serviceyears branch death_place death_date birth_name birth_place allegiance awards battles birth_date rank article_title name
1770-1814 army hedrum , norway 11 january 1818 dethloff berend von staffeldt swedish pomerania denmark denmark -- norway norway 1814 norway grand cross of the dannebrog order theater war 23 october 1753 lieutenant general bernhard ditlef von staffeldt
 bernhard ditlef von staffeldt
bernhard ditlef von staffeldt

bernhard ditlef von staffeldt was born on 23 october 1753 in kenz , swedish pomerania as the son of lieutenant bernt von staffeldt , of pomeranian nobility , and catherine eleonore von platen .
both his parents died in 1755 while he was still a child so he was raised at his married sisters estate in denmark , and was taken into the court of queen sophia magdalene of brandenburg-kulmbach in 1767 .
