Hans Heinrich von Ahlefeldt
Hans Heinrich von Ahlefeldt (Danish: Johan Henrik) (born March 1, 1656 in Deutsch-Nienhof ; † March 23, 1720 in his city palace in Hamburg ) was the lord of Gut Seestermühe and an influential diplomat of the Danish crown who was close to the court.
Life
Hans Hinrich von Ahlefeld was the son of the Rittmeister Bendix von Ahlefeldt (1629–1701), who resided at Deutsch-Nienhof, from the Holstein family of the Ahlefeldt and Elisabeth Hedwig von Thienen (1629–1691). After studying at the University of Kiel , founded in 1665 , he entered the Danish civil service and in 1683 was envoy to the Saxon court and in 1689 to the English court. He then accompanied the Crown Prince, who was to become King Frederick IV in 1699, as chamberlain on his journey from January 8, 1692 to April 15, 1693 through Germany to Italy, France and the Netherlands, on which, among other things, in January 1693 in Versailles was received by King Louis XIV . After his return, Ahlefeldt was awarded the Dannebrog Order . In July 1695 he accompanied the prince in his recruiting for Louise zu Mecklenburg and became a privy councilor that same year . From 1698 to 1707 he was envoy to Berlin and from 1710 to 1714 envoy to The Hague. In 1717 he was awarded the Elephant Order . Von Ahlefeldt was also the master of the Kollmar , Neuenhof and Stendorf estates .
Ahlefeldt was married from 1678 to Dorothea von Ahlefeldt (* May 28, 1658 in Reinbek; † December 22, 1705 in Seestermühe) and had eight more children with her after the first-born Benedikt von Ahlefeldt (1678-1757) . Widowed in 1705, he married Mette nee in 1708. Reichsfreiin Kielmann von Kielmannsegg (* July 13, 1670 in Seestermühe; † April 14, 1748 in Seestermühe), the daughter of Hans Heinrich Kielman von Kielmansegg and widow of Christian Albrecht von Ahlefeldt auf Obbendorf, whom Hans von Ahlefeldt (1710–1780) gave him. and Heinrich von Ahlefeldt (* 1711 in Hamburg; † June 18, 1765 in Haderslev). He and his first wife are buried in a chapel that his father had added to the Catharinenkirche in Westensee as a family funeral.
literature
- Leopold von Zedlitz-Neukirch (Ed.): New Prussian Adelslexicon or genealogical and diplomatic news . First volume. Leipzig 1836.
- 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 ( digitized version ).
- Peter Danker-Carstensen: Village history Seestermühe. A community in the Elbmarsch. Husum Druck- und Verlagsgesellschaft, Husum 2002, ISBN 3-89876-095-2 , pp. 300-302.
- FJ Meier: Ahlefeldt, Hans Henrik, 1656–1720, Gehejmeraad . In: Carl Frederik Bricka (Ed.): Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Tillige omfattende Norge for Tidsrummet 1537-1814. 1st edition. tape 1 : Aaberg – Beaumelle . Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag, Copenhagen 1887, p. 149-150 (Danish, runeberg.org ).
- Eduard Maria Oettinger : History of the Danish court, from Christian II to Friedrich VII. Volume 4. Hoffmann and Campe, Hamburg 1857.
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ahlefeldt, Hans Heinrich von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ahlefeldt, Hans Henrik von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Privy councilor, knight of the Dannebrog Order and of the Elephant Order as well as lord of the Seestermühe estate |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 1, 1656 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | German Nienhof |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 23, 1720 |
| Place of death | Hamburg |