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Biography
Friedrich Sigmund von Waldow was royal Prussian Major General, Chief of the Cuirassier Regiment no 8 and hereditary lord of Mehrenthin. Born 1682 in Mehrentin; the son of the Brandenburg Captain Christian Sigismund von Waldow (1650–1707) and Katharina von Sydow (1651–1702). His brother Arnold Christoph von Waldow (1672–1743) was a Prussian general.
Military career
He fought from 1700 for Sweden under Charles XII and participated in the Great Northern War, as well as at the Battle of Poltwa. In 1710 he was Major in the Swedish Army.
On 15 November 1715 he moved to become a lieutenant colonel in the Prussian Army, probably campaigning with his older brother. He served first in the Dragoons (Derflinger) but on 1 October 1718, he was appointed commander of a regiment, but this lasted only till 26 October 1719.
On July 16, 1724 he became a colonel and at the December 1, 1724 and Waldow was transferred on February 26, 1728 as a commander in the Cuirassiers No. 8 . On October 15, 1734 he became chief of the regiment and on 28 March 1737 he was appointed Major General. He fought in the first Silesian War.
On July 1, 1742, he was granted leave request, and died a few months later on January 5, 1743
Family
He was married three times. His first wife was in 1715 Hedwig Katharina von Oppen (February 18, 1694–April 28, 1725) had several children, including:
- Frederick William (February 7, 1717–May 27, 1762) ∞ 1753 Henriette Louise von der Marwitz (March 6, 1730–1 November 1806)
- Leopold Wilhelm (August 3, 1718–6 February 1788)
His second marriage in 1715 was to Helene of Guntersberge (died August 6, 1733) and they had the following children:
- Georg (born 1726)
- Christian (born around 1728)
- Dorothee (born 1730)
In 1738 he married Luise Magdalene von Bornstedt (died April 18, 1764). She was the widow of Lieutenant Georg Friedrich (III.) Von Bismarck (1697–1737) and she had a daughter Magarethe Hermine Auguste. Luise was the daughter of Saxon Major General Henry Ehrenreich von Bornstedt and his wife Maria Katharina von Schenck from the house Flechtingen.