Christopher Ernst von Stöcken

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Christopher Ernst von Stöcken (born August 4, 1664 , † February 8, 1711 in Copenhagen ) was a Danish naval officer.

The Dannebroge in the sea ​​battle at Køge (1710)

family

Stöcken came from a Rendsburg councilor family. His grandfather Hinrich von Stökken († 1643) was the customs administrator there. His parents were Heinrich von Stöcken (1631–1681) and Anna Catharina von Felden. As rent master and general war commissioner, the father controlled the entire Danish financial system and was raised to the nobility in 1679. Stöcken had two sisters and four brothers, one of whom died young. The father's brothers were the lawyer Gerhard von Stökken (1629–1681), professor in Strasbourg and the pastor Christian von Stökken (1633–1684) general superintendent in the Duchy of Schleswig and poet of the Baroque era.

career

Stöcken joined the Danish Navy and became a lieutenant in 1682 . He was quickly promoted - 1685 Lieutenant , 1686 Captain , 1688 Schoutbynacht (Rear Admiral), 1693 Vice Admiral and 1697 Admiral . As a young officer he was also in Dutch , Venetian and English services between 1682 and 1688 .

After a war voyage with the Churprintzen , in 1689 he became the commander of a squadron that was supposed to escort a transport fleet of 70 ships from Lister Tief to Leith . The approximately 10,000 strong troop of the Duke of Württemberg should be King Wilhelm III. support against the expelled King Jacob . Winter storms split the transport, which did not reach Leith. Most of the soldiers could, however , be put ashore in Hull . Two officers from Stöckens, Just Juel and Peter Raben , later became admirals.

The Holmen

Stöcken then became an Ekvipage semester for Holmen . This was interrupted from 1691 to 1692 by participating in operations of the French Navy. After the death of Admiral Henrik Span , Stöcken took over the management of the entire Holmen as an overekvipage semester . The relocation of the facilities to Nyholm , later the Copenhagen naval station , made good progress in the following years. However, he did not succeed in expanding the fortifications on Nyholm .

Occasionally Stöcken was posted, in 1699 he was the commander of a squadron in the Baltic Sea and in the Great Northern War he commanded a squadron of Admiral General Gyldenløve's fleet . In autumn 1709, Stöcken was sent to the Kattegat with a squadron to block the port of Gothenburg . In the sea ​​battle in the Køgebucht he led a squadron. Stöckens flagship was the Fredericus Quartus , with 110 cannons the largest Danish ship of the line ever built .

In 1705, Stöcken was a member of the commission for shipbuilding , a member of the commission at the Privy Council, deputy of the police court and 1708–1710 advisor to the police and commissariat colleges.

When the fleet in winter 1710 launched was a commission should be the cause of numerous accidents identify Danish ships. The commission concluded that the masts and rigging were not adequately dimensioned. Stöcken was charged with this as the commander of the Holmens . He received his departure in December 1710 . His biographer describes him as "deserving and efficient".

Christopher Ernst von Stöcken died just three months later at the age of 46. He was unmarried and, like his father, was buried in the Trinity Church in Copenhagen.

Awards

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literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ von Støcken (misspelling; extract from family tree and coat of arms; accessed on April 9, 2019)
  2. ↑ C. With: Juel, Just . In: Carl Frederik Bricka (Ed.): Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Tillige omfattende Norge for Tidsrummet 1537-1814. 1st edition. tape 8 : Holst – Juul . Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag, Copenhagen 1894, p. 587-590 (Danish, runeberg.org ).
  3. ↑ C. With: Raben, Peter . In: Carl Frederik Bricka (Ed.): Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Tillige omfattende Norge for Tidsrummet 1537-1814. 1st edition. tape 13 : Pelli – Reravius . Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag, Copenhagen 1899, p. 341-344 (Danish, runeberg.org ).
  4. ^ Th. Topsøe-Jensen: Christopher E. v. Sticks . In: Svend Cedergreen Bech , Svend Dahl (eds.): Dansk biografisk leksikon . Founded by Carl Frederik Bricka , continued by Povl Engelstoft. 3. Edition. tape 14 : Steenberg – Trepka . Gyldendal, Copenhagen 1983, ISBN 87-01-77502-2 (Danish, biografiskleksikon.lex.dk - as of April 9, 2019).
personal data
SURNAME Sticks, Christopher Ernst von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stöcken, Christoph Ernst von; Støcken, Christopher Ernst von (misspelling)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish admiral
DATE OF BIRTH 4th August 1664
DATE OF DEATH February 8, 1711
Place of death Copenhagen