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Alexander Freiherr von Spaen (
14 January 1619 –
23 October 1692) was a
Generalfeldmarschall of
Brandenburg-Prussia.
Spaen was born in the
Duchy of Cleves as the son of
Bernhard von Spaen, the lord of
Kreuzfort.
By 1650, Spaen served as a
Landdrost, a government councillor, and an
Oberst (colonel), and he became the leader of a
cavalry regiment the following year. In 1654 he captured Dietrich Karl zu Wylich-Winnenthal, the leader of an uprising against Elector
Frederick William, and brought him to
Spandau. Spaen led
Prussia's Horse Guards (
Leibregiment zu Pferde) during the
Northern Wars, participating in the
Battle of Warsaw. The colonel was restationed on the
Lower Rhine in 1656. He became commander of
Kalkar on
27 May 1657 and was promoted to
Generalmajor the following year. On
25 May 1661, Spaen received the title
Freiherr from the
Holy Roman Emperor.
From 1672-79, Spaen was a leader in Brandenburg-Prussia's campaigns against
Sweden and
France. He participated in the sieges of
Wesel,
Werl,
Anklam, and
Stettin, becoming Governor of Wesel and
Generalleutnant in 1675. Four years later Spaen became a member of the Privy Council and Government President of Cleves and the
County of Mark. He became Master of Ordinance (
Generalfeldzeugmeister) on
1 December 1688. The following year he was a representative of the
Margraviate of Brandenburg at the
English court. During the
War of the Grand Alliance against France, Spaen participated in the siege of
Bonn and the
Battle of Fleurus. He received supreme command of the electoral troops in 1690 and was promoted to Generalfeldmarschall on
12 March 1691. He died the following year at
Kleve.
Spaen was married three times: with Hendrine von
Arnheim (died
4 August 1671); with Johanna Dorothea Quadt von Wyckerath-Soppenbroich (died
4 September 1676); and with Dorothea von Flammitz.
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