Wladyslaw Denhoff
Władysław Denhoff (* July 27, 1639 , † October 7, 1683 in Parkan ) was castellan of Kulm , voivode of Pomerania , treasurer of Royal Prussia .
family
Count Władysław Denhoff came from the Dönhoff family and was a son of Count Gerhard Dönhoff († 1648) and Duchess Sibylle Margarethe von Brieg († 1657). He was married to Joanna Konstancja Sluszka († 1733), with whom he had a daughter and son, Count Stanislaw Ernest Denhoff († 1728).
Life
Denhoff was Colonel in command of a regiment on foot in 1664 , then in command of the royal guard.
In 1668 he was treasurer , in 1677 castellan of Kulm and the same year voivode in Pomerania , then treasurer in the Duchy of Prussia and in 1679 Starost von Berent , Skarszew and Lignowski.
From 1671 to 1676 Denhoff was a member of the Sejm for the province of Pomerania. He was also an advisor to Johann III. Sobieskis , especially on Baltic issues.
He took part in many campaigns in the border areas of Poland-Lithuania , as well as in the battle on Kahlenberg , but then stayed in the field in the battle of Párkány .
Denhoff was buried in the family chapel in Jasna Góra .
literature
- Detlev Schwennicke : European family tables , new series. Vittorio Klostermann, Frankfurt / Main 2002, Volume XX, ISBN 978-3-465-03166-6 , plate 117B
- Kilian Heck, Christian Thielemann (ed.): Friedrichstein. The castle of the Counts of Dönhoff in East Prussia. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-422-06593-8 ; Pp. 19, 22, 293.
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SURNAME | Denhoff, Wladyslaw |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dönhoff, Wladislaus; Dönhoff, Wladyslaw; Dönhoff, Wladyslaw von; Dönhoff, Wladyslaw Graf von; Dönhoff, Wladislaus Graf von |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Castellan von Kulm, Voivode von Pommerellen, Treasurer of Prussia |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 27, 1639 |
DATE OF DEATH | October 7, 1683 |
Place of death | Parkan |