Alexander von Krahe

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Alexander von Krahe , (born January 11, 1617 in Prague , † March 11, 1660 in Dresden ) was an electoral Saxon sub-marshal , chamberlain and manor owner .

Life

Krahe came from the later extinct Saxon noble family Krahe . He was the son of Colonel Carl von Krahe (1576–1630) and his wife Ottilie Riettmann, née von Schreibersdorff, and was born in the royal seat of the Habsburgs in Prague shortly before the outbreak of the Thirty Years' War. Anna Sibylla von Krahe was his sister. His father was a colonel in the three Saxon fortresses of Dresden , Königstein and Pleißenburg .

Alexander von Krahe embarked on an administrative career in the service of the Wettiner at the Saxon court in Dresden.

For his services to the Electorate of Saxony, Alexander von Krahe received the rulership of Roßthal near Dresden from Elector Johann Georg II of Saxony . In 1657 he had the Roßthal Castle built here as the manor house of the manor, the successor building of which still exists today.

On March 10, 1660, he suffered a stroke that resulted in his death within a few hours the following night. He was solemnly buried on April 1, 1660 in the Sophienkirche in Dresden. The funeral sermon he gave was published in print in small editions.

Hans Georg and Carl Ernst von Krahe were his two sons, who emerged from two different marriages. A little later, however, this Saxon noble family died out with them.

literature

  • Jakob Weller : Devout Christian nativity / or certain life goal: from the 14th Cap. v. 5. Jobs / People have a certain amount of time / [et] c. executed / as the [...] Alexander von Krahe's body [...] with a soul with [...] ceremonies [...] in his resting bed in the church of S. Sophien in Dreßden on April 1st. Anno 1660. when the hope of a happy rise was sunk / by Jacob Wellern / D. Churf. Passage to Saxony / [et] c. the time of Ober Hoff preachers , [Dresden], 1660.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Incorrect genealogical data on MyHeritage
  2. ^ Kneschke ' Adels-Lexicon , Volume 5, Leipzig 1864, p. 262.
personal data
SURNAME Krahe, Alexander von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Elector Saxon sub-marshal, chamberlain and manor owner
DATE OF BIRTH January 11, 1617
PLACE OF BIRTH Prague
DATE OF DEATH March 11, 1660
Place of death Dresden