Gabriel Monod de Froideville

Gabriel Monod de Froideville (11 March 1711, Froideville, in the municipality of Ballens – 9 September 1758, Frankfurt an der Oder) was a Swiss military officer in Prussian service.

Gabriel Monod de Froideville
Born	(1711-03-11)11 March 1711 Froideville, Ballens
Died	9 September 1758(1758-09-09) (aged 47) Frankfurt an der Oder
Allegiance	Dutch Republic (1727) Electorate of Saxony (1730) Kingdom of Prussia (1741)
Rank	Major general
Conflicts	Battle of Zorndorf (1758)  †
Spouse	Christina Eusebia von Kalkreuth (m. 1748)

The son of Gabriel Monod, châtelain of Bière, and Susanne de Crousaz de Prélaz, he was the brother of Benjamin Louis Monod de Froideville and François Isaac Monod de Froideville. He served as châtelain of Bière and as lord of Froideville, Urschkau (today Głogów, Poland), and Kanitz (today Kamieniec, Poland) in Silesia. In 1748 he married Christina Eusebia von Kalkreuth.

Career

Monod de Froideville began his military career as a volunteer in Holland in 1727. In 1730 he transferred to the service of Saxony, and in 1741 to that of Prussia. As a major (1744), he drew up plans of the fortresses on the Elbe. He was promoted to colonel in 1755 and to major general in 1758, and was mortally wounded against the Russians at the Battle of Zorndorf in the same year.

References

 This article incorporates text from a free content work. Licensed under CC-BY SA. Text taken from Monod de Froideville, Gabriel​, Fabienne Abetel-Béguelin, Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.

Bibliography

• H. J. Leu, Allgemeines helvetisches, eydgenössisches oder schweitzerisches Lexicon, suppl. 4, 1789, pp. 198–199.