Christoph Friedrich zu Dohna-Lauck

Hereditary Ensign Count Christoph Friedrich zu Dohna at the royal coronation (1701), copper engraving by Johann Georg Wolfgang (1712)

Christoph Friedrich Burggraf and Count zu Dohna-Lauck (born October 19, 1652 in Reichertswalde ; † November 10, 1734 ibid) was Hereditary Ensign of Prussia .

Life

origin

Christoph Friedrich was a member of the widespread and respected Prussian noble family of the Counts and Burgraves of Dohna . His parents were the Brandenburg statesman Fabian zu Dohna (1617–1668) and his first wife Henriette Amalia zu Dohna (1626–1655).

Career

Christoph Friedrich was hereditary lord of the Prussian estates Lauck and Samrodt and, since 1688, of Reichertswalde.

At the coronation of Frederick III. From Brandenburg to the Prussian king, as Prussian hereditary ensign, he carried the great standard of Prussia, the banner as the main symbol of sovereignty directly behind the king. With that he was also present at the foundation and the first awards of the Black Eagle Order - most of the authors involved rule out the fact that he himself was among the Knights of the Order. Friedrich Christoph is said to have dealt extensively with questions of faith about which he continually corresponded with the renowned Reformed theologians of his time.

Between 1701 and 1704, Johann Caspar Hindersin doubled the manor house in Reichertswalde for Christoph Friedrich and turned it into an impressive baroque residence . The baroque castle in Lauck was built under him before 1700. It was demolished in 1935 after most of the land had been sold.

As the eldest of the family and owner of the Reichertswalde and Lauck majorates , Christoph Friedrich donated the two family fideikommisse Lauck and Reichertswalde in 1731 , which were combined in 1878 to form an estate complex of 7,000 hectares. He was the progenitor of the Dohna-Reichertswalde line .

family

Friedrich Christoph was married twice, in his first marriage in 1677 to Countess Johanna Elisabeth zur Lippe (1653–1690), daughter of Hermann Adolf Landlord of the County of Lippe-Detmold and Countess Ernestine of Ysenburg-Büdingen-Birstein and in 1692 with Elisabeth Christine , Countess Palatinate near Rhein zu Zweibrücken-Landsberg (1656–1707), daughter of Duke Friedrich Ludwig of Pfalz-Zweibrücken-Landsberg and Countess Palatine Juliane Magdalena of Zweibrücken .

children

from the first marriage:

Fabian Ernst zu Dohna-Lauck (1678–1730), Chamberlain of the Electorate of Hanover , ⚭ 1721 Juliane Mauritiana von Donop (1693–1746)
Friedrich Wilhelm zu Dohna-Lauck (1679–1679)
Amalie Luisa zu Dohna-Lauck (1680–1723) ⚭ 1712 Count Wilhelm Moritz II of Isenburg-Büdingen-Philippseich (1688–1772)
Henriette Catharina zu Dohna-Lauck (1681–1701)
Johanna Sophia zu Dohna-Lauck (1682–1735) ⚭ 1725 Burgrave and Count Alexander zu Dohna-Schlobitten (1661–1728), free landlord of Wartenberg , Brandenburg-Prussian field marshal and diplomat
Burgrave and Count Adolph Christoph zu Dohna-Lauck (1683–1736) ⚭ 1714 Frede-Marie zu Dohna-Schlodien (1695–1772)
Albertine zu Dohna-Lauck (1684–1751) ⚭ Count and Burgrave Carl Florus zu Dohna-Schlodien (1693–1765), Majorate on Schlodien
August zu Dohna-Lauck (1685–1696)
Carl Aemilius zu Dohna-Lauck (1686–1710), killed in action before Aire
Simon Heinrich zu Dohna-Lauck (1688–1713), killed as a Prussian lieutenant colonel
Christian Albrecht Dohna-Lauck (1690-1708), fallen at Lille

from the second marriage:

Charlotte zu Dohna-Lauck (1693–1693)
Burgrave and Count Friedrich Ludwig zu Dohna-Reichertswalde (1697–1766) ⚭I 1727 Countess Friederike Wilhelmine Charlotte von Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1684–1731); ⚭II 1732 Countess Esperance Louise zu Dohna-Ferrasieres (1705–1733); ⚭III 1734 Countess Louise Charlotte von Dönhoff (1711–1755)

literature

Johann Samuelansch : General encyclopedia of the sciences and arts . Volume 26, Brockhaus , Leipzig 1835, p. 306
Rudolf Grieser (Ed.): The Memories of Burgrave and Count Christoph zu Dohna (1665–1733). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht , Göttingen 1974, p. 215
Relationis historicae semestralis vernalis continuatio. Jacobi Franci historical description of the most memorable stories […] 1700 bit […] 1701. Frankfurt am Main 1701, p. 87
Detlev Schwennicke : European family tables . New episode. Volume XIX Between Weser and Oder. Verlag Vittorio Klostermann , Frankfurt am Main 2000, plates 122 and 123
Theatrum Europaeum. Volume 16, Merian, Frankfurt am Main 1717, p. 111
Eduard Vehse : History of the Prussian court and nobility and Prussian diplomacy. Volume 2, Hoffman and Campe, Hamburg 1851, pp. 24-25

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Joachim Lampe: Aristocracy, court nobility and state patriciate in Kurhannover: the spheres of life of the higher officials at the Hanoverian central and court authorities 1714-1760. Volume 2 (= Volume 24 of the publications of the Historical Commission for Lower Saxony ), Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 1963, p. 172
^ Family association to Dohna: Lauck (Lawki)

personal data
SURNAME	Dohna-Lauck, Christoph Friedrich too
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Dohna, Friedrich Christoph zu; Dohna-Reichertswalde, Friedrich Christoph von; Dohna-Reichertswalde, Christoph Friedrich von; Dohna-Lauck, Christoph Friedrich von; Dohna-Lauck, Christoph Friedrich XII. to
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Hereditary Ensign of Prussia
DATE OF BIRTH	October 19, 1652
PLACE OF BIRTH	Reichertswalde
DATE OF DEATH	November 10, 1734
Place of death	Reichertswalde

[1] Joachim Lampe: Aristocracy, court nobility and state patriciate in Kurhannover: the spheres of life of the higher officials at the Hanoverian central and court authorities 1714-1760. Volume 2 (= Volume 24 of the publications of the Historical Commission for Lower Saxony ), Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 1963, p. 172

[2] Family association to Dohna: Lauck (Lawki)