{{Short description|Royal Dano-Norwegian Army officer and diplomat}} {{more references|date=March 2016}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2012}} {{Infobox noble | name = Christian Ditlev | title = Count of Reventlow | image = CDReventlow (cropped).jpg | caption = | alt = | CoA = | more = no | succession = | reign = | reign-type = | predecessor = | successor = | suc-type = | spouse = {{ubl|{{marriage|{{ill|Anna Christiane Gyldenløve|da}}|1686|1689}}|{{marriage|[[Benedikta Margarethe von Brockdorff]]|1700|1738}} }} | spouse-type = | issue-type = | issue = {{ubl|[[Christian Ditlev Reventlow (1710–1775)|Christian Ditlev Reventlow]]|Christine Armgard, Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön}} | issue-link = | issue-pipe = | full name = | native_name = | styles = | other_titles = | noble family = [[Reventlow]] | house-type = | father = [[Conrad von Reventlow]] | mother = Anne Margrethe Gabel | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1671|06|21|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Haderslev]], Denmark | christening_date = | christening_place = | death_date = {{Death date and age|1738|10|01|1671|06|21|df=y}} | death_place = Tølløse Castle, Denmark | burial_date = Radsted Church, Denmark | burial_place = | occupation = | memorials = | module = {{Infobox military person | embed = yes | branch = [[Royal Danish Army]] | branch_label = Branch | service_years = | service_years_label = | rank = {{ubl|[[General (Denmark)|General]] (DK)|[[General of the Artillery (Austria)|General of the Artillery]] (AUS)}} | rank_label = | unit = | commands = | known_for = | battles = {{tree list}} *[[Nine Years' War]] **[[Williamite War in Ireland]] **[[Battle of Steenkerque]] *[[War of the Spanish Succession]] **[[Battle of Blenheim|Battle of Höchstädt]] **[[Battle of Cassano (1705)|Battle of Cassano]] {{WIA}} **[[Battle of Calcinato]] *[[Great Northern War]] {{tree list/end}} | battles_label = | awards = | memorials = | alma_mater = | other_work = | signature = | signature_size = | signature_alt = }} }}
'''Christian Detlev, Count von Reventlow''' (21 June 1671 – 1 October 1738) was a [[Royal Danish Army|Royal Dano-Norwegian Army]] officer and diplomat.<ref name=dbl>{{cite web|url = https://runeberg.org/dbl/14/0028.html|title = Reventlow, Christian Ditlev Greve, 1671–1738|publisher = Dansk biografisk Lexikon|access-date = January 1, 2019}}</ref>
==Early life and education== Reventlow was the son of [[Conrad, Count Reventlow]], chancellor of Denmark, and his first wife, Anna Margarethe Gabel (1651–1678). He was a brother of [[Christine Sophie Holstein]] (1672–1757) and a half-brother of [[Anne Sophie Reventlow]] (1693–1743), second wife and queen consort of King [[Frederick IV of Denmark]].<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.kvinfo.dk/side/597/bio/371/origin/170/|title = Christine Sophie Holstein (1672–1757) |publisher = Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon|accessdate = January 1, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.kvinfo.dk/side/597/bio/1058/origin/170/|title = Anna Sophie (1693–1743)|publisher = Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon|accessdate = January 1, 2019}}</ref>
==Career== Reventlow had a military career and fought in the Danish contingent against the French during the [[War of the Grand Alliance]]. In 1701 he was sent at the head of the Danish troops to fight the French in [[Italy]] during the [[War of Spanish Succession]], serving under [[Prince Eugene of Savoy]] (1663–1736). He took part in the [[Battle of Blenheim|Battle of Höchstädt]] in 1704 and was severely wounded in the [[Battle of Cassano (1705)|Battle of Cassano]] in 1705.{{sfn|Petersen|2017|pp=56–57}} At the [[Battle of Calcinato]] on 19 April 1706, Count von Reventlow was pitted against General [[Louis Joseph de Bourbon, duc de Vendôme]] (1654–1712), in a battle resulting in a French victory. His forces were divided as Reventlow was in command of the imperial army at both [[Montichiari]] and [[Calcinato]].<ref name="dbl"/>
[[File:Christian Ditlev Reventlow, full-length portrait.png|thumb|left|Christian Ditlev Reventlow.]] In 1709 he held command of Danish forces in [[Scania]] during the [[Great Northern War]]. By the time of the [[Battle of Helsingborg]], Reventlow had become sick, passing command to [[Jørgen Rantzau]].{{sfn|Petersen|2017|pp=90–91}} In March 1713 King Frederick IV appointed Reventlow as the top official ({{lang|da|overpræsident}}) of the city of [[Altona, Hamburg|Altona]]. Opposite [[Hamburg]], the harbor of Altona was on the banks of the [[Elbe]] river and at that time one of the more important Danish harbour towns. The city had been plundered by Swedish forces and had to be rebuilt. His task was to supervise the reconstruction program. In 1732 in the aftermath of the death of King [[Frederick IV of Denmark]], he was dismissed from his position at Altona.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.hamburg.com/residents/neighbourhoods/11749766/altona/|title = Altona|publisher = hamburg.com|accessdate = January 1, 2019}}</ref>
==Personal life== Reventlow was first betrothed to Anna Christiane Gyldenløve (1676–1689), who died at 13 years of age. Anna Christiane was the daughter of King [[Christian V of Denmark]] and [[Sophie Amalie Moth]], Countess of Samsø.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.kvinfo.dk/side/597/bio/1457/origin/170/ |title = Sophie Amalie Moth (1654–1719)|publisher = Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon|accessdate = January 1, 2019}}</ref>
In 1700, he was married [[Benedikta Margarethe von Brockdorff]] (1678–1739). Among his children were * Conrad Detlev (1704–1750) married in 1731 Wilhelmina Augusta (1704–1749), daughter of [[Prince Christian Charles of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön-Norburg]] * [[Christian Ditlev Reventlow (1710–1775)]], Danish [[Privy Councillor]]<ref>{{cite web|url= http://denstoredanske.dk/Dansk_Biografisk_Leksikon/Samfund,_jura_og_politik/Myndigheder_og_politisk_styre/Statsminister/Christian_Ditlev_Reventlow|title =Christian Ditlev Reventlow |publisher= Dansk Biografisk Leksikon |author= Thorkild Kjærgaard |accessdate=January 1, 2019}}</ref> * [[Christine Armgard von Reventlow]] (1711–1779), married [[Frederick Charles, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön]].
==Further reading== * Jensen, Hans: ''[https://slaegtsbibliotek.dk/922544.pdf Chr. Ditlev Reventlows liv og gerninger]''
==References== {{reflist}} * {{cite book |last1=Petersen |first1=Karsten Skjold |title=Det Ulykkelige Slag |date=2017 |publisher=Gads Forlag |isbn=978-87-12-05413-9 |language=da}}
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