Bernhard of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön
Bernhard von Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön (born January 31, 1639 , † January 13, 1676 in Plön ) was a German-Danish general . He was the fourth son of Joachim Ernst , the ruling Duke of Holstein-Plön, and his wife Dorothea Augusta von Gottorf and received military training.
Life
In 1672 he became the commander of the Brunswick-Lüneburg infantry, which, under Rabenhaupt, defended the city of Groningen against the Münsterland troops of Prince-Bishop Christoph Bernhard von Galen . Bernhard von Holstein-Plön commanded the infantry, Ernst von Stolzenburg the cavalry. (In 1674 a brother took part in the Battle of Seneffe . The troops were paid for by Juan Domingo de Zuñiga y Fonseca . So he came into Spanish service as a colonel and became Catholic!)
In August 1675 he came back to Plön. In 1675 the House of Holstein-Gottorp had to leave Oldenburg and Delmenhorst to the Danes. On October 25, 1675 he became Danish major general when Christian V was busy with the Pomeranian campaign against Sweden in 1675/76 . On January 8, 1676, he died of a sudden fever in Plön. Johann Adolf , his older brother, succeeded him as field marshal of the Danish troops in Pomerania.
literature
- Bernhard, Hertug af Pløen . In: Carl Frederik Bricka (Ed.): Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Tillige omfattende Norge for Tidsrummet 1537-1814. 1st edition. tape 2 : Beccau – Brandis . Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag, Copenhagen 1888, p. 136 (Danish, runeberg.org ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bernhard von Poten : Rabenhaupt von Search, Karl Freiherr . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 27, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1888, pp. 85-87.
- ↑ digital.lb-oldenburg.de
- ^ Ludwig Albrecht Gebhardi: History of the Kingdoms of Denmark and Norway , Volume 2, books.google.nl
- ↑ The General World History through a Society of Scholars . Volume 14, p. 477
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön, Bernhard von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Danish general |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 31, 1639 |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 13, 1676 |
| Place of death | Plön |