Hans Adam von Schöning
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Generalfeldmarschall
Field Marshal or Generalfeldmarschall in German, was a rank in the armies of several German states and the Holy Roman Empire; in the Austrian Empire, the rank Feldmarschall was used...
in the service of Brandenburg-Prussia
Brandenburg-Prussia
Brandenburg-Prussia is the historiographic denomination for the Early Modern realm of the Brandenburgian Hohenzollerns between 1618 and 1701. Based in the Electorate of Brandenburg, the main branch of the Hohenzollern intermarried with the branch ruling the Duchy of Prussia, and secured succession...
and the Electorate of Saxony
Electorate of Saxony
The Electorate of Saxony , sometimes referred to as Upper Saxony, was a State of the Holy Roman Empire. It was established when Emperor Charles IV raised the Ascanian duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg to the status of an Electorate by the Golden Bull of 1356...
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Schöning was born at Tamsel
Tamsel
Schloss Tamsel is a significant historical estate in the Brandenburg Neumark region. The estate is located in what is today the small village of Dąbroszyn, Poland, and consists of a manor house, a church and a park. It was constructed in the late 17th century by Field Marshal Hans Adam von Schöning...
near Küstrin
Küstrin
Before 1945 Küstrin was a town in the former Prussian province of Brandenburg in Germany, situated on both sides of the Oder river...
in the Margraviate of Brandenburg
Margraviate of Brandenburg
The Margraviate of Brandenburg was a major principality of the Holy Roman Empire from 1157 to 1806. Also known as the March of Brandenburg , it played a pivotal role in the history of Germany and Central Europe....
. He was well-connected by marriage, his uncle being Field Marshal Georg von Derfflinger
Georg von Derfflinger
Georg von Derfflinger was a field marshal in the army of Brandenburg-Prussia during and after the Thirty Years' War .-Early years:...
and his daughter being married to Colonel Ludwig von Blumenthal, a nephew of Field Marshal von Dünewald and brother-in-law of General Carl Friedrich von Schlippenbach (1658-1753). His descendants include Field Marshal von Wrangel
Friedrich Graf von Wrangel
Friedrich Heinrich Ernst Graf von Wrangel was a Generalfeldmarschall of the Prussian Army. He was nicknamed Papa Wrangel....
, granddaughter Luise Eleonore Wreech
Luise Eleonore Wreech
Luise Eleonore von Wreech was a Prussian noblewomen. Born Luise Eleonore von Schöning, she was the daughter of Hans Ludwig Schöning and granddaughter of Hans Adam von Schöning and and heiress of Castle Tamsel...
(1708-1784), a nephew - the military historian Kurd von Schöning and the rocket scientist, Wernher von Braun
Wernher von Braun
Wernher Magnus Maximilian, Freiherr von Braun was a German rocket scientist, aerospace engineer, space architect, and one of the leading figures in the development of rocket technology in Nazi Germany during World War II and in the United States after that.A former member of the Nazi party,...
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Von Schöning died on 28 August 1696 in Dresden
Dresden
Dresden is the capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe, near the Czech border. The Dresden conurbation is part of the Saxon Triangle metropolitan area....
and was buried in the chapel at Tamsel
Tamsel
Schloss Tamsel is a significant historical estate in the Brandenburg Neumark region. The estate is located in what is today the small village of Dąbroszyn, Poland, and consists of a manor house, a church and a park. It was constructed in the late 17th century by Field Marshal Hans Adam von Schöning...
in Dąbroszyn
Dabroszyn, Lubusz Voivodeship
Dąbroszyn is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Witnica, within Gorzów County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland...
. Hans Adam von Schöning was the owner of an estate in Brzoza
Brzoza, Lubusz Voivodeship
Brzoza is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Strzelce Krajeńskie, within Strzelce-Drezdenko County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It lies approximately west of Strzelce Krajeńskie and north-east of Gorzów Wielkopolski.The village was first mentioned as a possession of a...
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Family
Hans Adams parents were Hans Adam (d 1664), squire of the Knights HospitallerKnights Hospitaller
The Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta , also known as the Sovereign Military Order of Malta , Order of Malta or Knights of Malta, is a Roman Catholic lay religious order, traditionally of military, chivalrous, noble nature. It is the world's...
, and Marianne (born in Schapelow). He married Johanna Louise, of Pöllnitz, in 1668. He had two sons, Boguslaus, Electorate of Saxony
Electorate of Saxony
The Electorate of Saxony , sometimes referred to as Upper Saxony, was a State of the Holy Roman Empire. It was established when Emperor Charles IV raised the Ascanian duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg to the status of an Electorate by the Golden Bull of 1356...
Lieutenant Colonel, and Johann (Hans) Ludwig of Tamsel
Tamsel
Schloss Tamsel is a significant historical estate in the Brandenburg Neumark region. The estate is located in what is today the small village of Dąbroszyn, Poland, and consists of a manor house, a church and a park. It was constructed in the late 17th century by Field Marshal Hans Adam von Schöning...
, Electorate of Saxony
Electorate of Saxony
The Electorate of Saxony , sometimes referred to as Upper Saxony, was a State of the Holy Roman Empire. It was established when Emperor Charles IV raised the Ascanian duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg to the status of an Electorate by the Golden Bull of 1356...
Chamberlain, and Lieutenant Colonel.
Military career
He distinguished himself in many military campaigns, including the Turkish Wars, the Nine Years War against France, and the war against Sweden 1675-79 particularly during the conquest of Stettin, RügenRügen
Rügen is Germany's largest island. Located in the Baltic Sea, it is part of the Vorpommern-Rügen district of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.- Geography :Rügen is located off the north-eastern coast of Germany in the Baltic Sea...
and Stralsund
Stralsund
- Main sights :* The Brick Gothic historic centre is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.* The heart of the old town is the Old Market Square , with the Gothic Town Hall . Behind the town hall stands the imposing Nikolaikirche , built in 1270-1360...
and in the explusion of Sweden from Prussia. He famously quarreled with General von Barfus
Hans Albrecht von Barfus
Hans Albrecht von Barfus was a field marshal in the service of Brandenburg and Prussia, serving briefly as prime minister under King Frederick I.- Military career :Barfus was born in 1635 to a cuirassier captain and his wife...
, and was eventually arrested for supposedly plotting to bring Saxony over to the French.
Schloss Tamsel
Field-Marshal von Schöning later built a castle in TamselTamsel
Schloss Tamsel is a significant historical estate in the Brandenburg Neumark region. The estate is located in what is today the small village of Dąbroszyn, Poland, and consists of a manor house, a church and a park. It was constructed in the late 17th century by Field Marshal Hans Adam von Schöning...
, Brandenburg (now Dabroszyn/Dąbroszynie, Poland). A neo-gothic church on the estate contains a masoleum for the von Schöning, von Wreech and von Dönhoff families.
External links
- http://saebi.isgv.de/biografie/3572 – Sächsische Biografie