Wilhelm de la Cave

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Wilhelm de la Cave (* 1650 , † January 15, 1731 in Königsberg ) was a major general in Brandenburg and head of an infantry regiment.

He was the son of Pierre de la Cave and his wife Alpera Arnolde von Münster . He fought with the Brandenburg troops in Holland. In 1692 he became a colonel in the Crown Prince Regiment. In 1695 he became major general and got the Crown Prince Infantry Regiment, which was dissolved in 1697. He then retired to his estate in Didlacken .

He was married to Anna Dorothea von Rauter . His children had died before him, so he was the last to die in this line in 1731.

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SURNAME Cave, Wilhelm de la
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cave, Guillaume de La
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Brandenburg major general and chief of an infantry regiment
DATE OF BIRTH 1650
DATE OF DEATH January 15, 1731
Place of death Koenigsberg