Friedrich Leopold von Gessler

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Friedrich Leopold Graf von Gessler (or Geßler; (24 June 1688 22 August 1762) was a Prussian Generalfeldmarschall and one of Frederick the Great's most famous cavalry generals. Gessler was born in Schwarzenau in the Duchy of Prussia. He entered an infantry regiment in Königsberg in 1703, becoming a cadet on 6 June. He fought under Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, in the War of the Spanish Succession. After ten years of service for the Holy Roman Emperors, Gessler returned to the Prussian Army in 1713 as Rittmeister in the Regiment Pannwitz zu Pferde. On 21 January 1714, Gessler was promoted to Major and transferred to a dragoon regiment. Gessler was successively promoted: Oberstleutnant on 1 May 1720; commander of the Regiment Schulenburg Grenadiere zu Pferde on 16 August 1726; Oberst on 21 September 1729; commander of the 4th Cuirassier Regiment on 3 May 1733; Generalmajor on 14 July 1739; and Generalleutnant on 17 May 1742. During the First Silesian War, Gessler distinguished himself at Mollwitz and at Chotusitz, in which he led the cavalry of Wilhelm Dietrich von Buddenbrock's left wing.

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    • Titel Friedrich Leopold von Gessler
    • Format Kartonierter Einband
    • EAN 9786131683039
    • Herausgeber Alphascript Publishing
    • Anzahl Seiten 96
    • Editor Frederic P. Miller, Agnes F. Vandome, John McBrewster
    • Genre Geschichte
    • GTIN 09786131683039

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