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took him in 24 February 1721 as a cadet into his infantry regiment, then called the Old Anhalt regiment. Because his uncle was released from military service in the same year, he entered the military academy in Berlin in
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After the death of his first wife, he married in 1766 to Ursula Louise von
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in his wars. In the 14th century, the family divided into two stems: the
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Albertine Eleonore (7 March 1768 – 13 October 1836) ∞ 23 November 1792 Philipp Wilhelm Heinrich von Borcke (8 October 1757 – 4 October 1824)
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