Karl Friedrich Albrecht of Brandenburg-Schwedt

Margrave Karl von Brandenburg-Schwedt as Lord Master of the Order of St. John , painting by Anna Rosina Lisiewska , 1737

Karl Friedrich Albrecht, Prince in Prussia, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt (born June 10, 1705 in Berlin , † June 22, 1762 in Breslau ) was a grandson of Friedrich Wilhelm von Brandenburg ( the Great Elector ) and son of Margrave Albrecht Friedrich von Brandenburg-Schwedt .

Life

Career

Karl von Brandenburg-Schwedt joined the Prussian army at an early age and distinguished himself in the First Silesian War with the capture of Glogau, the battle of Mollwitz and the battle of Chotusitz . At the beginning of 1745 he was in command in Upper Silesia, where he earned the special satisfaction of his King Friedrich II .

During the Seven Years' War , Margrave Karl was repeatedly given independent commands, as Frederick II placed absolute trust in him, and distinguished himself at the Battle of Hochkirch and the Battle of Torgau . As with Mollwitz, he was wounded in both battles. The Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie describes Margrave Karl as a noble, philanthropic character and lover of the arts and sciences. For 31 years he was master master of the Order of St. John.

1731 he inherited from his father Domänengut in Altfriedland that from the 1540/46 secularized Cistercian - Kloster Friedland had emerged and a number of villages on the southeastern Barnim and neighboring Oderbruch included. Like his father, he had the so-called "Herrschaft Friedland" administered in Arrende (lease form) by officials, but according to Rudolf Schmidt, in contrast to his father, at least came to Friedland more often . His Arrende bailiff Jeckel pursued an intensive expansion policy with the founding of various villages until Carl's death in 1762, thus increasing the value of the margrave's property considerably. Many of these new settlements were originally named after Karl Friedrich, including: since 1754 Carlshoff (today Grube ), since 1757 Carlsburg (today Wuschewier ) and Carlsfelde (today Sietzing ), since 1760 Carlswerder (today Kiehnwerder ) and Carls Fleiß, a former Vorwerk on the Quappendorfer Feldmark. His name has been preserved in Karlsdorf in the Brandenburg district of Märkisch-Oderland , which was only laid out in 1774/75 after Karl's death, but was still planned in his time. In 1735 he donated a bell to the Altfriedland monastery church , which has been preserved to this day. In 1763 the estate returned to the Crown.

family

Karl Friedrich Albrecht was never married, but entered into a liaison with a certain Regina Wilcke . She is ennobled on January 14, 1744 under the name of Carlowitz .

With her he had a daughter and a son Karl († 1747).

• Karoline Regina von Carlowitz (* December 12, 1731 in Soldin; † September 16, 1755 in Berlin) ∞ Berlin June 16, 1747 Albrecht Christian Ernst Graf and Herr von Schönburg zu Hinterglauchau (* January 22, 1720; † March 9, 1799) (Adjutants of the margrave)

In 1744 he was engaged to Marie Amalie von Hessen-Kassel (1721–1744). But she died that same year.

literature

• Communications of the Association for the History of Potsdam , Volume 3, p. 91 digitized
• Joachim Engelmann, Günter Dorn: Friedrich the great and his generals . Friedberg 1988.
• Hanns Joachim Friedrichs : World history, a chronicle . Naturalisverlag
• Heinrich Kaak: Mediation of power in the early modern period. The official tenants of the Margraves of Brandenburg-Sonnenburg in Quilitz and Friedland between 1699 and 1762. In: Herrschaft. Development of power over noble and princely property in the early modern period . Ed .: Martina Schattkowsky , Heinrich Kaak. Volume 4 of the Potsdam studies on the history of rural society . Böhlau Verlag, Cologne / Weimar / Vienna 2003 ISBN 978-3-412-05701-5 , pp. 207f.
• Rudolf Schmidt : Die Herrschaft Friedland: News on the history of old and new Friedland , God's gift , Carlsdorf , Kleinbarnim , Grube , Sietzing , Wuschewier , Lüdersdorf , Biesdorf , Gersdorf , Batzlow , Ringenwalde , Bollersdorf , Pritzhagen , Cunersdorf , Burgwall , Metzdorf , Horst , Wubrigsberg . Series of publications Oberbarnimer Heimatbücher , Vol. 7, ed. from the district committee Oberbarnim, Bad Freienwalde (Oder) 1928.
• Hannsjoachim W. Koch: History of Prussia . Bertelsmann publishing house
• Ernst Graf zur Lippe-Weißenfeld :  Karl Friedrich Albrecht, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt, Prince in Prussia . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 15, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1882, p. 263.

Web links

Commons : Karl Friedrich Albrecht von Brandenburg-Schwedt  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• family tree

Individual evidence

1. ^ Adolf Wilhelm Ernst von Winterfeld : History of the Knightly Order of St. Johannis from Spital zu Jerusalem. Berlin 1859, pp. 752-755.
2. ↑ Rudolf Schmidt, p. 29.
3. ↑ Heinrich Kaak, S. 207f.
4. ↑ Rudolf Schmidt, p. 30.
5. ↑ Uta Puls: Altfriedland . In: H. Jürgen Feuerstake, Oliver H. Schmidt (Ed.): The Cistercians and their monasteries in Brandenburg. A cultural, historical and tourist guide. Revised and expanded 2nd edition, Lukas Verlag, Berlin 2005, p. 57 ISBN 3-936872-23-6
6. ^ Theodor Fontane : Friedland. In: Walks through the Mark Brandenburg in 8 volumes. Volume 2 Oderland . Gotthard Erler , Rudolf Mingau (eds.), Aufbau-Verlag , Berlin 1997, pp. 165f, 170. See also the following chapter Kunersdorf. ISBN 3-7466-5702-4 ( chapter Friedland in the text log )
7. ^ Demps, Laurenz .: Berlin-Wilhelmstrasse: a topography of Prussian-German power . 1st edition Ch. Links, Berlin 1994, ISBN 3-86153-080-5 , pp. 61 .
8. ^ Demps, Laurenz .: Berlin-Wilhelmstrasse: a topography of Prussian-German power . 1st edition Ch. Links, Berlin 1994, ISBN 3-86153-080-5 , pp. 61 .

predecessor	Office	successor
Albrecht Friedrich Prince of Prussia	Master of the Balley Brandenburg of the Order of St. John 1731–1762	August Ferdinand of Prussia