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Christian Detlev Reventlow

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Noble family
  
Mother
  
Anne Margrethe Gabel

Role
  
Political leader

Grandparents
  
Ditlev Reventlow

Name
  
Christian Reventlow

Parents
  
Conrad von Reventlow

Christian Detlev Reventlow
Spouse(s)
  
Benedicte Margrethe von Brockdorff

Buried
  
Radsted Church, Denmark

Died
  
October 1, 1738, Tollose, Denmark

Children
  
Christian Ditlev Reventlow

Grandchildren
  
Christian Ditlev Frederik Reventlow, Louise Stolberg

Similar People
  
Christian Ditlev Frederik, Anne Sophie Reventlow, Frederick IV of Denmark, Magnus Stenbock, Peter the Great

'Christian Detlev, Count von Reventlow' (1671–1738) was a Danish military leader and diplomat. He was the son of Conrad, Count Reventlow, chancellor of Denmark and half-brother of Anne Sophie Reventlow, queen consort of Denmark and, initially, morganatic wife of Frederick IV of Denmark.

Reventlow had a military career. He fought in the Danish contingent against the French in the War of the Grand Alliance.

In 1701 he was sent at the head of the Danish troops to fight the French in Italy in the War of Spanish Succession. He served under Eugene of Savoy, but had to face the French alone in the Battle of Calcinato in 1706. Outnumbered, and pitted against the able general Vendome, Reventlow had little likelihood of success.

In 1709 he held command of Danish forces in Scania during the Great Northern War.

In March 1713 King Frederick IV appointed Reventlow as president of Altona. The city had been plundered by the Swedish, and had to be rebuilt. His task was to supervise the reconstruction program. In 1732 he was dismissed as president of Altona after the death of his brother in law, Frederick IV.

His daughter Christine Armgard von Reventlow (1711-1779) married Frederick Charles, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plon and had issue.

References

Christian Detlev Reventlow Wikipedia


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