Kurt Christoph von Königsmarck
Conrad or Kurt Christoph von Königsmarck( 24 March 1634 – 31 October 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.
Hans Christoff von Königsmarck
Count Hans Christoff von Königsmarck, of Tjust (4 March 1600 – 8 March 1663), son of Conrad von Königsmarck and Beatrix von Blumenthal, was a Swedish-German soldier who commanded Sweden's legendary flying column, a force which played a key role in Gustavus Adolphus' strategy.
He was born in Kötzlin, Altmark.
He was appointed major general in 1640, governor general of Bremen-Verden in 1645, Privy Councilor in 1651 and field marshal in 1655.
He is best known for the unsuccessful battle of Prague between 25 June and 1 November 1648 which was cut short when the Thirty Years' War ended.
In 1655 Königsmarck erected a castle in Lieth and named it after his wife Agathe von Leesten.
The name of the castle, Agathenburg, also became the toponym of the village Lieth.
Their children were:
He died, aged 63, in Stockholm.
Kurt Christoph von Königsmarck
Conrad or Kurt Christoph von Königsmarck( 24 March 1634 – 31 October 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.
Johanna Eleonora De la Gardie
Johanna Eleonora De la Gardie (1661 in Hamburg – 1708 in Stockholm), was a Swedish writer, poet, lady-in-waiting and noblewoman.
Johanna was the daughter of Pontus Fredrik De la Gardie and Beata Elisabet von Königsmarck.
She received a cultivated education, along with her sister Ebba Maria De la Gardie and her cousins Amalia von Königsmarck and Maria Aurora von Königsmarck; her sister became a respected poet and singer at court.
Johanna became lady-in-waiting and, with her sister, a favourite of Queen Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark, and was also a friend of the queen dowager, Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp.
Johanna participated at the amateur theatre of the royal court, encouraged by Queen Eleanora.
In the winter of 1683–84, a group of female courtiers performed the Swedish premiere of "Iphigénie" by Racine at court.
In the play, Johanna acted the part of "Iphigenie", Amalia von Königsmarck as "Achilles", Aurora von Königsmarck as "Clitemnestre", Augusta Wrangel as "Agamemnon", and Ebba Maria De la Gardie
as "Eriphile".
This is regarded as a significant event, the first play performed by an all–female cast in Sweden, as an introduction of French Classicism in Sweden.
She wrote the French poem "Portrait d’Ismène" for Ulrika Eleonora, and the German-language psalm "Weich, Falsche Welt".
She encouraged poets and writers; she is remembered as benefactor and teacher of the poet and politician Samuel Triewald.
In 1691, Johanna married her cousin, Count Erik Gustaf Stenbock.
They lived in England until 1697, where she became popular at the English court of Queen Mary.
Elisabeth von Herzogenberg
Elisabeth von Herzogenberg née Elisabet von Stockhausen( born in Paris on 13 April 1847; died in Sanremo on 7 January 1892) was a German pianist, composer, singer and philanthropist.
Krzysztof Tchórzewski
Krzysztof Józef Tchórzewski( born 19 May 1950) is a Polish engineer and politician.
He serves as the Minister of Energy in the cabinet of Beata Szydło( since 1 December 2015).
Prior to this, Tchórzewski was a minister without portfolio.
Ebba Maria De la Gardie
Ebba Maria De la Gardie (1657–1697) was a Swedish poet and singer.
She was the daughter of count Pontus Fredrik De la Gardie and Beata Elisabet von Königsmarck, the sister of Johanna Eleonora De la Gardie and the cousin of Amalia Wilhelmina Königsmarck and Maria Aurora Königsmarck.
She was a favorite of the Swedish Queen, Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark.
She was active as a poet at the royal court and was given much attention by her contemporaries.
She participated at the amateur theatre of the royal court encouraged by the queen, Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark.
In the winter of 1683-84, a group of female courtiers performed the Swedish premier of "Iphigénie" by Racine at court.
In the play, Johanna Eleonora De la Gardie acted in the part of "Iphigenie", Amalia Königsmarck as "Achilles", Aurora Königsmarck as "Clitemnestre",
Augusta Wrangel as "Agamemnon", and Ebba Maria De la Gardie as "Eriphile".
This is regarded as a significant event as the first play performed by an all female cast in Sweden, as an introduction of French Classicism in Sweden.
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Karl Johann von Königsmarck
Carl Johann von Königsmarck( 15 May 1659 – 28 August 1686) was a Swedish count of Brandenburgian extraction and a soldier.
Königsmarck was born in Nyborg in Funen, Denmark, as the second son of Count Conrad Christoph von Königsmarck and his wife Countess Maria Christina von Wrangel( 1628- 1691).
He was the grandson of two Field Marshalls; Hermann von Wrangel and Hans Christoff von Königsmarck.
His sister Maria Aurora von Königsmarck was later mistress to Augustus II the Strong of Poland, with whom she had the son Maurice de Saxe, the brilliant French military commander.
His other sister Amalia Wilhelmina was a noted dilettante artist.
His brother Philip Christoph von Königsmarck died under mysterious circumstances after starting an affair with Sophia Dorothea of Celle, the daughter of George William, Duke of Brunswick- Lüneburg.
Karl Johann von Königsmarck is alleged to have hired three assassins to kill Thomas Thynne – husband of heiress Elizabeth Seymour, Duchess of Somerset, whom Königsmarck had been wooing – on 12 February 1681.
The assassins were hanged on 10 March 1682 though their alleged hirer was acquitted, but banished.
After leaving England he joined the army of his uncle Otto Wilhelm von Königsmarck in Greece.
He died of wounds contracted during the Morean War in Nauplion.
Beata Elisabet von Königsmarck
Beata Elisabet von Königsmarck (1637–1723), was a Swedish countess and landowner.
She was the daughter of Hans Christoff von Königsmarck and Barbara von Leist: through her brother, she was thereby the paternal aunt of Carl Johan von Königsmarck, Amalia von Königsmarck, Aurora von Königsmarck and Philip Christoph von Königsmarck.
In 1655, she married count Pontus Fredrik De la Gardie (1630-1692), younger brother of Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie, and became the mother of Johanna Eleonora De la Gardie and Ebba Maria De la Gardie.
Beata Elisabet von Königsmarck belonged to the elite of the Swedish aristocracy, often attended court, and had a wide net of powerful contacts.
She used these contacts for political purposes, and was commissioned as an agent by France through its ambassador in Sweden, D'Avaux.
Between 1697 and 1699, there was a Danish policy to create an alliance with Sweden through a double wedding between Charles XII of Sweden and Princess Sophia Hedwig of Denmark, and Prince Charles of Denmark and Hedvig Sophia of Sweden
(after the marriage of Hedvig Sophia in 1698, she was replaced by Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden).
The plan was supported by France, who also wished for an alliance between Sweden and Denmark.
Beata Elisabet von Königsmarck was commissioned by the Danish Jens Juel (diplomat) to use her net of contacts at court to create support for the marriage alliances with the Swedish royal court and monarch.
Ultimately, however, the plan failed.
Both Denmark and France described her as among their most valued agents in service of the Dano-France policy of a Danish-Swedish alliance.
A proposed reason for her pro-Danish policy has been suggested to be the fact that several of her estates was situated in Scania, and that she wished to protect her interests, as her Scanian estates had been sacked during the Scanian War in 1675-79.
Beata Elisabet von Königsmarck belonged to a very wealthy family and brought a fortune of her own in to her marriage.
Despite the fact that she was, as a married woman, legally a minor and under the guardianship of her husband, she still managed her own fortune by herself as her separate property, without any interference of her spouse.
The marriage was unhappy, and reportedly, her husband was forced to rely on his rich sister, Maria Sofia De la Gardie, to be able to finance his drinking habits and interest in prostitutes, as his wife refused to do so.
During the Reduction (Sweden) of 1680, her husband's fortune was confiscated by the crown, and he resided in his own estate, while she resided on hers.
In 1661, her husband bought Skarhult Castle with her money.
As she was legally a minor, being a married woman, she was not listed as its owner until after she was widowed (and thereby no longer a minor) in 1692.
In reality, however, she managed the estate from the beginning until her death, as well as the estate Marsvinsholm Castle, without any interference from him.

Question: Where was the place of death of Beata Elisabet Von Königsmarck's father?
Answer: Stockholm