Alfred Franz Carl von Reventlow-Criminil

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Alfred Franz Carl Count of Reventlow-Criminil

Alfred Franz Carl Graf von Reventlow-Criminil (born September 11, 1825 in Schwarzenbek , † October 22, 1898 in Ruhleben near Plön ) was a Danish-German diplomat and landowner.

Life

Alfred Franz Carl Graf von Reventlow-Criminil was the only son of Heinrich von Reventlow-Criminil and his wife Luise Sophie Jeanette Countess zu Rantzau from the Rastorf house (1799-1852).

He entered the Danish diplomatic service and was Secretary of the Legation, first from 1850 to 1852 at the Danish legation in Paris, then in London. From January to December 1857 he was here Chargé d'affaires , since the post of ambassador was vacant at this time. In connection with the German-Danish War in 1864, he resigned from the Danish civil service.

After the death of his father in 1869 he inherited Ruhleben.

He was first married to Countess Malwine Louise Anna Reventlow (* December 17, 1831; † August 28, 1857) since May 27, 1854 , then since September 24, 1860 with Countess Bertha Louise Camilla Reventlou (* October 2, 1835; † August 16, 1869) and finally from December 2, 1873 with Countess Marie Louise Christiane Reventlou on Farve (December 2, 1833; † December 27, 1910). His second and third wife were sisters and daughters of Ernst Christian von Reventlow . The sons Heinrich Ernst Carl Christian (born June 26, 1861), Ernst Friedrich (born November 4, 1862) and Christian Conrad Carl (born January 3, 1864) came from the second marriage.

Awards

literature

  • Danmarks Adels Aarbog 12 (1895), p. 364 Online

Web links

Commons : Alfred Franz Carl Reventlow-Criminil  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Elias Bredsdorff: Hans Andersen and Charles Dickens: A Friendship and Its Dissolution. (Anglistica 7) 1956, p. 53 note 1
  2. ^ Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the German count's houses. 47 (1874), p. 696
  3. ↑ Johanniter-Ordensblatt 24 (1883), p. 159
personal data
SURNAME Reventlow-Criminil, Alfred Franz Carl von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Reventlow-Criminil, Alfred Franz Carl Graf von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish-German diplomat and landowner
DATE OF BIRTH September 11, 1825
PLACE OF BIRTH Schwarzenbek
DATE OF DEATH October 22, 1898
Place of death Quiet life near Plön