Kurt Christoph von Königsmarck
| Kurt Christoph von Königsmarck | |
|---|---|
 Portrait of Conrad Christoff von Königsmarck by Matthaeus Merian the Younger | |
| Born | 1634 |
| Died |
31 October 1673 Bonn |
| Nationality | Netherlands |
Conrad or Kurt Christoph von Königsmarck (1634 – 1673) was a Dutch-Swedish military leader.
He was the son of Hans Christoff von Königsmarck and Agathe von Leesten and the brother of Otto Wilhelm von Königsmarck and Beata Elisabet von Königsmarck. He married Countess Maria Christina von Wrangel, the daughter of Count Hermann von Wrangel and their children were:
He served the stadthouder William III of Orange in Bodegraven during the Rampjaar.[2] When 10,000 French troops under the command of François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Luxembourg arrived over the frozen ice of the Hollandic Water Line from Woerden on 27 December 1672, he retreated to Leiden. There the councilman Cornelis Hop and others kept the gates closed and ordered him back to Alphen aan de Rijn in order to defend the Water Line at Gouwsluis.[2] His retreat enabled the Duke of Luxembourg to murder all at Bodegraven and Zwammerdam and he prepared to make an attack on The Hague. A sudden thaw forced them back to Woerden however, but Königsmarck was seen as a coward.[2] Königsmarck died in the Siege of Bonn.[2]
References
- ↑ Kenneth Meyer Setton, Venice, Austria, and the Turks in the Seventeenth Century (1991), p. 296 note 3; Google Books.
- 1 2 3 4 Conrad Christoffel graaf van Königsmarck in the NNBW