Karl Hannibal von Dohna

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Karl Hannibal Burgrave of Dohna (* 1588 , † 21st February 1633 in Prague ) was the heir of his father, Abraham II of Dohna. , 1612 Governor of the Oberlausitz and joined after he had converted to the Catholic Church, while the Czech Estates uprising closely to the emperor.

First in 1618/19 he tried to talk the Protestant Upper Lusatian estates out of alliance with the rebellious Bohemians. When the Upper Lusatians took part in the deposition of Ferdinand II as King of Bohemia and elected Friedrich V of the Palatinate as his successor, the position of the Catholic governor in Bautzen became untenable. He was expelled from the stalls in the Ortenburg . Karl Hannibal von Dohna then went to the court of the Saxon elector in Dresden as the imperial envoy . He vehemently tried to persuade Johann Georg I to join the war on the emperor's side.

After the Battle of White Mountain in 1622, Dohna was again Upper Lusatian governor. In addition, as a reward for his services, he also received the office of President of the Chamber in Silesia . There he excelled particularly through the persecution of Protestants.

When he tried to force the Protestants to Catholicism with cruel harshness by imperial dragoons in 1628 , he earned the nickname of the beatificers . He also burdened Silesia with high tax pressure. Because of a tax on cows he was called the Kühmelker .

The poet Martin Opitz was his secretary for a while.

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SURNAME Dohna, Karl Hannibal from
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dohna, Karl Hannibal Burgrave of
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Governor of Upper Lusatia
DATE OF BIRTH 1588
DATE OF DEATH February 21, 1633
Place of death Prague