Alexander zu Dohna-Schlobitten (1661 - 1728 )

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Alexander Burggraf und Graf zu Dohna-Schlobitten (25 January 1661 25 February 1728) was a Prussian fieldmarshal and diplomat. Alexander zu Dohna was born at the Palace of Coppet near Geneva to Friedrich von Dohna (1621 1688), Governor of the Principality of Orange, and Sperentia née du Puy Montbrun. He and his brother Christoph I. zu Dohna-Schlodien were educated by Pierre Bayle. Dohna joined the Prussian Army in 1679 and became an Amtshauptmann of Mohrungen and Liebstadt in East Prussia. He was promoted to an Oberst and Geheimer Rat on 31 December 1686 and served as an envoy of Friedrich III., elector of Brandenburg at the Polish Royal Court. In 1689/90 he fought against France in the Nine Years' War and was wounded in a battle at Bonn on 10 October 1689. Dohna became a major general on 9 October 1690 and Commander of an Infantry Regiment, which was named after him. He served again as a Prussian diplomat at the Royal Swedish court and became the governor of Pillau on 11 April 1692. In 1693 Dohna fought again against France and became responsible for the education of the Crownprince Friedrich Wilhelm in 1695 until 1704.