Bernhard Schaffalitzky from Muckadell

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Bernhard Schaffalitzky von Muckadell (born August 3, 1591 in Brackenheim , † October 21, 1641 in Paris ) was a Swedish major general and Württemberg diplomat in the Thirty Years War .

His father was Sebastian Schaffalitzky von Muckadell (1551-1624) and was originally from Moravia. In the meantime, however, he was lord of the manor at Freudental near Besigheim . He was also Obervogt von Brackenheim and inspector of the state fortresses. His mother was Benigna von Griesheim (* 1562, † February 19, 1633).

Life

He came to the Württemberger court as a page at an early age and was brought up together with the future Duke Johann Friedrich .

In 1604 he came to Mömpelgard in Württemberg . From here he went on to Calais , where he was enlisted as a soldier. In the Netherlands he came to the bodyguard of Maurice of Orange and got there on up to the officer. In 1614 he went to Malta . He became a Maltese knight and fought against the Ottomans on the galleys of the order's fleet in the Mediterranean . As early as 1615 he switched to the galleys of Cosimo II de 'Medici . After a duel , however, he had to flee to Württemberg.

In the same year the Venetians made him commandant over 600 men with whom he went to the field against Ferdinand II . During the siege of Gradiska Fortress in June 1617, he was wounded and captured, but released again. He fought against the Austrians until 1626, who were even looking for him on a wanted list. In 1626, however, he was appointed a war council by Duke Johann Friedrich and sent on diplomatic missions. So in 1631 he came to the Swedish king, who took him into his service.

After the victory of the Swedes in the Battle of Rain am Lech in April 1632, he escorted the Swedish Queen from Frankfurt to Ulm. On August 7, 1632, he led 1,000 horsemen to the county of Hohenberg , which the Swedes held until 1634. He conquered the village of Korb (Württemberg) . In autumn 1632 he was able to repel an incursion by imperial troops into the Kraichgau . In December 1632 he and his troops were in front of Freiburg , which agreed on December 28th after paying 30,000 guilders. Schaffalytzky himself received products from the local agate grinding shop by the council. After the siege of Überlingen , in May 1634 he was responsible for the Black Forest-Lake Constance-Upper Swabia region. In this capacity he expanded the city of Buchhorn (today Friedrichshafen ) into a fortress with a harbor and stationed a navy there. In the battle of Nördlingen on September 6, 1634, the Swedes were defeated and Schaffalitzky von Muckadel was captured. The Swedes also left the city of Buchhorn. After his release, he went to Strasbourg , where his family had fled.

In 1638 he was in the army of Bernhard von Sachsen-Weimar and, with Georg Christoph von Taupadel, horrified Stuttgart, which was occupied by the imperialists . From here he took part in the siege of Breisach , where he was briefly captured after the battle of Rheinfelden . A little later he was picked up again by the imperial family on the way from Basel to the Bernhard camp near Neuchâtel. This time he remained in captivity until May 1640. Bernhard sent him to France to negotiate with Cardinal Richelieu . He was accompanied by his son and the poet Isaiah Rompler von Löwenhalt . He died in Paris in 1641.

After his death, his body was first brought to Strasbourg and finally buried on October 7, 1667 in the church of St. Johannes in Brackenheim , where his gravestone can still be found.

family

On October 1, 1620, he married Margeretha Elisabeth von Witzleben (June 29, 1594 - October 18, 1661), a daughter of Peppo von Witzleben zu Freudenthal and his second wife Veronica Gadner von Gameck . The following children are known:

  • Bengia Veronica (born February 1, 1622 in Stuttgart; † November 2, 1690) ⚭ Friedrich Ludwig von Janowitz (1618–1673)
  • Bernadine (* October 6, 1624) ⚭ Philipp Ludwig von Neipperg (* 1615; † 1685)
  • Ernst Christoph (* December 9, 1626; † November 21, 1661, Stuttgart) ⚭ July 8, 1650 Juliane Agnes von Sperberseck (Spertersech) (* October 16, 1627)
  • Margarete Elisabeth (born June 25, 1637 - † January 31, 1646)

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ History of the von Witzleben family, Volume 2, The Franconian line of those von Witzleben
  2. ↑ Damian Hartard von und zu Hattstein auf Müntzenberg, The Highness of the Teutschen Reichs-Adels Wordurch was raised to Chur and Princely Dignities. That is: Complete sample of the ancestors of unadulterated noble families (etc.) , p.216 descendants
personal data
SURNAME Schaffalitzky von Muckadell, Bernhard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schaffalitzky, Bernhard; Schaffalitzky von Muckodell, Bernhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish major general and Württemberg diplomat in the Thirty Years' War
DATE OF BIRTH August 3, 1591
PLACE OF BIRTH Brackenheim
DATE OF DEATH October 21, 1641
Place of death Paris