Hans Adam von Schöning (1 October 1641 – 28 August 1696) was a ''
Generalfeldmarschall
''Generalfeldmarschall'' (from Old High German ''marahscalc'', "marshal, stable master, groom"; en, general field marshal, field marshal general, or field marshal; ; often abbreviated to ''Feldmarschall'') was a rank in the armies of several ...
'' in the service of
Brandenburg-Prussia
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and the
Electorate of Saxony
The Electorate of Saxony, also known as Electoral Saxony (German: or ), was a territory of the Holy Roman Empire from 1356–1806. It was centered around the cities of Dresden, Leipzig and Chemnitz.
In the Golden Bull of 1356, Emperor Charles ...
.
Schöning was born at
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, Lubusz Voivodeship, Dąbroszyn, Poland, and consists of a manor house, a church and a par ...
near
Küstrin in the
Margraviate of Brandenburg
The Margraviate of Brandenburg (german: link=no, Markgrafschaft Brandenburg) was a major principality of the Holy Roman Empire from 1157 to 1806 that played a pivotal role in the history of Germany and Central Europe.
Brandenburg developed out o ...
. He was well-connected by marriage, his uncle being Field Marshal
Georg von Derfflinger
Georg von Derfflinger (20 March 1606 – 14 February 1695) was a field marshal in the army of Brandenburg-Prussia during and after the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648).
Early years
Born 1606 at Neuhofen an der Krems in Austria, into a family o ...
and his daughter being married to Colonel Ludwig
von Blumenthal
The von Blumenthal family are Lutheran and Roman Catholic German nobility, originally from Brandenburg-Prussia. Other (unrelated) families of this name exist in Switzerland and formerly in Russia, and many unrelated families (quite a few of them Je ...
, 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, granddaughter
Luise Eleonore Wreech (1708–1784), a nephew - the military historian
Kurd von Schöning and the
rocket scientist
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,
Wernher von Braun
Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braun ( , ; 23 March 191216 June 1977) was a German and American aerospace engineer and space architect. He was a member of the Nazi Party and Allgemeine SS, as well as the leading figure in the develop ...
.
Upon completing his studies at the University of Wittenberg (1657-1659) and Strasbourg University (1659/60), he traveled in Europe for several years. But upon the death of his parents, he returned to the family estate in 1964.
Von Schöning died on 28 August 1696 in
Dresden
Dresden (, ; Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; wen, label=Upper Sorbian, Drježdźany) is the capital city of the German state of Saxony and its second most populous city, after Leipzig. It is the 12th most populous city of Germany, the fourth larg ...
and was buried in the chapel at
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, Lubusz Voivodeship, Dąbroszyn, Poland, and consists of a manor house, a church and a par ...
in
Dąbroszyn. Hans Adam von Schöning was the owner of an estate in
Brzoza.
Family
Hans Adams parents were Hans Adam (d 1664), squire of the
Knights Hospitaller
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, and Marianne (born in Schapelow). He married Johanna Margarethe Luise, of Pöllnitz, in 1668. He had two sons, Boguslaus,
Electorate of Saxony
The Electorate of Saxony, also known as Electoral Saxony (German: or ), was a territory of the Holy Roman Empire from 1356–1806. It was centered around the cities of Dresden, Leipzig and Chemnitz.
In the Golden Bull of 1356, Emperor Charles ...
Lieutenant Colonel, and Johann (Hans) Ludwig of
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, Lubusz Voivodeship, Dąbroszyn, Poland, and consists of a manor house, a church and a par ...
,
Electorate of Saxony
The Electorate of Saxony, also known as Electoral Saxony (German: or ), was a territory of the Holy Roman Empire from 1356–1806. It was centered around the cities of Dresden, Leipzig and Chemnitz.
In the Golden Bull of 1356, Emperor Charles ...
Chamberlain, and Lieutenant Colonel.
Military career
He distinguished himself in many military campaigns, including the
Turkish Wars
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, the
Nine Years War
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against France, and the war against Sweden 1675-79 particularly during the conquest of
Stettin
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,
Rügen
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The "gateway" to Rügen island is the Hanseatic city of Stralsund, where ...
and
Stralsund
Stralsund (; Swedish: ''Strålsund''), officially the Hanseatic City of Stralsund (German: ''Hansestadt Stralsund''), is the fifth-largest city in the northeastern German federal state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania after Rostock, Schwerin, Neub ...
and in the expulsion of Sweden from Prussia. He famously quarreled with General
von Barfus, and was eventually arrested for supposedly plotting to bring Saxony over to the French. Between 1677 and 1684, Schöning was regimental chef of the
1st Prussian Infantry Regiment.
In 1689 he took part in the successful
Siege of Bonn.
Schloss Tamsel
![Schloss Tamsel](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8e/Schloss_Tamsel.jpg)
Field-Marshal von Schöning later built a castle in
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, Lubusz Voivodeship, Dąbroszyn, Poland, and consists of a manor house, a church and a par ...
, Brandenburg (now Dabroszyn/Dąbroszynie, Poland). A neo-gothic church on the estate contains a mausoleum for the von Schöning, von Wreech and von Dönhoff families.
Biography
Schöning, K. Wolfgang von. (1837), The life and wartime deeds of Field Marshal Hans Adam von Schöning on Tamsel: namely his campaign with 8,000 Brandenburgers against the Turks. A contribution to the recognition of the time conditions in the Electoral Brandenburg and Electoral Saxon lands during the second half of the 17th century. With portraits of the field marshal and 55 facsimiles of signatures of distinguished contemporaries. Lüderitz, Berlin 1837
External links
Sächsische Biografie
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1641 births
1696 deaths
Field marshals of Prussia
Field marshals of Saxony
People from the Margraviate of Brandenburg
German military personnel of the Nine Years' War