Genealogists, who were the parents of Major General Johann Georg Eduard Scmidt von Altenstadt 1796-1850?

Answer 1

From Ancestry:
Name: Johann Georg Eduard von Schmidt
Gender: männlich (Male)
Marriage Age: 39
Event Type: Heirat (Marriage)
Birth Date: 2 Jan 1796
Marriage Date: 24 Nov 1835
Marriage Place: Magdeburg, Sachsen (Saxony), Deutschland (Germany)
Father: Johann Georg Constant v Schmidt
Mother: Henriette Wilhelmine Elisabeth v Schmidt
Spouse: Ernestine johanne Friederike Auguste Homann
City or District: Magdeburg
Page Number: 102;102
Author: Evangelische Kirche. Garnisongemeinde Magdeburg; Preußen. Armee. Artillerie Brigade 03 (Brandenburgische); Preußen. Armee. Artillerie Brigade 04 (Magdeburgische); Preußen. Armee. Division 07; Preußen.

Answer 2

Why does he have an English military title? When it s clear that his name is germanic.