Alexander von Spaen

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Alexander von Spaen

Alexander von Spaen (born January 14, 1619 in Kranenburg , † October 23, 1692 in Kleve ) was a field marshal of Kurbrandenburg .

family

Alexander von Spaen was the son of the landowner multiple Wolter of Spaen and his wife Agnes of Schimmelpenninck from Oye at the family estate Cross Furth im Cleves born Kranenburg.

He was married three times. First with Henriette von Arnheim († August 4, 1671). The following children were born from this marriage:

  • Wolter Zeger (1655–1655)
  • Lowisa (1657–1733) ⚭ Diederich Georg von Heyden († 1706), Klevisch-Brandenburg judiciary
  • Agnes Judith (1658-1731)
⚭ 1679 Daem Sigismund Pflug († 1683), court marshal of the Electorate of Saxony
⚭ 1689 Hans Felix von Schwerin (1647–1689), colonel
⚭ 1698 Carl de L'Ostange († 1703), colonel
  • Mechtel Katrin (1660–1728) Abbess of Bedbur
  • Amalia Charlotta (1661–1731) ⚭ Friedrich von Schomberg (1640–1700), son of Friedrich von Schomberg
  • Friedrich Wilhelm (February 28, 1667 - February 14, 1735) Landdrost von Kleve and Drost von Orsoy ⚭ Johanna Elisabeth Adelheid Freiin von der Reck zu Horst (* 1675 - October 19, 1711)
  • Alexander Bernhard , Prussian general (* December 24, 1669; † December 11, 1745) ⚭ Johanna von Laer (* March 1, 1679; † November 2, 1705)
  • Dorothea († 1679)
  • Florentina Anna ⚭ 1681 Diedrich von Wylich-Diesfort († September 6, 1709), Drost zu Bislich
  • Henrietta
  • Henrietta Walravia († 1672)

He then married Johanna Dorothea Quadt von Wyckerath-Soppenbroich († September 4, 1676). The following daughter was born from this marriage:

  • Hendrietta Johanna (* 1675; † June 30, 1717) ⚭ Jacob Walrave von der Heyden called Rynch (* 1658; † November 18, 1737), Klevian Land Commissioner

After she died too, he married Dorothea von Flemming , Otto von Schwerin's widow . This marriage remained childless. A total of twelve children were born from his marriages.

Life

Alexander von Spaen began his professional career as a page to the Prince of Orange and soon after became Lieutenant of the Dutch Guards in the company of Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, vicomte de Turenne . Together with his brother, Jakob von Spaen, Alexander received the ruins of Ringenberg Castle in 1648 , which he rebuilt based on Dutch models by 1661.

In 1651 he became chief of a cavalry regiment . In 1654 he captured Dietrich Karl zu Wylich- Winnenthal, the leader of the resistance against the Great Elector , and brought him to Spandau. Spaen joined the army in Prussia in 1655, took over the body regiment on horseback, fought in the battle of Warsaw and returned to the Lower Rhine in 1656 as a colonel. In that year he was also Brandenburg councilor, chamberlain and landdrost of the Duchy of Cleves .

On May 27, 1657 he became the commandant of Kalkar and major general the following year . On May 25, 1661, he and all his legitimate descendants were raised to the status of imperial baron by the emperor . In the years 1672 to 1679 he took part in the campaigns against the Swedes and French. During the Swedish-Brandenburg War in 1675, he took part in the conquest of Bremen-Verdens as commander of the Brandenburg troop contingent .

He was present at the sieges of Wesel , Werl , Anklam and Stettin and in 1675 became governor of Wesel and lieutenant general . In 1679 he became Privy Councilor and District President of Kleve and Mark and on December 1, 1688, General Feldzeugmeister . In 1689 he stayed at the English court as ambassador from Brandenburg and then took part in the campaign against the French until 1691 ( Siege of Bonn , Battle of Fleurus ). In 1690 he received the supreme command of the Brandenburg troops and on March 12, 1691 finally became field marshal.

literature

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ HMJ Tromp: A gender without limits . P. 227.
  2. ↑ HMJ Tromp: A gender without limits . P. 228.
personal data
SURNAME Spaen, Alexander von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Spaen, Alexander Freiherr von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Brandenburg General Field Marshal
DATE OF BIRTH January 14, 1619
PLACE OF BIRTH Kranenburg
DATE OF DEATH October 23, 1692
Place of death Kleve