Christoph Karl von Schlippenbach

Christoph Karl von Schlippenbach.

Christoph Karl Graf von Schlippenbach (also: Christoff Carl ; born January 1, 1624 in Courland ; † November 27, 1660 in the Baltic Sea ) was a Swedish court official, politician and diplomat.

Life

Christoph Karl von Schlippenbach was the son of Christoph von Schlippenbach zu Salingen in the Kurland and Anna Maria von Manteuffel from the house of Katzdangen. In 1642 he became court junker in the service of Bengt Oxenstiernas , began a military career in 1643 and took part in campaigns in Denmark and Germany . In 1647 he became adjutant general to Carl Gustav Wrangel . In 1649 he became court marshal to Count Palatine Karl Gustav and in 1653 the chief cupbearer and chamberlain of Queen Christina , in whose extraordinary favor he was. He led the negotiations between the two, the result of which was the transfer of the Swedish crown to the Count Palatine in 1654.

The new King Karl X. Gustav appointed him chief chamberlain , elevated him to the rank of baron and count and awarded him the title of Count of Fahlköping. He was then sent as a legacy to the electoral courts of the Holy Roman Empire to inform about the change of the throne in Sweden and to promote Sweden's position in the conflict with Bremen . In 1656 he was sent to Brandenburg as an authorized representative . In the same year he was appointed President of the War, in 1657 a member of the Imperial Council and in 1660 as President of the Wismar Tribunal .

Christoph Karl von Schlippenbach signed the Treaty of Oliva on April 23, 1660 and was then to act as envoy in Warsaw for a closer alliance between Poland and Sweden. After leaving Poland, however, he drowned in a shipwreck in the archipelago between Landsort and Elfsnabben in November 1660 in the Baltic Sea. He was buried in St. Mary's Church in Stettin .

Schlippenbach came into the possession of the Wollin Office in Pomerania in 1655 . His widow Helena Elisabeth von Praunfalk (also: Braunfalke), daughter of the Styrian Protestant religious migrant Hanns Adam Freiherr von Praunfalk zu Neuhaus , and later his son Karl Friedrich von Schlippenbach came into contact with both the Elector of Brandenburg and the Swedish in the following period Crown in protracted dispute over possession of the goods.

literature

Bernhard von Poten : Schlippenbach, Christoph Karl Graf von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 31, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1890, p. 521.
Christoph Karl von Schlippenbach . In: Herman Hofberg, Frithiof Heurlin, Viktor Millqvist, Olof Rubenson (eds.): Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon . 2nd Edition. tape 2 : L – Z, including supplement . Albert Bonniers Verlag, Stockholm 1906, p. 430 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).

Web links

Literature about Christoph Karl von Schlippenbach in the state bibliography MV

Individual evidence

^ Heinrich Berghaus : Land book of the Duchy of Pomerania and the Principality of Rügen. First volume. W. Dietze, Anklam 1865, pp. 616-619 ( Google books ).

personal data
SURNAME	Schlippenbach, Christoph Karl von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Schlippenbach, Christoff Carl von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swedish court official, politician and diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH	January 1, 1624
PLACE OF BIRTH	Courland
DATE OF DEATH	November 27, 1660
Place of death	Baltic Sea

[1] Heinrich Berghaus : Land book of the Duchy of Pomerania and the Principality of Rügen. First volume. W. Dietze, Anklam 1865, pp. 616-619 ( Google books ).