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Died 31 October 1673, Bonn, Germany Children Philip Christoph von Königsmarck Grandchildren Maurice de Saxe, Charles Emil Lewenhaupt Great grandchildren Marie-Aurore de Saxe, Charles Emil Lewenhaupt Similar Karl Johann von Köni, Philip Christoph von Köni, Maria Aurora von Königsmarck, Maurice de Saxe, Charles Emil Lewenhaupt | ||
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. 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. 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. Königsmarck died in the Siege of Bonn.