Alexander zu Dohna-Schlobitten (1661–1728)
Alexander Burggraf and Graf Dohna - Schlobitten (* January 25, 1661 at Castle Coppet on Lake Geneva, † February 25, 1728 in Königsberg in Prussia) was kurbrandenburgisch - Prussian Field Marshal and diplomat.
Alexander von Dohna was born the son of Friedrich von Dohna (1621-1688), Governor of the Principality of Orange, and Sperentia du Puy Montbrun. He was brought up as his brother Christoph von Dohna among others by Pierre Bayle and took longer educational tours. Since 1679 he was in kurbrandenburgischen military service and was captain of the offices Morag and Lieb city in East Prussia. On December 31, 1686, he was a colonel and a privy councilor. The new Elector Frederick III. of Brandenburg sent him several times as a diplomat to Poland, so in 1688 the renewal of the contracts between Brandenburg and Poland. In 1689 and 1690 he participated in the campaign against France and was wounded at the storming of Bonn on October 10, 1689. On October 19, 1689 he was promoted to General sergeant. Since October 9, 1690, he was a Major General Chief of Infantry Regiment No. 16, which bore his name. He was sent on a diplomatic mission to Stockholm and real on February 1, 1691 Privy Council. On April 11, 1692, he became governor of pillau.
In 1693 he participated as a brigadier general in the campaign in the Netherlands against France in part and was promoted on January 25, 1695 to Lieutenant General. A month later he took over for the next nine years as chief steward of the electoral prince and later king Friedrich Wilhelm whose upbringing. On January 17, 1701, he was elected one of the first in the High Order of the Black Eagle. As an opponent of Count Kolbe von Wartenberg he retired in 1704 largely from the back yard - he only kept his seat in the Privy Council. After the fall Wartenbergs he took on more responsibility once again, was head of the Commission for the preparation of the chamber and the domain system in Prussia. From June 1712 until his death he was chairman of Königsberg government. On March 25, 1713, he became the new king Friedrich Wilhelm I to General of Infantry and eventually transported on September 5th Field Marshal.
Dohna had since September 10, 1684 with Emilie Luise Countess Dohna - Carwinden ( born July 28, 1661 † April 2, 1724 ) married. After her death, he went on December 26, 1725 marriage to Johanna Sophie Countess Dohna - Reichertswalde (* August 27, 1682, † April 2, 1735 in Königsberg ( Prussia) ) a. He had 15 children from his first marriage. His son Christoph Albrecht (* September 23, 1698, † May 3, 1752 ) was lieutenant colonel and commander of an infantry until 1728 Regiment, then Lord Chamberlain of the Queen Sophie Dorothea. His son Alexander Emil ( born April 17, 1704 † September 30, 1745 ) was a colonel and commander of an infantry regiment in the battle of thrush. His daughter Wilhelmine Amalie ( † 1757) married his first wife, Otto Magnus von Dönhoff.
He was ancestor of the house Schlobitten. Under his 1696-1736 the great construction of the castle was created, the built the older mansion. The architects were Jean Baptiste Broebes (1660-1720) and Johann Caspar Hindersin ( 1667-1738 ).