Henning Alexander von Kleist
| Henning Alexander von Kleist | |
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Henning Alexander von Kleist
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| Born |
May 4, 1677 Raddatz, Pomerania |
| Died | August 21, 1749 (aged 72) Berlin, Prussia |
| Allegiance |
 Prussia
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| Service/branch | Prussian Army |
| Years of service | 1699–1747 |
| Rank | Field Marshal |
| Commands held | Anhalt (Infantry) Regiment (Regiment Anhalt zu Fuss) (1718–1723) Infantry Regiment No. 26 (1730–1749) |
| Battles/wars | |
| Awards |
Order of the Black Eagle Pour le Merite |
| Spouse(s) | Albertine Marie von Biedersee |
War of Spanish Succession
Great Northern War
War of the Austrian Succession
Henning Alexander von Kleist (1676/77–1749) was an 18th-century Prussian field marshal. He fought in the War of Spanish Succession, the Great Northern War, and in the Wars of Austrian Succession. In particular, his actions at the Battle of Mollwitz brought him acclaim, although he had long been a stalwart supporter of Prussian military developments by the Prussian kings Frederick (1740–1786) and Frederick William I (1713–1740).
Kleist belonged to an old Pomeranian family that stemmed from the year 1175, and the family served the Duke Bogislaw X, Duke of Pomerania in his wars. In the 14th century, the family divided into three lines, from three brothers. The oldest line was Dubberow-Tuchow line, the Muttrin-Damen line, and the third, Bilnow-Raddatz, which ended in 1784. In total, the Kleist line produced more than 19 generals, and an assortment of poets, inventors, scientists, and philosophers.
Henning Alexander von Kleist was born on 4 May in 1676 or 1677 in Raddatz in Pomerania. He was the third son of Joachim Daniel von Kleist. and his first wife, Maria Catherine von Ramel.
His father married three times. The first wife, Maria Catherine von Ramel,18 May 1644, 1672 married, and died 3 January 1685. She was the second daughter of Heinrich von Ramel and Else Sophia von Münchow, from Bulgrin. She bore four sons, and one daughter:
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