Christoph Delphicus from Dohna
Christoph Delphicus, Burgrave and Count of Dohna-Carektiven (born June 4, 1628 in Delft , † May 21, 1668 in London ) was a Swedish general and diplomat. He founded the Swedish line of those von Dohna .
origin
His parents were Christoph von Dohna and Countess Ursula von Solms-Braunfels (born November 24, 1594 in Braunfels , † August 18, 1657 in Turnhout ). His brothers Friedrich von Dohna (1621–1688) and Christian Albrecht von Dohna also became officers. His cousin was the Electress Luise Henriette of Brandenburg .
Life
Christoph Delphicus von Dohna entered the Swedish service and in 1651 became Lord Chamberlain of Queen Christina , 1653 Colonel of the Life Guard , 1654 Major General of the Infantry and Colonel of Knights and Fief Horses in the Duchy of Bremen , 1658 Vice Governor of Bremen and Verden , 1659 General of the Infantry, commanded the 1666 Swedish camp in front of Bremen, became field marshal , went to Breda as extraordinary ambassador to the peace congress in 1667, signed the well-known Triple Alliance in The Hague on January 23, 1668 ( see War of Devolution ) and died in London on May 21, 1668 . He was first buried in the Storkyrkan in Stockholm before he was reburied in Uppsala Cathedral in 1674 . The tomb probably comes from Pieter Verbruggen .
family
Von Dohna married Countess Anna Oxenstierna (1620–1691) in 1658 , the daughter of the Imperial Treasurer Gabriel Bengtsson Oxenstierna . The couple had the following children:
- Friedrich Christoph (born January 7, 1664; † July 20, 1727), Prussian and Swedish lieutenant general and diplomat
- ⚭ Geneva March 15, 1685 Louise Antoinette von Dohna (October 1, 1660 - January 16, 1716), daughter of Friedrich von Dohna
- ⚭ 1717 Eleonore Elisabeth Countess Oxenstierna von Croneborg (born January 19, 1674 - † June 22, 1736)
- Charlotte Eleonore (* June 23, 1660; † November 25, 1735) ⚭ Stockholm January 25, 1693 Gustav Mauritz Lewenhaupt Count von Raseborg-Falkenstein (* October 11, 1651; † March 5, 1700)
- Amalie Luise (* July 20, 1661; † April 2, 1724) ⚭ Neukloster July 29, 1684 Alexander zu Dohna-Schlobitten (1661–1728)
literature
- Lothar Graf zu Dohna: Dohna, Christoph Delphicus von. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 4, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1959, ISBN 3-428-00185-0 , p. 48 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Christoph Delphicus from Dohna . In: Theodor Westrin (Ed.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 6 : Degeberg-Egyptolog . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1907, Sp. 634 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
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| SURNAME | Dohna, Christoph Delphicus from |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dohna-Carlösungen, Christoph Delphicus Burggraf and Count of (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish field marshal and diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 4, 1628 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Delft |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 21, 1668 |
| Place of death | London |