Eberhard Diedrich Taube from Odenkat

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Eduard Diedrich Graf Taube von Odenkat (copperplate engraving by Johan Fredrik Martin)
Royal Order of Seraphines (mid-18th century)

Eberhard Diedrich Count Taube von Odenkat (also Evert Didrik Taube af Odenkat ; * December 13, 1681 in Turinge , Sweden , † 1751 in Stockholm ) was a Swedish count , member of the Swedish Imperial Council and Imperial Admiral . He came from the Baltic-Swedish noble family von Taube auf Odenkat and was a knight of the Royal Order of Seraphin .

Career

He joined the Swedish Navy at a young age . He went through several training and expedition trips and became vice admiral in 1715 . In 1718 he took over command of the Stockholm squadron and was promoted to admiral in 1719 . His next role was from 1731 to 1734 as head of the Swedish Admiralty . In 1737 he was accepted into the Swedish Imperial Council and promoted to Imperial Admiral ( Swedish : "öfverste amiral"). On December 12, 1734, the elevation to the Swedish count took place. From 1734 to 1739 he was active in the Imperial Council.

Hedwig Ulrike Taube von Odenkat (by Martin van Meytens )

family

He was the son of the Swedish admiral and baron Eberhard Friedrich Taube von Odenkat (1648–1703) and his wife Beate Elisabeth Wrangel von Adinal (around 1650–1680). In 1710 he married Christina Maria Falkenberg (1685–1753) and had nine children with her. His first son Diedrich Heinrich Taube von Odenkat (1711–1781) also became an admiral, his second son Arvid Gustaf Taube von Odenkat , with whom the Count's House of Odenkat continued in male succession, became court marshal at the Swedish royal court . His sister Hedwig Ulrike Taube von Odenkat (1714–1744) went down in history as the mistress of the Swedish King Frederick of Sweden .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ As a member of the Swedish Reichsrat, the Reichsadmiral was the third highest Reich official after the Reich Chancellor and the Reichsmarschall
  2. ↑ Register entry 112: Taube, Edward Diedrich Taube December 12, 1734 Google Books
  3. ^ Descendants of Friedrich I of Sweden and Hedwig Ulrike Taube von Odenkat, see: Hessenstein (Count) # Descendants of Friedrich I of Sweden
personal data
SURNAME Dove from Odenkat, Eberhard Diedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Taube von Odenkat, Eberhard Diedrich Graf (full name); Odenkat, Evert Didrik Taube af
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish count, member of the Swedish Imperial Council and Imperial Admiral
DATE OF BIRTH December 13, 1681
PLACE OF BIRTH Turinge , Sweden
DATE OF DEATH 1751
Place of death Stockholm