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Christoph Bernhard Francke

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Contents Christoph Francken (c. 1660-1670 in Hanover – 18 January
Current events 1729 in Braunschweig) was a German military officer and
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Biography [ edit ] The future empress,
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What links here Little is known about his early life. He apparently received his
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painter. His only known military activity came during a
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campaign against Hanover in 1702.
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In 1699, he married Agnesa Duve (1680−1727), daughter of
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Achatius Duve (1644−1698), pastor of the Aegidienkirche. In
Wikimedia Commons 1700, Rosine Elisabeth Menthe, the Duke's morganatic wife,
became their first child's godmother. In 1715, the new Duke,
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Augustus William became godfather to their son. That same
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und Porträtmaler".
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His surviving portraits almost all depict members of the ruling Braunschweig-Bevern (1677-
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family in Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel and their relatives. A 1704)
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portrait of the Tsarevich Alexei, who had married Princess
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Polski Charlotte, is one of his few portrayals of people outside the
Edit links direct family lineage. His best-known painting, however, is of the philosopher Gottfried Wilhelm
Leibniz, who was attached to the court in Braunschweig. It is currently in the Herzog Anton Ulrich
Museum.

Further reading [ edit ]

Paul Jonas Meier: "Bernhard Christoph Francken. Ein braunschweigischer Bildnismaler im

1. Drittel des 18. Jahrhunderts". In: Jahrbuch des Geschichtsvereins für das Herzogtum
Braunschweig. Julius Zwissler, Wolfenbüttel, 1916
References [ edit ]

1. ^ Horst-Rüdiger Jarck; et al., eds. (2006). Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon – 8. bis 18.
Jahrhundert (in German). Braunschweig: Appelhans Verlag. pp. 226–227. ISBN 3-937664-46-7.

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Media related to Christoph Bernhard Francke at Wikimedia Commons

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ULAN: 500015109 · VIAF: 146165441 · WorldCat Identities: viaf-146165441

Categories: 17th-century births 1729 deaths German male painters

German portrait painters Artists from Hanover

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