TONNIES, DAVID [SSNE 122]

Surname

TONNIES, ETEWIES

First name

DAVID

Title/rank

MAJOR

Nationality

GERMAN

Region

ZERBST, ANHALT

Social status

OFFICER

Text source

David Tonnies was listed as a major in the Danish army, arriving in 1626. Misidentified initially in this database as a British officer, Tonnies was in fact born in Zerbst [principality of Anhalt] and became general-major in the Danish Army and commander of Goettingen (Lower Saxon Circle), which was besieged and then bombarded since 15.8.1626 until 18.8.1626 by the ligistic troops under the command of Anholt and Tilly. After an accord was reached, Tonnies left the town with his troops.

G. Lind, Danish Data Archive 1573; Dietrich DENECKE/Helga-Maria KÜHN, (eds.), Göttingen - Geschichte einer Universitätsstadt. Vol. 1: Von den Anfängen bis zum Ende des Dreißigjährigen Krieges (Göttingen, 1987), p.657; Archives of State Darmstadt, D 6, no. 41/3 (copy) - Willkühn to the gouvernment of Hessen-Darmstadt, Goettingen, 1626 VIII, 11; Hans SCHLOTTER/Hans-Werner SCHNEIDER/Heinrich-Jobst Ubbelohde, (eds.), Acta bellorum Hildesiensium. Tagebuch des Dr. Conrad Jordan von 1614 bis 1659 (Hildesheim, 1985), p.13 [here called Etewies].

Thanks to Dr Bernd Warlich for correctly identifying this man and providing the German language references.

Service record

DENMARK-NORWAY, SPEES REGIMENT

Arrived 1626-01-30, as MAJOR

Departed 1626-08-17, as MAJOR

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY