Christian von Rantzau

Christian von Rantzau , Danish : Christian Rantzau-Friis (* October 21, 1682 ; † May 15, 1731 ), was a Danish lieutenant general .

Life

origin

Christian was a member of the well-known noble family Rantzau . His parents were the Danish Lieutenant General Johann von Rantzau (1650–1708) and his second wife Sophia Amalia Friis (1651–1696).

career

Like his father, he joined the Danish army and became a cornet in 1700 . He accompanied his father to the Dutch theater of war of the War of the Spanish Succession and was ibid Adjutant General of the Duke of Marlborough . After that he advanced quickly and in 1708 finally became colonel and chief of his father's regiment.

Rantzau took over on April 22, 1716 as chief of the Baudissin cavalry regiment . The following year he was promoted to major general , but no longer actively participated in the Great Northern War . In 1722 he received his farewell .

Rantzau inherited from his uncle, the Danish Colonel Christian Friis (1652-1727), in July 1727 the family farm Hevringholm with Essenbæk and Tustrup. On May 3, 1728, a royal approval was issued to name and coat of arms association Rantzau-Friis .

In 1731, shortly before his death, he was given the character of lieutenant general.

family

Rantzau married Anna Benedicte Steensen († 1756), who, as a widow, entered into a second marriage in 1732 with the Danish Minister of War Christian Carl Gabel (1679–1748). Rantzau left no children.

literature

Christian von Rantzau . In: Carl Frederik Bricka (Ed.): Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Tillige omfattende Norge for Tidsrummet 1537-1814. 1st edition. tape 13 : Pelli – Reravius . Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag, Copenhagen 1899, p. 461-462 (Danish, runeberg.org ).

Web links

Christian Rantzau-Friis at finnholbek.dk

Individual evidence

↑ Jonathan Smith: On the history of the Oldenburg army during the Danish period 1667–1773. In: Oldenburger Jahrbuch, Vol. 44/45. 1940/41 (1941), p. 56.

personal data
SURNAME	Rantzau, Christian von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Rantzau-Friis, Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Danish Lieutenant General
DATE OF BIRTH	October 21, 1682
DATE OF DEATH	May 15, 1731

[1] Jonathan Smith: On the history of the Oldenburg army during the Danish period 1667–1773. In: Oldenburger Jahrbuch, Vol. 44/45. 1940/41 (1941), p. 56.