Friedrich Albrecht Karl Herrmann, Reichsgraf von Wylich und Lottum

Friedrich Albrecht Karl Herrmann, Reichsgraf[a] von Wylich und Lottum (20 April 1720 – 3 March 1797) was a Prussian officer.[1]

Friedrich von Wylich was born in Anklam, Western Pomerania, as the second son of Major General Johann Christoph von Wylich und Lottum, whose father was the Field Marshal Philipp Karl von Wylich und Lottum.

Von Wylich began his military career in 1737; he was involved in all wars and battles under Frederick the Great and rose to the rank of General of Cavalry in 1794 before retiring in 1795. He received the order Pour le Mérite for his bravery in the Battle of Zorndorf in 1758 during the Seven Years' War.

He was married to Sophie Beate von Schlichting (8 August 1736 – 28 October 1801) and the couple had seven children. At the age of 76 years, von Wylich died in Berlin.

Notes

  1. ^ Regarding personal names: Reichsgraf was a title before 1919, but now is regarded as part of the surname. It is translated as Count of the Empire. Before the August 1919 abolition of nobility as a legal class, titles preceded the full name when given (Graf Helmuth James von Moltke). Since 1919, these titles, along with any nobiliary prefix (von, zu, etc.), can be used, but are regarded as a dependent part of the surname, and thus come after any given names (Helmuth James Graf von Moltke). Titles and all dependent parts of surnames are ignored in alphabetical sorting. The feminine form is Reichsgräfin. Titles using the prefix Reichs- were those created before the fall of the Holy Roman Empire.

References

  1. ^ Ernst Friedländer (1884). "Lottum Graf von Wylich, Friedrich Albrecht Karl Herrmann" . Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German). Vol. 19. Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot. pp. 283–284.
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