Karl Philipp of Brandenburg-Schwedt

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Karl Philipp von Brandenburg-Schwedt (born January 5, 1673 in Bielefeld (Sparrenburg), † July 23, 1695 in Casale Monferrato ) was a prince and titular margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt .

Life

Karl Philipp was the third son of the “Great Elector” Friedrich Wilhelm von Brandenburg (1620–1688) from his second marriage to Dorothea Sophie (1636–1689), daughter of Duke Philip of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg .

In 1693 the prince, after having proven himself in the battle of Neer winds, and by his brother, Elector Friedrich III. , had been appointed lieutenant general , in the Palatinate War of Succession at the head of a Brandenburg auxiliary troop contingent, which had been provided to the Duke of Savoy , to Turin .

Here he met Countess Katharina von Salmour , born Marchesa di Balbiano († 1719). He secretly married the young widow on May 28, 1695 in the Reggia di Venaria Reale near Turin. The House of Brandenburg and the Duke of Savoy did not recognize the marriage. Duke Viktor Amadeus had Catherine kidnapped and imprisoned in a monastery to avoid diplomatic entanglements. The Curia supported Karl Philip's claim to the legality of the marriage in the hope that the marriage to the Catholic could induce the Protestant prince to change his faith. During these arguments, Karl Philipp died of a fever and Rome only established the validity of his marriage two years after his death, which the House of Brandenburg still did not recognize. Karl Philipp, whose marriage remained childless, is buried in the Hohenzollern crypt of the Berlin Cathedral .

His widow married the Saxon Minister and General August Christoph von Wackerbarth in 1707 .

literature

  • Johann Daniel Ferdinand Neigebaur : The marriage of Margrave Carl von Brandenburg to Margravine Catharina von Balbiano , Kern, 1856, ( digitized )
  • Rob. Prütz: Deutsches Museum , Volume 1, JC Hinrichs, 1856, p. 509.
  • Adolf Wilhelm Ernst von Winterfeld : History of the knightly order of St. Johannis from the hospital in Jerusalem: with special consideration of the Brandenburg ballot or the masterclass of Sonnenburg. Berendt, Berlin 1859 pp. 743-750.
  • Rudolf von Kanitz : From the German Soldier's Life: Military Sketches for German Moral History , W. Hertz (Bessersche Buchhandlung), 1861, p. 261 ff.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Samuel Buchholtz : Attempt at a history of the Churmarck Brandenburg from the first appearance of the German Sennonen up to the present time , Volume 3–4, FW Birnstiel, 1767, p. 203.
predecessor Office successor
Georg Friedrich von Waldeck Master of the Balley Brandenburg of the Order of St. John
1693–1695 		Albrecht Friedrich of Brandenburg-Schwedt



personal data
SURNAME Karl Philipp of Brandenburg-Schwedt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prince and Titular Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt
DATE OF BIRTH January 5, 1673
PLACE OF BIRTH Bielefeld (Sparrenburg)
DATE OF DEATH July 23, 1695
Place of death Casale Monferrato