Staffeldt
Staffeldt is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Bernhard Ditlef von Staffeldt (1753–1818), Norwegian military officier *Schack von Staffeldt (1769–1826), Danish author *Timo Staffeldt Timo Staffeldt (born 9 February 1984) is a German former professional Association football, footballer who played as a midfielder. Career Staffeldt began his career 1990 with six years for SpVgg Ketsch and played six years for the club's youth ...

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; he was raised at his married sister's estate in Denmark and was taken into the court of Queen Sophia Magdalene of Brandenburg-Kulmbach in 1767. Early years At Queen Sophie's death in 1770, Staffeldt joined the military and traveled to Norway, where he in 1771 was promoted to second lieutenant. His stay in Norway, however, was to be short, because in 1773 he was transferred back to Copenhagen as part of the Life Grenadier regiment. This however, opened up more opportunities since he from 1776 where to be regarded as a part of the Danish nobility, and he rose rapidly through the ranks and was promoted to first lieutenant in 1782 and captain in 1785. In 1787 he returned to Norway as commander of the Kongsvinger light infantry. When his com ...
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Schack Von Staffeldt
Schack von Staffeldt (28 March 1769 - 28 December 1826) or Adolph Wilhelm Schack von Staffeldt was a Danish author of two collections of poetry. He is famous for "being late", publishing his collection of poetry intended to introduce Romanticism in Denmark a year after his younger rival, Adam Oehlenschläger did it. Staffeldt was not held in high regard in his own time but is acknowledged as one of the most important Romantic Danish poets by later generations. Life and career Staffeldt was born in Gartz on Rügen in 1769. The son of an immigrant German, he had hoped to be the first to introduce the dawning German Romanticism in Danish literature. Staffeldt underwent a military education at the cadet academy but one of his teachers, W. H. F. Abrahamson stirred the young man's interest in literature. As a lieutenant he studied at the Georg-August Universität in Göttingen in 1791-1793. After a few years back in Denmark, he travelled again, seeking inspiration from prominent phil ...
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