Anton Friedrich von Krockow (4 January 1714 – 7 September 1778) was a

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n lieutenant general.

Family

His parents were Philipp Reinhold von Krockow, a captain in the

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army and heir of Polzin, and his wife Anna Maria von Borcke. His younger brother, Wilhelm (1719 – 1803), was a Prussian General of Infantry.Bernhard von Poten
Krockow, Anton von
''Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie,'' herausgegeben von der Historischen Kommission bei der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Band 17 (1883), S. 174–175, Digitale Volltext-Ausgabe in Wikisource, (Version vom 17. Februar 2017, 21:30 Uhr UTC) Krockow married Auguste Luise Heinriette Freiin von Lüders (d 1790). They had the following children *Karl Wilhelm (b. 1748), Prussian cadet *Ludwig Christian Friedrich (b. 1749), Prussian lieutenant *Karoline Wilhelmine (b.1752) *Auguste Christiane Friederike (* 1756) married Johann Georg von der Marwitz, a Prussian officer *Sophie *Henriette ∞ Ernst Vollrath von Kölichen auf Reisicht

Military career

Krockow had been a corporal since 1728 in the infantry regiment "von Holstein" of the Prussian army. On the recommendation of the Polish king

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, he entered French service in 1735 and rose there to colonel of the cavalry. His repeated requests for re-establishment in the Prussian service were not fulfilled until March 1757 by King Frederick, although Krockow was granted a patent of 1 May 1748, as colonel and general adjutant. After the death of the major general Christian Friedrich von Blanckensee, Krockow received his place as head of Blanckensee's former

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regiment. During the

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, he became lieutenant general. He took part in the battles near

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, Kolin,

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, Liegnitz and

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. He was wounded at Leuthen. He remained in active service until April 1760. In June, 1769, the King appointed him the chief officer of

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and

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. On 18 January 1773, Frederick also made Krockow on a knight of the

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. At the beginning of the

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, he marched with his regiment from the garrison and died in a stroke in the King's camp. Krokow was included on the Equestrian statue of Frederick the Great.Denkmal König Friedrich II von Preußen
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References

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