Wilhelm von Freytag [SEP] occupation
Wilhelm von Freytag
Heinrich Wilhelm von Freytag (17 March 1720, Estorf – 2 January 1798, Hannover ) was an officer in the service of the Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Hanover).
Career.
B.1720 in Estorf, Freytag rose to prominence during the Seven Years' War, organising & commanding a corps of light infantry, the "Freytag Jägers". At the Battle of Bergen 17 April 1759 he commanding 9 companies of Jägers & 2 squadrons of Prussian Hussars.
Promoted Field Marshal in 1792,
Freytag
People with the surname Freytag ("Friday" in German) include:
- Adam Freytag (1608–50), Polish mathematician and military engineer
- Arny Freytag, American photographer
- Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Freytag (1788-1861), German philologist
- Gustav Freytag (1816-1895), German dramatist
- Freytag's pyramid
- Bernd von Freytag-Loringhoven (1914-2007), Baltic German general
- Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven (1874-1927), Dada-artist