Burchard VI von Henslen

Burchard VI, Count von Henslen (1692-1764) was a Braslander nobleman. He was the son of Count Ulrich VI von Henslen.

In 1721 he married his niece, Princess Caroline of Brasland. The marriage intended to further cement the ties between the House of Henslen and the Royal House. They had seventeen children: Marie Caroline (born 1722), Caspar (born 1723), Marie Notburga (1724-1726), Johann Felix (1725-1741), Joseph Wenzel (born 1726; priest), Maria Franziska (born 1728), Maria Walburga (born 1729), Eusebius (born 1731), Maria Ernestina (1733-1734), Wilhelm (born and died 1734), Marie Elisabeth (born 1736; nun), Marie Therese (born 1737; unmarried), Marie Henriette (born and died 1739), Johannes (born 1741), Marie Ulrike (born and died 1743), Moritz (1745-1748) and Maria Margarethe (born 1747).

Burchard's position was always odd. Had Frederick Balkronn not been proclaimed King by the Army, his father would have been crowned. His marriage to Frederick's daughter kept him always close to the Royal House, but in a secondary role. He served in Frederick II's cabinet and was respected by him, but the King never entirely trusted him, seeing in him a man who might want his throne.

In 1753 he retired from public office and lived at his estates in eastern Brasland.

He died in 1764.