Johann Christoph von Düring
Johann Christoph von Düring , baron since 1719 , count since 1752 , ( Swedish Johan Christoffer Friherre och Greve von Düring ; born July 22, 1695 in Horneburg , † January 5, 1759 in Stockholm ) was a Swedish field marshal .
Life
Origin and family
Johann Christoph was a member of the Horneburg line of the Lower Saxon noble family von Düring . His parents were the Holstein colonel Johann Christoph von Düring (1658–1697) and Anna Sabina Freiin von Grothusen (1665–1718). His brother Otto Fredrik (1694–1715) was the companion of the Swedish King Charles XII. on his ride from Piteşti to Stralsund .
Düring married Catharina Margareta Countess Bonde af Björnö (1697–1755) in 1720 . The marriage resulted in three daughters, including Gustava Sabina (1721–1778), wife of the Swedish Imperial Council and diplomat Count Carl Fredrik Scheffer (1715–1786) since 1757 .
Career
Düring began his career in 1703 as a cornet with the Holstein Dragoons under General Bauditz in the War of the Spanish Succession in the Netherlands . Here he took part in the battle of Malplaquet , among other things . In 1710 he was promoted to captain in the Holstein regiment of Lieutenant General Banér.
As a lieutenant in 1714, he joined O. v. Vietinghoff, and thus in Swedish services . In 1715 he rose to the rank of colonel in the regiment after he had distinguished himself during the siege of Stralsund and in 1717 received his own German dragoon regiment. Düring was raised to the Swedish baron class in 1719 and introduced to the baron class of the Swedish knighthood in 1720 (No. 171).
In 1721 he was with the cavalry regiment in Skåne , where he became commander in 1727 . Düring was promoted to major general in 1730 and lieutenant general in 1740. He was sent to Russia as an unofficial envoy in 1743 . In 1748 he received the Commander's Cross 1st Class of the Order of the Sword and then the Order of Seraphine . After he was promoted to field marshal in 1751, he was raised to the status of Swedish count in the same year. He concluded his tour as governor of Stockholm, a position he had held since 1753.
He was hereditary lord on Tyresö and was buried in the church there.
literature
- Johann Christoph von Düring . In: Nils Linder, John Rosén, Theodor Westrin, BF Olsson (eds.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 1st edition. tape 4 : Duplicator Folkvandringen . Gernandts boktryckeri, Stockholm 1881, Sp. 37-38 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
- Johann Christoph von Düring . In: Herman Hofberg, Frithiof Heurlin, Viktor Millqvist, Olof Rubenson (eds.): Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon . 2nd Edition. tape 1 : A-K . Albert Bonniers Verlag, Stockholm 1906, p. 260 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
Web links
- Johan Christoffer Düring, from on Svenskt biografiskt lexikon , website of the Swedish National Archives (Swedish).
- From Düring nr 171 on adelsvapen.com (= Gustaf Elgenstierna : Den introducerade svenska adelns ättartavlor , Stockholm 1925–1936; Swedish).
Individual evidence
- ^ Gabriel Anrep : Svenska adelns ättartaflor. Volume 1, Stockholm 1858, pp. 639-640 (Swedish).
- ↑ Anders Anton von Stiernman: Matriculation öfwer Swea rikes ridderskap och adel. Stockholm 1754 p. 169 (Swedish).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Düring, Johann Christoph von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Düring, Johan Christoffer Friherre och Greve von (Swedish with title) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish field marshal |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 22, 1695 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Horneburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 5, 1759 |
| Place of death | Stockholm |