Joachim Ernst von Grumbkow

Grumbkow came from a family of Pomeranian nobility whose first mention was the brothers Bisbranus, Gneomarus and Tezlaus in 1277.

Grumbkow became Generalkriegskommissar, or minister of war, in 1679, succeeding Claus Ernst von Platen.

[1] In early 1680, Grumbkow acquired the Petit Palais in Niederschönhausen from Countess Sophie Theodore zu Dohna-Schlobitten.

He was entrusted with enacting the Edict of Potsdam, by which Huguenot refugees were encouraged to live in Brandenburg-Prussia.

Grumbkow led the contingent of Brandenburg troops who accompanied William of Orange to England in 1690, after which he died in Wesel.