Georg von Rohr | |
Birth: | May 8, 1550 |
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Death: | November 30, 1632 (age 82) 392 years ago |
Father: | Hans von Rohr (1484-1569) most likely a grandfather |
Mother: | Lovisa Eleonora von Arnim (1494-1565) most likely a grandmother |
Spouse/Partner: | Ludovica Eleonora Chemnitz (1565-1619) |
Marriage: | 1585 439 years ago |
Children: | Hans Christoffer von Rohr (1626-1700) most likely a grandson |
2nd Spouse: | Margareta von Fleeten (1600-1655) |
Georg von Rohr (1550-1632)
Name variations[]
- Georg von Rohr
- George von Rohr
Nobility[]
Von Rohr is Finnish House of Nobility noble family number 85 and Swedish House of Nobility family number 807.
Ancestry[]
The family is from Brandenburg and the first reference to the family name is in 1191. In the year 1400 Otto von Rohr (c1350-1427) was Bishop of Havelberg. From Brandenburg the family migrated to Pommern, Mecklenburg, Meissen, Sweden and Denmark. The Swedish branch of the family begins with Hans von Rohr (1484-1569), Lord of Freienstien, Meyenburg, Neuhausen, Dremnitz and Leddin.
Birth[]
Military service[]
By 1610 he was the lieutenant for the Swedish Empire and was later promoted to captain in Swedish Ingria.
First marriage[]
- Ludovica Eleonora Chemnitz (1565-1619) in 1585.
Second marriage[]
He married Margareta von Fleeten (1600-1655) in 1621. She was born March 9, 1600 at Narva and died on December 15, 1655. She was the daughter of Colonel Hans von Fleeten. If this information is correct, she would have been 50 years younger than her husband, and 35 years younger than his first wife. It is possible an intervening generation or two have been omitted, and she is the wife of his son or grandson.
Children if genealogy is correct[]
Based on the ages these are more likely his grandchildren:
- Elisabeth von Rohr (c1620-?), who married Hans von Soldan, a merchant in Pärnu, Estonia.
- Lieutenant Colonel Joakim Georg Fredrik von Rohr (c1620-1687), who married Christine Cronman (c1630-1679) and fter her death married Elisabet Juliana von Funcken and after her death married Sofia von Berends
- Lieutenant Colonel Carl von Rohr (c1620-1699), who married Hedvig von Brandten in 1654.
- Captain Hans Christoffer von Rohr (1626-1700), who was killed in action in the Battle of Narva.
Death[]
He died on November 30, 1632 in Swedish Ingria.