Friedrich Sebastian Wunibald Truchsess zu Waldburg

His family originated in the branches of the old Swabian House of Waldburg (Waldpurg), which had settled in the 16th century in what was then the Duchy of Prussia. The family branch was called Waldburg-Capustigall. The date of his birth is disputed in sources: either 1677 or 31 May 1691, possibly in Pillau, where his father was stationed at the fort; his father was lieutenant general Joachim Heinrich Count Truchsess von Waldburg (died 1718) and his mother, Freiin Maria Eleonore von Heydeck (1649–1692). His uncle, Wolfgang Christoph Truchsess von Waldburg (1643–1688), was also a Prussian general. One of his cousins, Karl Ludwig Truchseß von Waldburg (1685–1738) was a Prussian general and statesman. In 1742, he married Dorothea von Trzebitzky). ==Military service==

Trux entered the Prussian military service in 1702, became a major in 1715, and in 1718 became a lieutenant-in-chief. On 26 June 1725, he was in England to give "congratulations and assurances" (See Treaty of Hanover (1725). In the collapse of Peters Tower in Berlin, on 21 August 1734, Trux was buried under the rubble for three days. In 1736 Trux was assigned to escort the recently deposed Polish king Stanisław Leszczyński to France on behalf of the Prussian state at the expense of King Frederick William I; Stanisław diverted the journey to Königsberg, in Prussia, where he proceeded to direct guerilla operations against the Russian forces in Poland. Unable to prevent Stanisław behavior, Trux withdrew in "some disgrace" of his monarch but Frederick William admired Waldburg's 6-foot-long frame, and although moderately disgraced, he avoided a prison sentence. In 1739, Frederick William sent Trux to the Danish court in Copenhagen. In 1740, the newly crowned Frederick II, with whom he was personally acquainted, appointed him as head of the Infantry Regiment Dönhoff (No. 13), and promoted him to major general in August 1740, gave him the administrative office of Plettenberg. In the summer, Frederick sent Trux with George II from England to Hanover, where the English king was at the time. When Frederick engaged in war against Austria, he assigned to Waldburg and Jakob Friedrich von Bielfeld the task of securing Prussian interests with the House of Hanover. At the Court of Saint James, Waldburg acquired approval the English Cabinet for the Prussian plans. Trux joined the campaign in Bohemia in 1744 and was present at the Siege of Prague. On May 14 he was in action at Lesch in Moravia; he was able to repel the attack, but was again wounded in the fighting. For this he received an additional pension from King and in August of that year the King gave Trux the Black Eagle Order, and in January 1745 he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general. Later that year, he fell in the Battle of Hohenfriedberg (4 July 1745). He was struck by a cannonball, which killed him immediately. Trux died childless. His name is recorded on the Frederick's monument in Berlin. ==Notes==