Heinrich von Reventlow (Major General)

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Heinrich Graf von Reventlow , also Reventlou (born September 30, 1763 in Copenhagen , † January 31, 1848 in Kiel ) was a Schleswig-Holstein officer.

Life

Heinrich von Reventlow came from the older house of the Schleswig-Holstein nobility family ( Equites Originarii ) von Reventlow . He was the sixth child and fourth son of Detlev von Reventlow and his wife Margarethe, nee. von Raben , (* December 8, 1726, † September 13, 1794). Cay Friedrich von Reventlow (1753–1834) and Friedrich Karl von Reventlow (1755–1828) were his older brothers.

From 1784 he studied law at the University of Leipzig , but then took up an officer career in the Danish army. In 1788 he became sub- captain with the hussars and in 1790 with the bodyguard on horseback . In 1791 he was promoted to captain and squadron chief . In 1802 he became a major à la suite , in 1809 a lieutenant colonel and in 1812 a colonel . In 1828 he received his departure as major general .

He was landlord on Falkenberg , Wittenberg ( Martensrade ) and Kaltenhof as well as Åkær and Dybvad .

Reventlow married on May 21, 1794 at Gut Knoop Sophie Anna, b. von Baudissin (* December 20, 1778 Copenhagen, † December 22, 1853 Kiel), a daughter of Heinrich Friedrich von Baudissin and Caroline Adelaide Cornelia Komtesse Schimmelmann (1760-1826). The children of this marriage included:

Awards

literature

  • Danmarks nobility Aarbog 1939

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Biography of Sophie v. R. in Deert Lafrenz / Jürgen Ostwald: The drawing book of Sophie Countess Reventlow, views from Schleswig-Holstein around 1820 , Christians, Hamburg, 1989, ISBN 3767210819 , with numerous illustrations
personal data
SURNAME Reventlow, Heinrich von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Reventlow, Heinrich Graf von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Schleswig-Holstein officer
DATE OF BIRTH September 30, 1763
PLACE OF BIRTH Copenhagen
DATE OF DEATH January 31, 1848
Place of death Kiel