Background
Kalckstein was born in Königsberg (Królewiec) to Jakob von Kalckstein, laird of Wogau and Graventhien near Preußisch Eylau (Iławka) in Ducal Prussia, and Margarete von der Gröben.
Lieutenant General Elector of Brandenburg
Kalckstein was born in Königsberg (Królewiec) to Jakob von Kalckstein, laird of Wogau and Graventhien near Preußisch Eylau (Iławka) in Ducal Prussia, and Margarete von der Gröben.
He became an officer of the Electorate of Saxony and in Polish service, promoted to Rittmeister in 1625 and Lieutenant Colonel in 1631. Throughout the Thirty Years" War he was promoted to a Lieutenant General of Saxony in 1644. Kalckstein was arrested in 1661 by Frederick William but pardoned short after.
He died at his manor house in Knauten and was buried at his families advowson church of Mühlhausen.
Kalckstein was the father of Christian Ludwig von Kalckstein, who perpetuated the opposition against Frederick William.