Hans zu Rantzau (1764–1836)
Hans Heinrich August Graf zu Rantzau (* December 8, 1764 in Breitenburg Castle ; † April 24, 1836 ) was a Danish general war commissioner .
Life
family
Hans zu Rantzau was the son of Friedrich Graf zu Rantzau (born September 6, 1729 in Ahrensburg ; † January 16, 1806) and his wife Friederike Luise Amoene (* July 28, 1732; † August 21, 1802), daughter of Karl Friedrich Gottlieb Graf zu Castell-Remlingen (1679–1743), 2nd Fideikommisherrin at Breitenburg.
His siblings were:
- Friderica Christiane Maria zu Rantzau (born October 4, 1762 in Glückstadt ; † November 7, 1831 in Kiel ), married to Heinrich von Holstein-Holsteinborg (1748–1796), son of Frederick Conrad von Holstein-Holsteinborg ; they were the parents of Heinrich Christoph von Holstein ;
- Sophie Magdalene zu Rantzau (born March 19, 1766; † 1849), married to Christian Friedrich Friccius von Schilden (1747–1804), royal Danish chamberlain and bailiff von Steinburg ;
- August Wilhelm Franz zu Rantzau (* May 27, 1768; † September 17, 1849), married to Sophie Juliane Johanne von Bothmer (* 1771 in Segeberg; † 1846);
- Andreas Conrad Peter zu Rantzau (September 2, 1773 - August 3, 1845), secret minister of state.
He was married to Luise (born December 6, 1776 in Bergen ; † May 27, 1812) daughter of State Minister Jürgen Erich Scheel (1737–1795) since January 1789 . Together they had a son and two daughters:
- Friedrich Erich zu Rantzau (born June 26, 1790 - † May 19, 1797)
- Luise Dorothea Sophie Friederike zu Rantzau (born September 7, 1792; † unknown), conventual at Uetersen Monastery ;
- Ernestine Caroline zu Rantzau (born January 31, 1794 in Itzehoe ; † June 26, 1872 in Kaaksburg ), married to Friedrich von Kobbe (1791–1844), Grand Ducal Oldenburg Councilor .
After his death, the body of Hans zu Rantzau was transferred to Breitenburg and buried there in the castle chapel.
Career
In 1804, Hans zu Rantzau acquired a country estate near Kellinghusen and had the manor house built in the classical style and a wooden tower. He named the property " Luisenberg " after the first name of his wife Louise . In 1858 the Ross family, who had meanwhile acquired the property, replaced the wooden observation tower on the site with the tower that is still preserved today.
On December 12, 1815, the King of Denmark Frederick VI appointed him . to General War Commissioner.
Trivia
In the period 1806–1814, the theater poet and dramaturge Johann Friedrich Schink lived on his estate in Kellinghusen, to which he also dedicated one of his works, Satan's Bastard: A Journey of Dramatic Scenes from Contemporary History 1812–1815 .
Individual evidence
- ^ New Nekrolog der Deutschen, Volume 15, 1837, Part 1, p. 17 . BF Voigt., 1839 ( google.de [accessed on May 2, 2018]).
- ^ Genealogical paperback of the count's houses: 1850, pp. 503–504 . Perthes, 1850 ( google.de [accessed May 4, 2018]).
- ↑ Michael Alfer: Inland. Retrieved May 4, 2018 .
- ↑ Holstein Tourismus: Luisenberger Turm - Our Region | Holstein Tourism. Retrieved May 4, 2018 .
- ^ Detlev Lorenz Lübker: Lexicon of the Schleswig-Holstein-Lauenburg and Eutinian writers from 1796 to 1828, p. 500 . Aue, 1829 ( google.de [accessed on May 4, 2018]).
- ↑ Satan's Bastard: A Journey of Dramatic Scenes from Contemporary History 1812–1815
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rantzau, Hans too |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hans; Rantzau, Count too |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish General War Commissioner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 8, 1764 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Breitenburg Castle |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 24, 1836 |