Prussian Infantry Regimental Colonels-in-Chief 1792 - 1806: Regiments
41 - 50
By Stephen Millar
This regiment had been left in Westphalia and was not present at either
Jena or Auerstadt.
20.05.1782: Woldeck von Arneburg, Generalmajor [later Generalleutnant]
Alexander-Friedrich (1720-1795) [1]
07.11.1792: Schladen, Oberst [later Generalleutnant] Karl-Friedrich-Gottlieb
von (1730-1806)
24.09.1804: Lettow, Generalmajor Karl-Ernst-Ludwig von (1746-1826)
[1] Woldeck was later appointed Governor of Wesel.
[2] Schladen was awarded the ‘Pour le Merite’ in 1779.
Infantry Regiment
Nr. 42
In 1806, Infantry Regiment Nr. 42 was assigned to L’Estocq’s [eastern]
corps.
07.02.1789: Hanenfeldt, Oberst [later Generalleutnant] Nikolaus-Reinhold
von (1723-1805) [1]
29.12.1794: Luttwitz, Generalmajor Kaspar-Sigismund von (1732-1796)
05.04.1796: Plotz, Oberst [later Generalleutnant] Franz-Heinrich-Christian
von (1740-1819) [2]
[1] Hanenfeldt was awarded the ‘Pour le Merite’ in 1786.
[2] Plotz was awarded the ‘Pour le Merite’ in 1802.
Infantry Regiment
Nr. 43
This unit was assigned to Ruchel’s corps and later surrendered at Magdeburg.
24.01.1776: Anhalt, Oberst [later General der Infanterie] Leopold-Ludwig,
Graf von (1729-1795)
19.05.1795: Wartensleben, Generalmajor [later Generalleutnant] Alexander-Leopold,
Graf von (1744-1822) [1]
24.01.1803: Strachwitz, Generalmajor Christian-Georg-Ludwig von (1740-1812)
[2]
[1] Wartensleben commanded a division at Auerstadt.
[2] Strachwitz had previously been colonel-in-chief of Infantry Regiment
Nr. 44 [see below].
Infantry Regiment
Nr. 44
31.08.1791: Dohna-Lauck, Oberst [later Generalmajor] August, Burggraf
und Graf zu (1728-1793)
09.01.1793: Kunitzky, Generalmajor Franz-Georg-Gneomar von (1735-1799)
14.02.1799: Strachwitz, Oberst [later Generalmajor] Ludwig von (1740-1812)
03.05.1803: Hagken, Oberst [later Generalmajor] Christian-Alexander,
Freiherr von (1744-1808)
Infantry Regiment
Nr. 45
This regiment fought in Tauentzien’s detachment at Jena. Elements of
the unit subsequently surrendered at Erfurt and Magdeburg.
01.03.1786: Eckartsberg, Generalmajor Johann-Ludwig von (1723-1793)
10.04.1792: Gravenitz, Oberst [later General der Infanterie] Friedrich-Wilhelm-August
von (1730-1809) [1]
06.07.1795: Unruh, Oberst [later Generalleutnant] Karl-Philipp von (1731-1805)
19.10.1805: Zweiffel, Oberst [later Generalmajor] Johann-Christian von
(1745-1817) [2]
[1] Gravenitz was awarded the ‘Pour le Merite’ in 1791.
[2] Zweiffel commanded an infantry brigade at Jena.
Infantry Regiment
Nr. 46
Not present at Jena or Auerstadt, Infantry Regiment Nr. 46 surrendered
at Breslau on 05.01.1807.
17.06.1779: Pfuel, Oberst [later General der Infanterie] Ernst-Ludwig
von (1716-1798) [1]
29.12.1794: Thile, Generalmajor [later Generalleutnant] Alexander-Heinrich
von [2]
[1] Pfuel was later appointed Governor of Spandau.
[2] Thile was awarded the ‘Pour le Merite’ in 1802.
Infantry Regiment
Nr. 47
Assigned to Grawert’s division, Infantry Regiment Nr. 47 fought at
Jena. It later surrendered at Magdeburg on 08.11.1806.
26.09.1790: Hertzberg, Generalmajor [later Generalleutnant] Johann-Karl,
Graf von (1731-1798) [1]
12.09.1797: Grawert, Oberst [later General der Infanterie] Julius-August-Reinhold
von (1746-1821) [2]
Infantry Regiment
Nr. 48
This regiment had been left in Erfurt. It surrendered there on 16.10.1806.
21.01.1791: Schlieffen, Generalleutnant Martin-Ernst von (1732-1825)
[1]
04.07.1792: Kothen, Generalmajor Georg-Bogislav von (1722-1808)
12.02.1797: Hessen-Kassel, Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm I, Landgrave
of (1743-1821) [2]
[1] Schlieffen was later appointed Governor of Wesel.
[2] In 1803, Wilhelm I was created ‘Kurfürst of Hessen’.
Infantry Regiment
Nr. 49
Infantry Regiment Nr. 49 fought at Saalfeld on 10.10.1806. It later
surrendered at Magdeburg.
01.06.1788: Borch, Generalmajor [later Generalleutnant] Otto-Heinrich-Friedrich
von (1723-1799)
29.12.1794: Schonfeldt, Generalmajor Friedrich-Wilhelm von (1730-1805)
[1]
02.10.1800: Muffling, Oberst [later Generalmajor] Johann-Friedrich-Wilhelm,
Freiherr von (1742-1808) [2]
[1] This officer’s surname is sometimes mis-spelled ‘Schanfeldt’.
[2] This officer should not be confused with the Duke of Wellington’s
Prussian commissioner in the Waterloo Campaign: the future Generalfeldmarschall
Friedrich-Karl-Ferdinand, Freiherr von Muffling [gen. Weiss] (1775-1851).
Infantry Regiment
Nr. 50
Part of Grawert’s division at Jena, elements of this regiment later
surrendered at Erfurt and Magdeburg.
23.11.1778: Troschke, Oberst [later Generalmajor] Ludwig-Gottlieb von
29.12.1794: Steensen, Generalleutnant Georg von (1734-1812) [1]
01.10.1799: Sanitz, Oberst [later Generalleutnant] Karl-Wilhelm von
(1747-1821) [2]
[1] Steensen was later Governor of Niesse
[2] Sanitz was a brigade commander in Prittwitz’s division at Jena.
Bibliography
http://www.lexikon-deutschegenerale.de/f_pr.html
http://www.preussenweb.de/preussen.htm
http://home.foni.net/~adelsforschung/ind03.htm
http://napoleon-series.org
http://members.iweb.net.au/~steveoc/models/pg_nap_pru1806.html
http://www.napoleon-online.de/
http://www.grosser-generalstab.de/
http://www.napoleonicminiatureswargame.com/
http://www.histofig.com/
Placed on the Napoleon Series: June 2005
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