Kurt Christoph von Königsmarck
Kurt Christoph von Königsmarck | |
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Amalia Wilhelmina von Königsmarck Philip Christoph von Königsmarck | |
| Parent(s) | Hans Christoff von Königsmarck Agathe von Leesten |
Conrad or Kurt Christoph von Königsmarck (24 March 1634 – 31 October 1673) was a Dutch-Swedish military leader.
He was the son of
Otto Wilhelm von Königsmarck and Beata Elisabet von Königsmarck
.
Career
Königsmarck received an education despite the war and later joined the Swedish army. He took part in the bloody battle near Warsaw in 1656. In 1658 under
Charles X command during the crossing over the frozen Great Belt Bridge to Funen he was caught by the Danes and was left free only after the Peace of Roskilde. In 1663 after the death of his father he became a vice-governor of the Duchy of Bremen-Verden and commander of Stade
.
He served the
Alphen aan de Rijn in order to defend the Water Line at Gouwsluis. His retreat enabled the Duke of Luxembourg to destroy Bodegraven and Zwammerdam.[1]
Königsmarck was killed in the Siege of Bonn by an accidental cannon shot from friendly side at the age of 39.[1] In a year his body was reburied in Stade. He was known for his charitable gifts, as for example a rebuilding of burnt church in Stade in 1659.
Personal life
He married Countess Maria Christina von Wrangel, the daughter of Count
Hermann von Wrangel
. They had five children, four of whom lived to adulthood:
- Karl Johann von Königsmarck (1659-1686)
- Maria Aurora von Königsmarck (1662-1728)[2]
- Amalia Wilhelmina von Königsmarck(1663-1740)
- Philip Christoph von Königsmarck (1665-1694)
- Gustaf Herman von Königsmarck (1668–1669), who died in infancy
References
- ^ NNBW
- ^ Kenneth Meyer Setton, Venice, Austria, and the Turks in the Seventeenth Century (1991), p. 296 note 3; Google Books.
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