Friedrich von Gram

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Friedrich von Gram ( March 1664 - March 25, 1741 in Copenhagen ) was a German nobleman who was the Danish chief hunter, bailiff and privy councilor .

Life

Gram was a son of the Kurbrandenburg dragoons captain Eckhard von Gram zu Gralow in Neumark near Landsberg on the Warthe . He came to Denmark as a hunting page in 1684 during the reign of King Christian V with his cousin, the Brandenburg ambassador Friedrich von Brandt . In the same year he was sent to Jutland with the royal chief hunter and other hunting officers to fight the wolves ; He later published a report on this trip and in particular the crossing of the Great Belt at Eisgang . He advanced to chamberlain and was appointed court hunter and hunter in the Diocese of Zealand in 1702 by King Friedrich IV .

In 1708 he became a Councilor of State, in 1714 he received the Dannebrogorden , and in 1718 he was appointed bailiff of the offices of Frederiksborg and Kronborg in the north of Zealand . In this position, Gram devoted himself extensively to combating and curbing sand drift on the north coast of the island in the region around Tisvilde , primarily by planting large quantities of beach rye and beach grass . On October 11, 1729 he became a privy councilor, and in 1730 royal chief hunter. On October 20, 1730 he was awarded the Order of the Elephants and in 1732 the Order of the Perfect Union .

In Copenhagen , Gram owned the stately "Gramske Gård" (Gramschen Hof), which was built during the reign of Christian V by his Storkansler Friedrich von Ahlefeldt and which has been known since 1795 as the Hotel d'Angleterre .

Friedrich von Gram died in Copenhagen on March 25, 1741.

Marriages and offspring

Gram's first marriage to Henriette geb. de Cheusses († 1704), with whom he had two sons:

  • Friedrich Carl von Gram (born February 5, 1702; † May 9, 1782), 1730 court marshal , 1731 Dannebrogorden, 1739 court marshal, 1741 as successor to the father bailiff of Frederiksborg and Kronborg and privy councilor, 1749 secret conference council, 1760 order of elephants; ⚭ 1735 Sophie Hedwig von Holstein (1716–1767).
  • Carl Christian von Gram (* July 28, 1703; † January 25, 1780), 1720 squire, 1725 hunter for parforce hunt , 1731 court hunter, 1734 chamberlain , 1741 Dannebrogorden, 1747 chief hunter , 1749 privy councilor, 1763 secret conference council, 1768 elephant order; ⚭ 1733 Countess Birgitte Christiane Friis (1715–1775). Both son Christian Frederik (born June 11, 1737; † October 27, 1768) became hunting and chamberlain in 1751, court hunter and chamberlain in 1759, recipient of the Order of the Perfect Union in 1767 and of the Order of Dannebrog in 1768.

In his second marriage, Friedrich von Gram was born with Charlotte Sophie. von Hattenbach († 1734), daughter of Ernst von Hattenbach (1617–1694), an illegitimate offspring of the Landgrave of Hesse and Hesse-Kassel bailiff, married. There were two daughters from this marriage:

  • Charlotte Sophie (* & † May 1709)
  • Wilhelmine Hedwig Antoinette (Vilhelmine Hedvig Antoinette) (born November 30, 1711, † May 30, 1790); ⚭ 1739 Count Conrad Wilhelm von Ahlefeldt zu Langeland (born September 21, 1707; † July 25, 1791), general of the cavalry .

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Remarks

  1. ↑ Today Gralewo in Poland.
  2. ↑ In 1738 the Sandflugtsmonument was built on Stuebjerg, a large, now fortified dune on the southern outskirts of Tisvilde. It is labeled with texts in Danish, German and Latin .
  3. ↑ The building was considerably rebuilt between 1872 and 1875.
personal data
SURNAME Gram, Friedrich von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish chief hunter, bailiff and privy councilor
DATE OF BIRTH March 1664
DATE OF DEATH March 25, 1741
Place of death Copenhagen