Christine von Ahlefeldt

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Christine Countess von Dernath b. von Ahlefeldt (* 1643 ; † 1691 ) was the Chief Chamberlain and Minister of the Electress of Electorate of Saxony .

Life

Christine von Ahlefeldt was the daughter of Detlev von Ahlefeldt and Ida von Pogwisch (1619–1679). She enjoyed an excellent upbringing by private tutors and governesses and in 1675 she was court master and later house and cabinet minister of the Electress of Saxony.

On November 20, 1665 she married Gerhard Reichsgraf von Dernath (1622–89), Baron von Corters and Hofen, Electoral Saxon Privy Council and War Council, and Field Marshal. With the wedding she became the ancestor of all Holstein Counts of Dernath.

literature

  • Schleswig-Holstein Knighthood : Contribution to the Nobility History of Germany and Denmark , page 15 (Schleswig 1869)
  • Detlef Detlefsen : History of the Holstein Elbmarschen Volumes 1 and 2, (Glückstadt 1891 and 1892)
  • Peter Danker-Carstensen: Village history Seestermühe. A community in the Elbmarsch. Page 301, Husum Druck- und Verlagsgesellschaft, Husum 2002, ISBN 3-89876-095-2
personal data
SURNAME Ahlefeldt, Christine von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dernath, Christine von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Chief Chamberlain and Minister of the Electress of Saxony
DATE OF BIRTH 1643
DATE OF DEATH 1691