Bogislaw Friedrich von Dönhoff

Bogislaw Friedrich von Dönhoff (born December 6, 1669 in Königsberg , † December 24, 1742 in Dönhoffstädt ) was a Prussian major general .

family

Count Bogislaw Friedrich von Dönhoff came from the Dönhoff family and was a son of Count Friedrich von Dönhoff († 1696) and Countess Eleonore Katharina Elisabeth von Schwerin († 1696). He was married to Countess Sophie Charlotte von Lehndorff since May 8, 1701 (* March 20, 1685 at Steinort Castle , † February 19, 1754 in Dönhoffstädt). This marriage gave birth to 13 children, including:

• Friedrich (November 3, 1702 - October 6, 1718)
• Gert Magnus
• Carl Ernst
• Maria Eleonore (born November 12, 1705 - † February 28, 1706)
• Alexander Otto (* 1706)
• Eleonore Charlotte (born September 19, 1709 - † February 10, 1710)
• Louise Charlotte (April 19, 1711; † March 14, 1755) ⚭ Friedrich Ludwig von Dohna-Reichertswalde (* June 8, 1697; † June 21, 1766)
• Albertine (* April 22, 1715; † May 11, 1754) ⚭ Ernst Dietrich von Tettau (* February 20, 1716; † June 1, 1766), Prussian budget and war minister
• Amalia Juliane (April 17, 1714 - January 16, 1780) ⚭ Melchor Philipp Rollaz du Rosey (* May 30, 1699 - November 14, 1744) Chamber director, son of Major General Imbert Rollaz du Rosey (1640–1704)
• Ludwig Bogislaw (born April 26, 1716)
• Sophie Eleonore (* 1717; † October 14, 1718)
• Wilhelmine (* 1718)
• Charlotte (* 1718; † 1758)
• Magnus Ernst (* 1720)
• Stanislaus Gerhard (* August 27, 1725; † November 1, 1758) ⚭ Sophie Friederike von Wreech (* May 27, 1732; † June 19, 1784) daughter of Adam Friedrich von Wreech

Life

In 1690 Bogislaw Friedrich was a lieutenant colonel in the Barfus Regiment , took part in the Great Turkish War and was therefore also involved in the Battle of Slankamen . On April 14, 1698 Dönhoff was promoted to colonel and was now in the Jung-Dohna regiment as such . He was promoted to major general on February 12, 1705 and received care on February 14, 1708.

Count Bogislaw Friedrich von Dönhoff had the baroque residence Dönhofstädt built in 1710–1716 according to plans by Jean de Bodt . The castle served his family as the eponymous ancestral seat until his death. The baroque castle Dönhofstädt has been preserved, but has been empty for many years.

literature

• Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 1, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1937], DNB 367632764 , p. 87, no. 148.
• Anton Balthasar König : Bogislaus Friedrich of the HRR Graf von Dönhof . In: Biographical lexicon of all heroes and military figures who made themselves famous in the Prussian service . tape 1 . Arnold Wever, Berlin 1788, p. 369 ( Bogislaus Friedrich des HRR Graf von Dönhof at Wikisource [PDF]).

Web links

• family tree

Individual evidence

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