Christian Albert, Burgrave and Count of Dohna

Christian ( Christoph ) Albrecht Burggraf and Graf Dohna ( born December 10, 1621 Kuestrin, † December 14, 1677 in Gartz (Oder) ) was kurbrandenburgischer General.

Christian Albrecht of Dohna was the son of Christoph von Dohna and Ursula Countess of Solms- Braunfels; born (* November 24, 1594 in Braunfels † August 18, 1657 in Turnhout ). His brothers Friedrich von Dohna (1621-1688) and Christoph Delphicus of Dohna were also officers. His cousin was the Electress Louise Henriette of Brandenburg.

Life

Already in 1621 he was a cornet in the Dutch service, received his education under Prince Frederick Henry of Orange and was built in 1648 colonel. On October 6, 1656 he was kurbrandenburgischer Lieutenant General, Privy Councillor and Governor of Kiistrin on March 16, 1657 then governor of Halberstadt and captain to Groningen. In 1659 he took part in a campaign in Pomerania. He left the fortresses of Berlin and Kuestrin expand and was on March 2, 1666 General of Infantry. In 1671 he became head of a newly formed regiment in Kuestrin which henceforth bore his name ( " Dohna walk "). The following year he became General Feldzeugmeister. In the years 1675 to 1677 brought him a renewed campaign to Pomerania, where he died in 1677.

Family

Since April 6, 1644 Earl of Dohna was married to Sophie Theodore Countess of Holland Brederode - Vianen ( born March 16, 1620 Vianen, † September 23, 1678 in Peterhof ). His six sons were also soldiers:

• Friedrich Heinrich ( * 1645, † 1668 off Toulon )
• Wolfard (* 1647 † September 8, 1686 ) kurbrandenburgischer Captain ( He died in a duel in Magdeburg )
• Wilhelm Albrecht ( † 1673 before Maastricht ) Dutch colonel
• Christoph (* 1651, † October 27, 1672 in Koblenz ) kurbrandenburgischer Colonel Sergeant
• Karl Emil (* September 10, 1658; † July 3, 1686 in front of Buda ) kurbrandenburgischer Colonel
• Dietrich Theodor ( born December 5, 1659 † July 17, 1686 in front of Buda ) kurbrandenburgischer Colonel
• Louise (* 1646, † November 8, 1687 ) ∞ 1670 Ludwig of Solms- Hohensolms (* 1646, † August 24, 1707 )
• Amalia (* February 2, 1645, † March 11, 1700 ) ∞ Simon Heinrich zu Lippe -Detmold ( 1648-1697 )
• Ursula Anna (* August 12, 1654, † May 25 1678 )
• Frede Marie ( * December 28, 1660, † November 22, 1729 ) ∞ 1690 Christoph von Dohna- Schlodien ( 1665-1733 )

Sophie Countess of Dohna Theodore, born in Holland- Brederode - Vianen was the daughter of a Countess of Nassau and of a Dutch count. It arrived in April 1644 through her marriage with Count Christian Albrecht of Dohna- Schlobitten in the residence of the Electorate of Brandenburg in 1664 and acquired Niederschoenhausen and the associated lands for 3000 Taler. On the Good Niederschoenhausen she let her residence - the so-called Petit Palais - build and her husband drew the designs. The Count couple settled drain of experts from Holland, the homeland of the Countess Sophie, the damp land on the Panke. As 1669 was Count Dohna was appointed governor of Kuestrin took the couple his country seat only rarely. After the death of the Countess her sons sold it for 4000 dollars to the Prussian Privy Councillor General Joachim Ernst von Grumbkow.