bellschwitz
DATE OF DEATH April 22, 1817
Place of death Good Bellschwitz