Count Christopher Delphicus zu Dohna-Carwinden | |
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,_ca._1654,_146084.jpg) Portrait of Christoph Delphicus zu Dohna by studio of Gerard van Honthorst | |
| Born | 4 June 1628 Delft, Dutch Republic |
| Died | 31 May 1668 (aged 39) London |
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| Allegiance |  Swedish Empire |
| Service | Swedish Army |
| Years of service | 1652–1666 |
| Rank | Field Marshal |
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| Other work | Swedish envoy in The Hague and London (1667–68) |
Count and Burgrave Christopher Delphicus zu Dohna-Carwinden (German: Christoph Delphicus Graf und Burggraf zu Dohna-Carwinden, Swedish: greve Kristofer Delphicus af Dohna; 4 June 1628 – 21 May 1668) was a German-born soldier and diplomat.
His ancestor, Dohna family came from Carwinden, then in Brandenburg-Prussia, now part of modern Poland, but he was born in the Dutch Republic and spent much of his life in the service of the Swedish Empire. Appointed Field Marshal in 1666, he helped negotiate the 1667 Treaty of Breda and the 1668 Triple Alliance, the first in a series of attempts to contain French expansion under Louis XIV.
He died in London on 31 May 1668 and later buried in Uppsala Cathedral, Sweden.