Alexander Hermann, Count of Wartensleben
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Alexander Hermann Graf
von Wartensleben (16 December 1650, Bad Lippspringe
– 26 January 1734, Berlin) was an officer in the armies of various German states, a Prussian
Generalfeldmarschall
and a member of the Cabinet of Three Counts
with August David zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein
and Johann Kasimir Kolbe von Wartenberg
- due to their heavy taxation, this was also known as the "three great W(oes)" of Prussia (Wartenberg, Wartensleben, Wittgenstein).
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1709 he became lord of the manor in Lichte (Wallendorf)
, Thuringian Highlands.
Graf
Graf is a historical German noble title equal in rank to a count or a British earl...
von Wartensleben (16 December 1650, Bad Lippspringe
Bad Lippspringe
Bad Lippspringe is a town in the district of Paderborn, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.-Geography:Bad Lippspringe is situated on the western slope of the Teutoburger Wald, approx. 10 km north-east of Paderborn...
– 26 January 1734, Berlin) was an officer in the armies of various German states, a Prussian
Prussian Army
The Royal Prussian Army was the army of the Kingdom of Prussia. It was vital to the development of Brandenburg-Prussia as a European power.The Prussian Army had its roots in the meager mercenary forces of Brandenburg during the Thirty Years' War...
Generalfeldmarschall
Generalfeldmarschall
Field Marshal or Generalfeldmarschall in German, was a rank in the armies of several German states and the Holy Roman Empire; in the Austrian Empire, the rank Feldmarschall was used...
and a member of the Cabinet of Three Counts
Cabinet of Three Counts
The Cabinet of Three Counts was an unofficial triumvirate which dominated the politics of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1702 to 1710.It was made up of Alexander Hermann, Count of Wartensleben,...
with August David zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein
August David zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein
Graf August David of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein was a Prussian politician. He was a member of the Cabinet of Three Counts, with Johann Kasimir Kolbe von Wartenberg and Alexander Hermann, Count of Wartensleben, also known due to their heavy taxation as "the great W of Prussia...
and Johann Kasimir Kolbe von Wartenberg
Johann Kasimir Kolbe von Wartenberg
Johann Kasimir Kolbe von Wartenberg was the first ever Minister-President of the kingdom of Prussia, and the head of the "Cabinet of Three Counts".-Life:...
- due to their heavy taxation, this was also known as the "three great W(oes)" of Prussia (Wartenberg, Wartensleben, Wittgenstein).
Life
He was the eldest son of Herrmann Hans von Wartensleben and his wife Elisabeth von Haxthausen. His father was lord of Güter Exten, as well as of Rinteln, Nordhold and Ottleben. He led the Wartensleben Infantry Regiment at the Battle of BlenheimBattle of Blenheim
The Battle of Blenheim , fought on 13 August 1704, was a major battle of the War of the Spanish Succession. Louis XIV of France sought to knock Emperor Leopold out of the war by seizing Vienna, the Habsburg capital, and gain a favourable peace settlement...
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1709 he became lord of the manor in Lichte (Wallendorf)
Lichte
thumb|220px|Wallendorfer Porcelain Manufacture, Oct. 2006thumb|220px|[[Leibis-Lichte Dam]], 102.5 m highLichte is a municipality in the district of Saalfeld-Rudolstadt in Thuringia, Germany, close to the Thuringian Rennsteig.- Geography :...
, Thuringian Highlands.