Christian Friedrich von Haxthausen

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Count Christian Friedrich von Haxthausen (born July 19, 1690 in Pyrmont , † December 26, 1740 in Oldenburg ) was a German chamberlain and Oberlanddrost in Danish service . For his services he was raised to the Danish count status.

Life

origin

Haxthausen was the eldest son of Oberlanddrosten Anton Wolf von Haxthausen (1647–1694) and his wife Dorothea Justina, née. von Aldenburg (1663–1735), a daughter of Anton I von Aldenburg and granddaughter of the last Oldenburg Count Anton Günther von Oldenburg . On his father's side, he came from the old Westphalian noble family Haxthausen , which is part of the original nobility in the prince-bishopric of Paderborn . Among his godparents were Christian V of Denmark , Crown Prince Friedrich of Denmark and Elector Friedrich III. Margrave of Brandenburg , later the first Prussian king .

Career

After a careful upbringing, he studied law in Halle for two years . Following his inclination to the military, he entered service in the English and then in the Netherlands in 1708 and took part in several battles in the War of the Spanish Succession . In 1711 he moved to the Danish court and became a captain in the guard and chamberlain of the Danish Queen Charlotte Amalie , Christian V's widow. In 1716 he was appointed major and shortly thereafter lieutenant colonel . In the following years Haxthausen served in Norway , where he took part in the armed conflicts during the Great Northern War . Immediately after the end of the war in 1720 he was first transferred to Aarhus as head of an infantry regiment and shortly afterwards to Zealand . In 1730 he was promoted to chief of the Queen's body regiment and was soon appointed chamberlain. In 1731 he resigned from military service and on January 2nd became a deputy of the state budget commissariat . In 1735 he was awarded the second highest Danish order, the Dannebrogorden , and in 1736 he was raised to the status of Danish count. On December 13, 1736, Haxthausen, who had shortly before inherited the Nienfelde estate from his mother, took over the post of Oberlanddrosten in the counties of Oldenburg and Delmenhorst, which belong to Denmark, and was also appointed head of the Blankenburg monastery on February 25, 1737 .

family

Haxthausen married Margrethe Hedevig born on August 29, 1721. Juel (1702–1752), the daughter of Lieutenant General Gregers Juel and the Vibeke born. Juel, the court master of Princess Louise and granddaughter of the Danish sea hero Niels Juel . The marriage resulted in 14 children, including Clemens August (1738–1793), who was a Danish general of the infantry . Haxthausen and his wife were buried in the Lambertikirche in Oldenburg. Their magnificent sarcophagi are in a side chamber of the vestibule.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hennings, Ralph, and Koopmann, Torben: St. Lamberti Church in Oldenburg . Deutscher Kunstverlag Berlin Munich, 2011, ISBN 978-3-422-02163-1 .
personal data
SURNAME Haxthausen, Christian Friedrich von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Chamberlain and Oberlanddrost in Danish service
DATE OF BIRTH July 19, 1690
PLACE OF BIRTH Pyrmont
DATE OF DEATH December 26, 1740
Place of death Oldenburg