Burchard von Ahlefeldt

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Burchard von Ahlefeldt

Burchard Graf von Ahlefeldt (born October 4, 1634 in Flensburg , † September 9, 1695 ) was district administrator and Oberlanddrost in Danish services and the first Holstein nobleman to be raised to the Danish count status.

Life

Career

Burchard was the son of the noble landlord , diplomat and general Cai von Ahlefeldt (1591–1670) from the Ahlefeld family and his first wife Margarethe (1605–1647), née. von Rantzau and thus belonged to the Equites Originarii on both his father's and his mother's side, i.e. the Holstein nobility . From his father he inherited the noble estates of Bülk , Eschelsmark , Kollmar , Mehlbek , Ornum , Kampen Knoop , Seekamp and Saxtorf . Burchard's wife was Dorothea (1647–1686) born. von Rumohr , whom he married in 1664 and from whose marriage the son Cai Burchard von Ahlefeldt (1671-1718) came from. Through the marriage, the Büstorf , Rundhof and Stubbe estates came into his possession.

In his youth, Burchard went on the usual grand tour of educational trips across Europe. In 1663 he was mentioned as chamberlain to the Danish Queen Sophie Amalie and in 1664 appointed district administrator in Schleswig and Holstein . In 1671 he was knighted by the Dannebrogden , the second highest Danish order. Burchard von Ahlefeldt was raised to the Danish count status by King Christian V of Denmark and Norway on May 7, 1672 as the first Holstein nobleman and founded the count line of Ahlefeldt-Eschelsmark, which still exists today. After the death of Count Anton I von Aldenburg in 1680, he was appointed Oberlanddrost of the counties of Oldenburg and Delmenhorst on October 18, 1681 . He held this office until 1692, but withdrew to his estate in Schleswig in 1683 due to illness. His successor was Anton Wolf von Haxthausen , who had already performed the functions of Oberlanddrosten during Burchard's absence.

Financial difficulties

After losing track of his numerous estates and financial circumstances, Burchard began to sell parts of his property in 1672. In 1690 a proclamation was issued to his creditors and in 1691 he had to sell the Saxtorf estate with Rögen and Hörst to his brother-in-law Detlev von Brockdorff on Rohlstorf.

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SURNAME Ahlefeldt, Burchard von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ahlefeldt, Burchard Graf von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION royal Danish chamberlain and district administrator
DATE OF BIRTH October 4, 1634
PLACE OF BIRTH Flensburg
DATE OF DEATH September 9, 1695