See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

COUNT VON KURT CHRISTOPH See also:

• SCHWERIN
• COUNT VON KURT CHRISTOPH SCHWERIN (1684–1757)

SCHWERIN (1684–1757)  , Prussian See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

field See also:

• MARSHAL (med. Lat. marescalcus, from O.H.Ger. marah, horse, and scalc, servant)

marshal, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Lowitz in See also:

• POMERANIA (German, Pommern)

Pomerania, and at an See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age entered the Dutch See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army, with which he served at the Schellenberg and at See also:

• BLENHEIM (Ger. Blindheim)

Blenheim . In 1707 he became a See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant-See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

colonel in the army of the See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

• MECKLENBURG

Mecklenburg-See also:

• SCHWERIN
• SCHWERIN, KURT CHRISTOPH, COUNT VON (1684–1757)

Schwerin, and was See also:

• PRESENT

present at See also:

• RAMILLIES

Ramillies and See also:

• MALPLAQUET

Malplaquet, and with the See also:

• SWEDISH

Swedish See also:

• COMMANDER

commander See also:

• STENBOCK, MAGNUS GUSTAFSSON, COUNT (1664—1717)

Stenbock at Gadebusch . In 1713 he was with See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles XII. of See also:

• SWEDEN
• SWEDEN [Sverige]
• SWEDEN, NORWAY AND

Sweden in his captivity at See also:

• BENDER (more correctly BENDERY)

Bender, and in 1718 was made See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

major-general . In 1719 he opposed the Hanoverian army which invaded Mecklenburg (in the course of which he fought a brilliant See also:

• ACTION

action at Walsmuhlen on the 6th of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1719), and in the following See also:

• YEAR

year entered the service of the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of See also:

• PRUSSIA
• PRUSSIA (Ger. Preussen; Lat. Borussia)

Prussia . At first he was employed in See also:

• DIPLOMATIC

diplomatic See also:

• MISSIONS (Lat. missio, a sending)

missions, but in See also:

• JANUARY

January 1722/3 he received the command of an See also:

• INFANTRY

infantry See also:

• REGIMENT (from Late Latin regimentum, rule, regere, to rule, govern, direct)

regiment . In 1730, as a major-general, he was a member of the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court See also:

• MARTIAL (MARCUS VALERIUS MARTIALIS)

martial which tried the See also:

• CROWN

crown See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince of Prussia (afterwards See also:

• FREDERICK
• FREDERICK (Mod. Ger. Friedrich; Ital. Federigo; Fr. Frederic and Federic; M.H.G. Friderich; O.H.G. Fridurih, " king or lord of peace," from O.H.G. fridu, A.S. frith, " peace," and rfh " rich," " a ruler," for derivation of which see HENRY)

Frederick the See also:

• GREAT

Great) for See also:

• DESERTION

desertion, and in 1733, at the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of a Prussian army, conducted with great skill the delicate and difficult task of settling the Mecklenburg question . In the following year he became lieutenant-general and in 1739 general of infantry . During the See also:

• LIFE

life-See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of King Frederick See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William, Schwerin was also employed in much administrative See also:

• WORK

work . Frederick the Great, on his See also:

• ACCESSION (from Lat. accedere, to go to, to approach)

accession, promoted Schwerin to the See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of general field marshal and made him a See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

count . At the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of Mollwitz (See also:

• APRIL

April loth, 1741) he justified his See also:

• SOVEREIGN

sovereign's choice by his brilliant leading, which, when the king had disappeared from the field, converted a doubtful battle into a victory which decided for the time being the See also:

• FATE

fate of See also:

• SILESIA

Silesia . After the conclusion of the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war he was See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of the important fortresses of See also:

• BRIEG

Brieg and See also:

• NEISSE

Neisse . In the Second Silesian War (r744-1745) Schwerin commanded the army which, marching from See also:

• GLATZ (Slay. Kladsko)

Glatz, met the king's army under the walls of See also:

• PRAGUE (Ger. Prag; Bohemian Praha)

Prague, and in the See also:

• SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege and See also:

• CAPTURE (from Lat. capere, to take; Fr. prise maritime; Ger. Wegnahme)

capture of that See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place he played a distinguished See also:

• PART

part (See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September loth, 1644) .

Some time afterwards, the king being compelled to See also:

• RETREAT (O. Fr. retrete, mod. retraite, from Lat. retrahere, to draw back)

retreat from Bohemia, Schwerin again distinguished himself, but, resenting a real or fancied slight, retired to his See also:

• ESTATE (through O. Fr. estat, mod. flat, from Lat. status, state, condition, position, stare, to stand)

estate, to which, and its inhabitants, he devoted his energies during the years of See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace . He reappeared on the field at the outbreak of the Seven Years' War (1756), and during the first See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign conducted the war on the Silesian See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of Bohemia; and in 1757, following the same route as in 1744, again joined Frederick at Prague . On the 6th of May followed the battle of Prague . Leading on a regiment of the See also:

• LEFT

left wing to the attack with its See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour in his See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand, the old field marshal was shot dead . Frederick erected a statue on the Wilhelmsplatz to his foremost soldier, and a See also:

• MONUMENT (Lat. monumentum or monumentum; from monere, to advise, bring to mind, remind; the German equivalent is Denkmal)

monument on the field of Prague commemorates the place where he See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell . Since 1889 the 14th (3rd Pomeranians) Infantry of the See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German army has See also:

• BORNE, KARL LUDWIG (1786–1837)

borne his name . See Varnhagen von Ense, Biographische Denkmale, vol. vi . (3rd ed., See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig, 1873), and Leben Schwerins (See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin, 1841) ; Wollner, Ein See also:

• CHRIST (Gr. X pLQTOS, Anointed)
• CHRIST, WILHELM VON (1831-1906)

Christ and ein Held, See also:

• ODER (Lat. Viadua; Slavonic, Vjodr)

oder Nachrichten von Schwerin (Frankfurt a . O., 1758) ; See also:

• PAULI, REINHOLD (1823-1882)

Pauli, Leben Grosser Helden, i . (See also:

• HALLE (known as HALLE-AN-DER-SAALE, t0 distinguish it from the small town of Halle in Westphalia)
• HALLE, SIR CHARLES (originally KARL HALLE) (1819-1895)

Halle, 1759) ; Gollmert, Gesch. See also:

• DES

des Geschlechts von Schwerin (Berlin, 1878) ; Schwebel, See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

Die Herren and Grafen von Schwerin (Berlin, 1885) .