Hans Adam von Schöning
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Hans Adam von Schöning (1 October 1641 – 28 August 1696) was a Generalfeldmarschall in the service of Brandenburg-Prussia and the Electorate of Saxony.
Schöning was born at Tamsel near Küstrin in the Margraviate of Brandenburg. He distinguished himself in the Turkish Wars and the Nine Years War against France, but was more famous for his quarrel with General von Barfus, and was eventually arrested for supposedly plotting to bring Saxony over to the French. He was well-connected by marriage, his uncle being Field Marshal Georg von Derfflinger and his daughter being married to Colonel Ludwig von Blumenthal, a nephew of Field Marshal von Dünewald and brother-in-law of General Carl Friedrich von Schlippenbach (1658-1753). His descendants included Field Marshal von Wrangel and the rocket scientist, Wernher von Braun.
