"Kurd Wolfgang Wilhelm Gustav von Schöning (13 August 1789, Morrn (Murzynowo), Landsberg an der Warthe – 2 April 1859, Potsdam) was a Prussian major general and ...
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historian of the army.
He was the son of Christian Stephan von Schöning (b 1752, d October 30, 1802) and Albertine Juliane Therese Tugendreich (d 1844). He was married in 1815 (Gülzow) to Charlotte von Bornstädt (born March 25, 1795, died January 25, 1841).
He was educated in the cadet corps in Berlin and was commissioned in the Prussian Army on April 1, 1806. His uncle was the distinguished General Field Marshal Hans Adam von Schöning. Appointed major in 1821, retired in 1827 as a lieutenant-colonel, Chamberlain of Prince Carl. The Grand Duke of Weimar appointed him Commander of the Order of the White Falcon." - (en.wikipedia.org 08.11.2019)
