Claus von Ahlefeldt (Field Marshal)

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Claus von Ahlefeldt
Lance used by Claus von Ahlefeldt in the Danish National Museum

Claus von Ahlefeldt (born September 2, 1614 in Gelting ; † 1674 ) was field marshal and commander of all Danish armed forces in Norway . He was the heir to the lordship of Bramstedt , Schierensee , Klein Nordsee and a knight of the Elephant Order and the Dannebrog Order .

Life

Claus von Ahlefeldt served as an officer in the imperial army, joined the von Wallenstein army in 1634 and saw how he died on February 15, 1634. He was then matriculated in Leiden in May 1634 and came to Paris in July 1635 . From 1636 to 1639 he was court squire of King Christian IV , in 1643 royal councilor and on December 25th he became lieutenant colonel .

He took part in the conquest of Itzehoe on January 19, 1644. On December 25, 1644 he received his appointment as major general of the cavalry via the old Rantzau regiment in Glückstadt . On December 30, 1644 he took part in the conquest of the Ribe Castle . On July 5, 1645 he was awarded the Bauer Regiment . When he married Elisabeth Sophie Gyldenlöv (1633–1654), an illegitimate daughter of Christian IV, he received Bramstedt in 1648 from the inheritance of his mother-in-law Vibeke Kruse, who had died shortly before . In 1650 he bought Klein-Nordsee from his mother's bankruptcy estate.

From 1656 to 1657 he was chief of the Henrik von Ahlefeldt cavalry regiment and in December 1657 he became chief of a dragoon regiment . After the death of his brother-in-law Ulrich Christian Gyldenlöv on December 11, 1658, he took over the defense of the Western Front in Copenhagen .

On February 2, 1659 he became lieutenant general and struck on 10/11. February 1659 the attack on the southwest front. He was one of the main leaders in the battle of Nyborg on December 14th and was given supreme command over Funen . On December 23, 1659 he became general of the infantry , judge in the war college , commander in chief of the militia in Norway and head of the Trondheim office . From February 4, 1671, he was governor of Nyborg and head of the Nyborg office. Promoted to field marshal on April 28, 1669 , he died five years later in 1674. His grave is in the St. Nikolai Church in Kiel . His picture is also hanging there. His armor is in the museum in Schleswig .

Three marriages

Ahlefeldt was married three times:

  • 1. with Catharina von Qualen , † 1639 in Lübeck after the birth of their daughter Elenore Christine , who later married the captain and later governor in Tobago , Frantz Monck.
  • 2. with Elisabeth Sophie Gyldenlöv (* 1633, married June 18, 1648, † January 20, 1654), daughter of the Danish King Christian IV and Vibeke Kruse († April 28, 1648).
Their daughter Christine Sophie Amalie on Ulriksholm / Funen. (1650–1729) was married to Major General Claus von Oertzen (and later divorced). She then married Gottfried von Kielmannseck and after his death the Russian Major General Johann Carl von Dieden, Herr zu Hurwenen (NL)
  • 3. with Anna Hedwig Buchwald , (* January 4, 1629, † on Klein-Nordsee).
He had six children with her:
* Carl (* 1656; died in 1677 as a Dutch cavalryman in the battle of Saint Omer ).
* Margarete Hedwig 1657 - 1659.
* Anna Beate Elisabeth 1658 - 1710, got engaged to Carl Baron von Friesen on Altrahlstedt in 1678 .
* Friederike Sophie 1660 - 1663.
* Daniel Josias , born and died 1662.
* Daniel Josias 1663 - 1689, killed in a duel with Captain St. Paul in front of Fredrikshald .

Web links

Commons : Claus von Ahlefeldt  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Report on the trial of the estate of Christian Ulrich Güldenlöve; J. Carel Baron von Dieden, Herr zu Hurwenen, among others on p. 80