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Personal data Leopold Alexander Herman "Alexander" Graaf van Wartensleben 


Household of Leopold Alexander Herman "Alexander" Graaf van Wartensleben

(1) He is married to Sophia Dorothea van May.

They got married on March 12, 1676 at Brunnsuppe, he was 25 years old.


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(2) He is married to Anna Sophia van Tresckow.

They got married on March 19, 1693 at Gotha, Thüringen, he was 42 years old.


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Notes about Leopold Alexander Herman "Alexander" Graaf van Wartensleben

Generalfeldmarschall, 1706 Erhebung in den Reichsgrafenstand
Er wurde erzogen vom Bischof von Paderborn, Ferdinand von Fürstenberg, dann von der Landgrafin Sophie von Hessen-Kassel
- 1666 bei den franz. Gards-Mousquetaires Dienste genommen
- 1667/68 Teilnahme am Feldzug in den Niederlanden unter Turenne: Belagerung von Ryssel
- 1668 Lieutenant und Adjutant des Regiments Elsaß
- 1673 aus franz. Diensten dimittiert und bei der kurbrand. Garde am Oberrhein angestellt
- 1673 Kapitän in hessen-kasselschen Diensten
- 1675//1679 Teilnahme am Feldzug gegen die Schweden: Treffen bei Landscron, Gefechte auf der Insel Rügen (verwundet)
- 1675 Major
- 10.7.1680 Oberstlieutenant und Führer der hessen-kasselschen Garde
- 1683 beim Entsatz von Wien
- 1684 bei der Belagerung von Ofen
- 30.12.1684 Oberst
- 12.3.1686 dem Obristen Johann zur Brügge als Kommandant von Ziegenhain zugeteilt
- 1687 bei den Venezianern in Morea
- 1689 Teilnahme an der Einnahme von Mainz
- 2.2.1690 Generalmajor in landgräfl.-hess. Diensten
- 1689/91 Oberkommando über alle zwischen Bonn und Heidelberg liegenden hess. Truppen, Belagerung von Namur
- 1691 als General en chef in sachs.-gothaische Dienste getreten - Führer der gothaischen Truppen im Reichsheer
- 27.12.1691 kaiserlicher General-Feldmarschall-Lieutenant
- 1691/95 Feldzug in Flandern und Oberrhein
- 1695 Generalfeldzeugmeister
- 18.8.1702 in preuß. Dienste getreten als General der Infanterie
- Chef der Garde (Nr. 1) und Geheimer Kriegsrat
- 19.8.1702 auch Gouverneur von Berlin
- 2.9.1702 Ritter des hohen Ordens vom Schwarzen Adler
- 17.10.1705 Amtshauptmann zu Potsdam und Saarmund
- 1715 Feldzug in Pommern
- 23.3.1706 Generalfeldmarschall und in den Reichsgrafenstand erhoben
- vom 1.4.1713 heißt sein Regiment Graf von Wartensleben (Nr. 1)
- 14.4.1723 das Regiment abgegeben
- 11.5.1722 erbliches Bürgerrecht von Neufch?l
- Schwiegervater des Generalfeldmarschalls Graf von Katte, also Großvater des 1730 enthaupteten Lieutenants von Katte, um dessen Leben er den König durch Fußfall gebeten. Wenn Friedrich Wilhelm I. auch hier hart blieb, so verband ihn doch innige Freundschaft mit dem Feldmarschall, dem er noch kurz vor seinem Tode schrieb:
Mein lieber Generalfeldmarschall Graf von Wartensleben!
Ich habe Euer Schreiben vom 17. dieses erhalten. Zu Eurem hohen Alter wünsche Ich Euch Glück mit dem Wunsch, daß Ihr noch viele Jahre in Vergnügen leben möget. Eure Familie werde Ich stets mit gnädigem Auge ansehen und auch für Euren jüngsten Sohn, den Lieutenant Meines Regiments sorgen.
Ich bin Euer wohl affectionierter König Friedrich Wilhelm.
Berlin, 19.12.1733
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Historical events

Birthday December 16, 1650

  • Stadhouder Prins Willem II (Huis van Oranje) was from 1647 till 1650 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
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    Van 1650 tot 1672 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Eerste Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1650: Source: Wikipedia
    • April 27 » The Battle of Carbisdale: A Royalist army from Orkney invades mainland Scotland but is defeated by a Covenanter army.
    • August 13 » Colonel George Monck of the English Army forms Monck's Regiment of Foot, which will later become the Coldstream Guards.
    • September 3 » Third English Civil War: In the Battle of Dunbar, English Parliamentarian forces led by Oliver Cromwell defeat an army loyal to King Charles I of England and led by David Leslie, Lord Newark.
    • December 14 » Anne Greene is hanged at Oxford Castle in England for infanticide, having concealed an illegitimate stillbirth. The following day she revives in the dissection room and, being pardoned, lives until 1659.

Day of marriage March 19, 1693

  • Stadhouder Prins Willem III (Huis van Oranje) was from 1672 till 1702 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1693: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 11 » A powerful earthquake destroys parts of Sicily and Malta.
    • February 8 » The College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, is granted a charter by King William III and Queen Mary II.
    • July 25 » Ignacio de Maya founds the Real Santiago de las Sabinas, now known as Sabinas Hidalgo, Nuevo León, Mexico.
    • July 29 » War of the Grand Alliance: Battle of Landen: France wins a Pyrrhic victory over Allied forces in the Netherlands.
    • August 4 » Date traditionally ascribed to Dom Perignon's invention of champagne; it is not clear whether he actually invented champagne, however he has been credited as an innovator who developed the techniques used to perfect sparkling wine.
    • October 4 » Nine Years' War: Piedmontese troops are defeated by the French.

Day of death January 25, 1734

  • The temperature on January 25, 1734 was about -4 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: helder. Source: KNMI
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    Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1734: Source: Wikipedia
    • June 21 » In Montreal in New France, a slave known by the French name of Marie-Joseph Angélique is put to death, having been convicted of setting the fire that destroyed much of the city.


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