Carl Frederik von Blixen-Finecke
Carl Frederik Axel Bror von Blixen-Finecke (born August 15, 1822 at Dallund Castle on Funen , Denmark ; † January 6, 1873 in Baden-Baden ) was a Danish-Swedish baron, landowner and politician of the 19th century.
Life
Carl von Blixen-Finecke was born as the son of the Danish-Swedish chamberlain and entails owner Conrad Frederik von Blixen-Finecke at Dallund Castle in the north-western part of the island of Funen. This estate had belonged to the family since 1801. They also owned the Fideikommiss Näsbyholm in Skåne and the Klein Zastrow and Sestelin estates in Western Pomerania . At the time of his birth, the latter was held by grandfather Carl Philipp von Blixen-Finecke , who had acquired Dallund in 1801.
Carl Frederik von Blixen-Finecke was orphaned in 1829 through the early death of both parents and grew up under strict guardianship. He inherited the estates Dallund on Fyn in Denmark and Näsbyholm in Skåne from his father. In 1844, after the death of his uncle Carl Philipp Reinhold von Blixen-Finecke, he also inherited his goods Klein Zastrow and Sestelin in Western Pomerania, which he sold to the Greifswald businessman Johann Philipp Hermann Weißenborn in 1848. From 1840 he studied law at the University of Göttingen , where he became a member of the Corps Hannovera . Blixen married Augusta von Hessen-Kassel, a sister of the later Danish Queen Louise of Hessen, and was thus with King Christian IX. related by marriage. In the ministry under Carl Eduard Rotwitt , von Blixen-Finecke was Danish Foreign Minister and Minister for Schleswig .
In 1852 Carl Frederik was admitted to the Freemasons ' League . His box was the Saint Christopher in Kristianstad .
He was the father of Frederik von Blixen-Finecke and the grandfather of the big game hunter Bror von Blixen-Finecke , the husband of the writer Karen Blixen .
Blixen-Finecke was buried in Skamby Kirkegård cemetery in Søndersø on Funen.
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Honors
- Grand Cross of the Order of Dannebrog
- Grand Cross of the North Star Order
literature
- Aage Friis (ed.): Blixen Finecke og Bismarck; en brevveksling. Graebes Bogtrykkeri, København 1916.
- Henrik M. Jansen: Fra Dallund til Hesselagergård - omkring slægten Blixen-Finecke på Fyn. In: Svendborg & Omegns Museum Årbog. 1998, pp. 56-73.
- Heinrich Ferdinand Curschmann : Blue Book of the Corps Hannovera to Göttingen. Volume 1: 1809-1899. Göttingen 2002, p. 143, no. 414.
- C. St. A. Bille: Blixen-Finecke, Carl Frederik Axel Bror . In: Carl Frederik Bricka (Ed.): Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Tillige omfattende Norge for Tidsrummet 1537-1814. 1st edition. tape 2 : Beccau – Brandis . Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag, Copenhagen 1888, p. 393-398 (Danish, runeberg.org ).
- Blixen-Finecke [- ↱ fen'ekə], Carl Frederik . In: Christian Blangstrup (Ed.): Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon . 2nd Edition. tape 3 : Benzene Derivatives Brides . JH Schultz Forlag, Copenhagen 1915, p. 422-423 (Danish, runeberg.org ).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Eugen Lennhoff, Oskar Posner, Dieter A. Binder: Blixen-Finecke. In: International Freemason Lexicon. Reprint from 1932, Amalthena-Verlag, Vienna / Munich 1980, ISBN 978-3-7766-2478-6 .
- ↑ Gravestone at gravsted.dk
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SURNAME | Blixen-Finecke, Carl Frederik von |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Blixen-Finecke, Carl Frederik Axel Bror Freiherr von |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish-Swedish landowner and politician |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 15, 1822 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Dallund Castle on Funen , Denmark |
DATE OF DEATH | January 6, 1873 |
Place of death | Baden-Baden |