Hans Christoff von Königsmarck
Matthaeus Merian the Younger | |
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| Born | 12 December 1605[1] Kötzlin, Altmark, Brandenburg |
| Died | 8 March 1663 (aged 57) Stockholm, Sweden |
| Allegiance |  Holy Roman Empire  Governor-General of Bremen-Verden, Privy Councillor |
Count Hans Christoff von Königsmarck, of Tjust (12 December 1605 – 8 March 1663) was a German soldier who commanded Sweden's legendary flying column, a force which played a key role in the Swedish military strategy in the Thirty Years' War.
Early life
He was born in
Blumenthal (1580-1621).[2]
Biography
After serving as a page on the court of Prince
Field Marshal in 1655. He is best known for the Siege of Prague between 25 June and 1 November 1648, where he managed to capture and loot the left-bank of Prague but failed to take the Old Town until fighting ended with news of the Peace of Westphalia.[2]
During the Second Northern War, Königsmarck was captured on a sea passage to the Polish front by Danzigian ships and held prisoner at Weichselmünde until the Treaty of Oliva 1660.[2]
In 1655 Königsmarck erected a castle in Lieth and named it after his wife Agathe von Leesten. The name of the castle,
toponym of the village Lieth.[2]
Their children were:
- Otto Wilhelm von Königsmarck
- Conrad or Kurt Christoph von Königsmarck, whose children were:
- Karl Johann von Königsmarck
- Maria Aurora von Königsmarck.[3]
- Amalia Wilhelmina von Königsmarck
- Philip Christoph von Königsmarck
- Beata Elisabet von Königsmarck
He died, aged 57, in Stockholm.
References
- (in German) de:s:ADB:Königsmarck, Hans Christoph Graf von
Notes
- ^ Fiedler, Beate-Christine (2002). Hans-Christoph von Königsmarck - ein brandenburgischer Junker in schwedischen Diensten. In: Frölich, Jürgen, Körber, Esther-Beate, Rohrschneider, Michael (eds.): Preußen und Preußentum vom 17. Jahrhundert bis zur Gegenwart. Berlin: Verlag Arno Spitz. ISBN 3-8305-0268-0.
- ^ a b c d Schulze, Heinz Joachim (1980), "Königsmarck, Hans Christoph Graf von", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 12, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 360–361; (full text online)
- ^ Kenneth Meyer Setton, Venice, Austria, and the Turks in the Seventeenth Century (1991), p. 296 note 3; Google Books.
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