Eberhard von Danckelmann

Eberhard Christoph Balthasar Freiherr[1] von Danckelmann (23 November 1643 – 31 March 1722) was a German official who served as Prime Minister of Brandenburg-Prussia from 1692 to 1697.

Danckelmann was born in Lingen to a middle-class family which had been raised to nobility by Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg.

Danckelmann was sacked after the peace treaty, but the lack of wartime results was not the only thing that led to his downfall.

His stern Calvinism contrasted with pomp of Frederick III's court, and he was disliked by Electress Sophia Charlotte.

The efficient Danckelmann and Knyphausen were succeeded by the three "W(oes)", Wartenberg, Wittgenstein, and Wartensleben, under whose leadership Frederick's government began to corrupt.