Christian Detlev (Reventlow) von Reventlow (1671-1738)

Christian Detlev "Count" von Reventlow formerly Reventlow

Born 21 Jun 1671 in Haderslev

Ancestors

Son of Conrad Reventlow and Anne Margrethe Gabel

Brother of Christine Sophie Reventlow, Anna Margrethe Reventlow [half], Conradine Revenfeld [half], Ulrike Eleonora Reventlow [half] and Anna Sophie Reventlow [half]

Husband of Benedicte Margrethe (Brockdorff) Reventlow — married 1700 [location unknown]

Descendants

Father of Conrad Ditlev Reventlow, Christian Detlev Reventlow and Christine Armgard Reventlow

Died 1 Oct 1738 at age 67 in Tølløse

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Biography

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 Vendôme, 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.[citation needed] 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. Among his children: Christian Ditlev Reventlow (1710–1775) Conrad Detlev, married in 1731 Wilhelmina Augusta (1704–1749), daughter of Prince Christian Charles of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön-Norburg; Christine Armgard von Reventlow (1711-1779), married Frederick Charles, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön and had issue. Authority control WorldCat Identities VIAF: 764531 ISNI: 0000 0000 2009 3225 GND: 11645718X

Notes

Disputed death location. Wikipedia reports he died " 1 October 1738 at Stellenbosch Farm."^[1] Wikipedia reports his spouse was "Benedicte Margrethe Brockdorff"^[2]