Christian Albrecht von Dohna

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Christian Albrecht von Dohna

Christian (also Christoph) Albrecht Burggraf and Count zu Dohna (born December 10, 1621 in Küstrin , † December 14, 1677 in Gartz (Oder) ) was a general in Brandenburg .

origin

Christian Albrecht von Dohna was born as the son of Christoph von Dohna and Ursula Countess von Solms-Braunfels (born November 24, 1594 in Braunfels ; † August 18, 1657 in Turnhout ). His brothers Friedrich von Dohna (1621–1688) and Christoph Delphicus von Dohna also became officers. His cousin was the Electress Luise Henriette of Brandenburg .

Life

As early as 1621 he was a cornet in the Dutch service, received his training under Prince Friedrich Heinrich of Orange and became a colonel in 1648 . On October 6, 1656 he became lieutenant general , Privy Councilor and governor of Küstrin, on March 16, 1657 then governor of Halberstadt and captain of Gröningen. In 1659 he took part in a campaign in Pomerania. He had the fortresses of Berlin and Küstrin expanded and on March 2, 1666, he became general of the infantry . In 1671 he became head of a newly formed regiment in Küstrin, which from then on bore his name ( "Dohna on foot" ). In the following year he became General Feldzeugmeister . In the years 1675 to 1677 another campaign led him to Pomerania, where he died in 1677.

family

Since April 6, 1644 Count von Dohna was married to Sophie Theodore Countess of Holland-Brederode-Vianen (born March 16, 1620 in Vianen ; † September 23, 1678 in Peterhof). His six sons also became soldiers:

  • Friedrich Heinrich (* 1645; † 1668 before Toulon )
  • Wolfard (* 1647 † September 8, 1686) Brandenburg captain (died in a duel in Magdeburg)
  • Wilhelm Albrecht († 1673 before Maastricht ) Dutch colonel
  • Christoph (* 1651; † October 27, 1672 near Koblenz ) Kurbrandenburg Oberstwachtmeister
  • Karl Emil (born September 10, 1658; † July 3, 1686 in front of Buda ) colonel of Brandenburg
  • Dietrich Theodor (* December 1659 - † July 17, 1686 in front of Buda) colonel of Brandenburg
  • Louise, (* 1646; † November 8, 1687) ⚭ 1670 Ludwig zu Solms-Hohensolms (* 1646; † August 24, 1707)
  • Amalia (February 2, 1645 - March 11, 1700) ⚭ Simon Heinrich zu Lippe-Detmold (1649–1697)
  • Ursula Anna (* August 12, 1654; † May 25, 1678)
  • Frede Marie (* December 28, 1660; † November 22, 1729) ⚭ 1690 Christoph von Dohna-Schlodien (1665–1733)

Sophie Theodore Countess von Dohna, b. von Holland-Brederode-Vianen was the daughter of a Nassau countess and a Dutch count. In April 1644, through her marriage to Count Christian Albrecht von Dohna-Schlobitten, she came to the residence of the Electorate of Brandenburg and in 1664 acquired Niederschönhausen and the land belonging to it for 3,000 thalers. She had her residence - the so-called Petit Palais - built on Gut Niederschönhausen and her husband drew the designs. The Countess couple let experts from Holland, the fatherland of Countess Sophie, drain the damp land on the Panke. When Count Dohna was appointed governor of Küstrin in 1669, the couple rarely used their country estate. After the countess's death, her sons sold the property for 4,000 thalers to the Prussian general privy councilor Joachim Ernst von Grumbkow .

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  1. ^ NDB, after Priesdorff November 15
  2. ↑ Dohnastrasse . In: Street name lexicon of the Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein
personal data
SURNAME Dohna, Christian Albrecht von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dohna, Christian Albrecht Burggraf and Graf zu (full name); Dohna, Christoph Albrecht zu (first name variant)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Brandenburg General
DATE OF BIRTH December 10, 1621
PLACE OF BIRTH Küstrin
DATE OF DEATH December 14, 1677
Place of death Gartz (Or)