Dodo von Knyphausen (1641–1698) was a
German nobleman from the
Duchy of Prussia
The Duchy of Prussia (german: Herzogtum Preußen, pl, Księstwo Pruskie, lt, Prūsijos kunigaikštystė) or Ducal Prussia (german: Herzogliches Preußen, link=no; pl, Prusy Książęce, link=no) was a duchy in the region of Prussia establish ...
in the service of
Brandenburg-Prussia during the reigns of Electors
Frederick William and
Frederick III.
A government office to collect revenues in
Brandenburg
Brandenburg (; nds, Brannenborg; dsb, Bramborska ) is a state in the northeast of Germany bordering the states of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Saxony, as well as the country of Poland. With an area of 29,480 sq ...
had been created in the 1650s, but it was not until Knyphausen's leadership in 1683 that this central revenues office achieved direct control over revenues from the various lands of the Brandenburg
Hohenzollerns
The House of Hohenzollern (, also , german: Haus Hohenzollern, , ro, Casa de Hohenzollern) is a German royal (and from 1871 to 1918, imperial) dynasty whose members were variously princes, electors, kings and emperors of Hohenzollern, Brandenb ...
. In 1689 Knyphausen organized the creation of the efficient ''Geheime Hofkammer'', or collegiate central control office, for Brandenburg-Prussia.
After Brandenburg-Prussia received little from the 1697
Peace of Ryswick
The Peace of Ryswick, or Rijswijk, was a series of treaties signed in the Dutch city of Rijswijk between 20 September and 30 October 1697. They ended the 1688 to 1697 Nine Years' War between France and the Grand Alliance, which included England, ...
, Knyphausen and
Eberhard von Danckelmann
Eberhard Christoph Balthasar Freiherr von Danckelmann (23 November 1643 – 31 March 1722) was a German official who served as Prime Minister of Brandenburg-Prussia from 1692 to 1697.
Danckelmann was born in Lingen to a middle-class family wh ...
were sacked as scapegoats.
[Clark, p. 776.]
References
Sources
*
Clark, C. (2006) ''Iron Kingdom: The Rise and Downfall of Prussia, 1600–1947'', , Belknap Press of Harvard: Cambridge, Mass. .
1641 births
1698 deaths
German untitled nobility
Prussian politicians
People from the Duchy of Prussia
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