Asmus Ehrenreich von Bredow

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Asmus Ehrenreich von Bredow (29 April 1693 in Senzke (Landkreis Westhavelland)–15 February 1756 in Halberstadt) was a Prussian Lieutenant General and Governor of the fortress at Kolberg. He served in the War of Austrian Succession in Frederick the Great's army. He was a Knight of the Black Eagle Order, hereditary heir of Worin’schen properties in East Prussia, and his name is listed on the Equestrian statue of Frederick the Great in Berlin.[1]

References

  1. ^ Ernst Graf zur Lippe-Weißenfeld Bredow, Asmus Ehrenreich von, Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, herausgegeben von der Historischen Kommission bei der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Band 3 (1876), S. 282, Digitale Volltext-Ausgabe in Wikisource, (Version vom 13 February 2017, 20:03 Uhr UTC)