Fouqué
Fouqué is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Heinrich August de la Motte Fouqué (1698–1774), Prussian general *Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué (1777–1843), Prussian writer *Ferdinand André Fouqué Ferdinand André Fouqué (21 June 1828 – 7 March 1904) was a French geologist and petrologist. He was born at Mortain, in the Manche ''département''. At the age of twenty-one he entered the École Normale Supérieure in Paris, and from 1853 ...

Friedrich De La Motte Fouqué
Friedrich Heinrich Karl de la Motte, Baron Fouqué (); (12 February 1777 – 23 January 1843) was a German writer of the Romantic style. Biography He was born at Brandenburg an der Havel, of a family of French Huguenot origin, as evidenced in his family name. His grandfather, Heinrich August de la Motte Fouqué, had been one of Frederick the Great's generals and his father was a Prussian officer. Although not originally intended for a military career, Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué ultimately gave up his university studies at Halle to join the army, and he took part in the Rhine campaign of 1794. The rest of his life was devoted mainly to literary pursuits. He was introduced to August Wilhelm Schlegel, who deeply influenced him as a poet ("mich gelehret Maß und Regel , Meister August Wilhelm Schlegel") and who published Fouqué's first book, ''Dramatische Spiele von Pellegrin'', in 1804. Marriage Fouqué's first marriage was unhappy and soon ended in divorce. His second wife ...
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Heinrich August De La Motte Fouqué
Ernst Heinrich August de la Motte Fouqué (4 February 1698 – 3 May 1774) was a Kingdom of Prussia, Prussian Lieutenant general and general, General der Infanterie and a confidant of King Frederick the Great. Fouqué held the title of ''Freiherr'' (baron). Early life Born in The Hague to an old Normandy, Norman family, Fouqué was the second son of a Huguenot nobleman who had emigrated from France as a result of the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. In 1706, Fouqué became a Page (occupation), page at the court of Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau. As a cadet in the 3rd Infantry Regiment of Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Halle, Fouqué took part in the Prussian campaign in Vorpommern. He was promoted to ''Premier-Leutnant'' on 8 March 1719, to ''Stabskapitän'' in 1723, and on 21 February 1729 to company commander. Friendship with Frederick the Great Fouqué befriended Crown Prince Frederick II of Prussia, Frederick of Prussia, visiting him while the crown prince restricted to Küstrin. ...
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