Friedrich von Dönhoff

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Friedrich Graf von Dönhoff

Friedrich Graf von Dönhoff (born May 24, 1639 in Waldau in the Königsberg district , † February 16, 1696 in Memel ) was a Brandenburg - Prussian lieutenant general .

Life

Friedrich was the son of Vojwoden zu Pernau Magnus Ernst von Dönhoff († June 18, 1642) and Countess Katharina von Dohna († 1659). On May 18, 1667 Friedrich von Dönhoff stepped as lieutenant colonel and commander of a regiment, the later Old Prussian Infantry Regiment No. 2 , on. On June 24, 1668 he became a colonel and chief of this regiment, which thus bore his name. In 1673 he was sent by the Great Elector to elect the Polish kings. Since April 10, 1678 he was major general and since July 18 governor of Memel. On March 5, 1684 he was promoted to lieutenant general and in 1688 senior chamberlain. In the following year he became a real secret budget and war council, and in 1692 also head of the garrison company in Memel, where he died in 1696.

family

On November 13, 1664, Friedrich Graf von Dönhoff married Eleonore Katharina Elisabeth von Schwerin (born October 10, 1646 in Cölln , † October 14, 1696 in Friedrichstein ). His daughter Eleonore Countess von Dönhoff married the Brandenburg general Hans Albrecht von Barfus .

His sons were the counts:

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SURNAME Dönhoff, Friedrich von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dönhoff, Friedrich Graf von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Brandenburg-Prussian lieutenant general
DATE OF BIRTH May 24, 1639
PLACE OF BIRTH Waldau , Koenigsberg district
DATE OF DEATH February 16, 1696
Place of death Memel