Christoph of Baden-Durlach (1717–1789)
Christoph von Baden-Durlach ( June 5, 1717 - December 18, 1789 ) was Imperial Field Marshal General from 1770.
Life
Christoph was the third son of Christoph von Baden-Durlach and Marie Christine Felizitas zu Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg-Heidesheim (* December 30, 1692 - June 3, 1734), the daughter of Count Karl August zu Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg- Heidesheim .
In 1734 he received an infantry company from Johann Wilhelm von Sachsen-Eisenach , his mother's second husband. His uncle, Margrave Karl Wilhelm von Baden-Durlach, recommended him to Duke Karl Alexander von Württemberg , who made him adjutant general and later lieutenant colonel of a Württemberg regiment. He took part in the Polish War of Succession on the Rhine front. In 1738 he went to Hungary with a Württemberg regiment, where he took part in the Austrian Turkish War . In the Austrian War of Succession he became a colonel in 1741 and field sergeant-general in 1744 and fought under Karl von Lothringen in the battle of Hohenfriedberg . In 1761 he was appointed Generalfeldzeugmeister and finally in 1770 Generalfeldmarschall.
Marriage and offspring
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Christoph entered a morganatic marriage with Katharina Höllischer on September 28, 1779 ; the children from this marriage were given the name von Freydorf
- Karl Wilhelm Eugen von Freydorf (born February 3, 1781 in Karlsruhe, † July 25, 1854 in Karlsruhe); elevated to hereditary nobility on July 17, 1806 by Karl Friedrich; later Minister of War of Baden; Father of Rudolf von Freydorf and Berthold von Freydorf
- Ludwig Christoph August von Freydorf, (* 1782 Karlsruhe; † 1783 Durlach)
See also
literature
- Johann Christian Sachs : Introduction to the history of the Marggravschaft and the Marggravial old princely house of Baden. Karlsruhe 1764-1770, Volume 5, pp. 210-226.
- Edmund von der Becke-Klüchtzner: Stamm-Tafeln of the nobility of the Grand Duchy of Baden. A newly edited book of nobility. Baden-Baden 1886, p. 135.
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Baden-Durlach, Christoph von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Imperial Field Marshal General |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 5, 1717 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Durlach |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 18, 1789 |