Erich Philipp (von Schwan) von Schwaan (abt. 1660 - 1738)

Born about 1660 in Landesbergen, Nienburg, Niedersachsen, Deutschland

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Died 7 Feb 1738 at about age 78 in Hannover, Hannover, Niedersachsen, Deutschland

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Biography

Erich Philipp von Schwaan was a member of the von Schwan noble family that originated in Scandinavia, came to Mecklenburg in the 12th century, to Pomerania in the 14th century, and later to the Electorate of Saxony and the Duchy of Hannover. He was born about 1660 in Landesbergen, the von Schwan estate (c. 1650 - c. 1680) on the right bank of the Weser River in the Nienburg/Weser District, about 50 km northwest of Hannover. Erich Philipp was one of 15 children of the Royal Münster Senior Government Officer and High Inspector of the Rotenburg district, Christian Siegfried von Schwan and his wife, Anna Elisabeth von Schwan. His parents were 1st cousins whose fathers were brothers.

Around 1700, Erich Philipp von Schwaan and two of his brothers, Otto Georg Adolph von Schwaan and Johann Friedrich von Schwaan, all Hannover army officers, added the second “a” to their surname, about the same time that the town of Schwan in Mecklenburg named after the family also changed its name to Schwaan. It is not known if his other siblings also changed their surnames.

In 1683 Erich Philipp von Schwaan held the rank of corporal in the "Lünenburgischen Völckern". In 1689 he was recorded by the Kopfsteuer Calenberg as an ensign, sharing quarters at 167 Marktstrasse in Hannover’s Altstadt with the future Brigadier General von Belling and 3 servants. In 1709 and 1711 he was recorded as a Lt. Colonel in the Hannover Garde Regiment under Colonel von Campe. Also in 1711 he led 300 men of the Garde Regiment to capture the Peine Fortress in the Bistum Hildesheim. In 1714 he was in charge of the 2nd Battalion of the Garde Regiment in Hannover.

In 1719 Colonel von Schwaan took over the Regiment Tecklenburg in Hannover Münden. In 1727 he was promoted to Brigadier General and in 1735 he was promoted to Major-General in the Hannover Army.

Erich Philipp was married to Juliana Sophia von Bremer. They had no children. Erich Philipp died 7 Feb 1738 in Hannover according to the records of the Neustädter Hof- und Stadtkirche Sankt Johannis Evangelische Kirche, in the Calenberger Neustadt district of Hannover.

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• WikiTree profile Von_Schwan-32 created on 14 Sep 2016 by Mark Swanson.

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