Friedrich von Dönhoff (Colonel)
Count Friedrich von Dönhoff (born December 8, 1708 in Friedrichstein ; † March 29, 1769 there ) was a Prussian chamberlain , colonel and knight of the order Pour le Mérite .
Life
Count Friedrich von Dönhoff was a member of the Prussian tribe of the noble von Dönhoff family . He was a son of the Brandenburg - Prussian statesman and lieutenant general Count Otto Magnus von Dönhoff (1665–1717) and Countess Wilhelmine Amalie von Dohna (1686–1757), daughter of Count Alexander zu Dohna-Schlobitten .
Dönhoff had amassed extensive estates in his hand. From his father's inheritance he owned Friedrichstein , and also acquired Hohenhagen, Schönmoor, Pitzenkrug, Reichenhagen, Löwenhagen , Borchersdorf and Barthen (1749).
He took part in both Silesian wars , received the order Pour le Mérite as a lieutenant colonel in the “Truchseß on foot” regiment in 1742 and ended his career as a colonel. Dönhoff was also in the position of a royal Prussian chamberlain.
family
Dönhoff married on June 8, 1740 in Berlin Wilhelmine Sophie von Kameke (1712–1758), daughter of Paul Anton von Kameke . The marriage had five children; among others the royal Prussian war minister Christian von Dönhoff (1742-1803).
literature
- Genealogical Handbook of the Baltic Knighthoods (New Series) , Hamburg 2013, Vol. 3, p. 181.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Christian Zweng: The knights of the order Pour le mérite 1740-1918. Volume 1, Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1998, p. 42.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Dönhoff, Friedrich von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian colonel, chamberlain and knight of the order Pour le Mérite |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 8, 1708 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Friedrichstein |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 29, 1769 |
| Place of death | Friedrichstein |