COMMANDER // 1753–1818
Ditlef von Staffeldt
lieutenant generalKingdom of Denmark1 battle1 war
Lifespan
1753 – 1818
Active service 1808 — 1 battle across 1 war; first command at age 55.
Profile
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.
Battles (1)
1808
Battle of MobekkDano-Swedish War of 1808-1809 · Denmark–Norway