Dorothea von Ahlefeldt

Dorothea von Ahlefeldt (born August 4, 1586 at Heiligenstedten Castle ; † January 23, 1647 ) was the landlady of Kollmar , Drage , Heiligenstedten and owner of the Heiligenstedten and Oevelgönne manors.

Heiligenstedten Castle

Dorothea von Ahlefeldt was the only daughter of Balthasar von Ahlefeldt and Margarethe von Ahlefeldt (1568–1620), born von Rantzau . After the death of her parents, she inherited a large fortune, Heiligenstedten Castle and other properties.

In 1601, the wealthy heiress married her first husband, Marquard von Rantzau, Herr auf Saxdorf , Eschelmark and Hasselburg († January 11, 1611). The only daughter from this marriage, Margaretha († 1647), married Kay von Ahlefeldt († 1670) and brought him the Kollmar estate.

In 1614 Dorothea von Ahlefeldt married Detlev Rantzau (1577–1639), knight of the Elephant Order , heir to Panker , Kollmar, Drage , Heiligenstedten and Hasselburg. Her daughter Dorothea von Rantzau-Panker (1619–1662) married on July 1, 1636 the imperial count Christian zu Rantzau .

Dorothea von Ahlefeldt probably died at Heiligenstedten Castle. She found her final resting place in a richly decorated copper coffin in a grave vault of the Laurentii Church in Itzehoe , where her daughter Dorothea and son-in-law Christian zu Rantzau are also buried.

Dorothea von Ahlefeldt was also the benefactor and founder of numerous church institutions, among other things she also financially participated in the reconstruction of the Bonifatius Church in Schenefeld .

literature

• Archive for state and church history of the duchies of Schleswig, Holstein, Lauenburg and the neighboring countries and cities. First volume. Altona 1833.
• Louis von Ahlefeldt, Wulf August von Rumohr Drilles: The Schleswig-Holstein knighthood. A contribution to the nobility history of Germany and Denmark. Book 1: The von Ahlefeldt family. Heiberg, Schleswig 1869, p. 8 ( digitized version ).
• Detlef Detlefsen : History of the Holstein Elbmarschen . Volume 1 and 2. Glückstadt 1891 and 1892.