Frederik Due

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Frederik Due

Frederik Gottschalck Haxthausen Due (born April 14, 1796 in Trondheim , † October 16, 1873 in Christiania ) was a Norwegian officer and minister of state.

family

His parents were the merchant, shipowner and consul Carsten Schiødt Due (1762-1809) and his wife Pauline Heltzen (1776-1850). On February 28, 1828 he married Alethe Wilhelmine Georgine Sibbern (February 28, 1812 - May 7, 1887), daughter of the State Councilor Valentin Christian Wilhelm Sibbern (1779-1853) and his wife Anne Cathrine de Stockfleth (1785-1865).

Frederik Due grew up in Trondheim. His father's family comes from Duved in Jämtland County . The family name was borrowed from this place. Due's great-grandfather immigrated to Trondheim. The names Gottschalck and Haxthausen came from the maternal line. His grandmother was the daughter of Major General Frederik Gottschalck von Haxthausen.

Career

At the age of 13 he received military training as a cadet at the Artillery School in Copenhagen and in 1811 became a Stykjunker. He left in 1813 as a second lieutenant . He took part in the war against Sweden. But when Norway was ceded to Sweden in the Peace of Kiel , Prince Karl Johann became aware of him. This sudden acquaintance is said to be due to the very advantageous appearance of Due, since Karl Johan was apparently receptive to handsome men. So he appointed him adjutant to Prince Oskar, who later became King Oskar I of Sweden. Due was very fluent and spoke French. The good relations with the royal family led to a steep career: he became prime lieutenant in 1818 , captain in 1819 and major in 1822 . In the same year he became head of the chancellery of the Norwegian State Council Department with the title of State Secretary until 1841. The 27-year-old Due was the king's mouthpiece in the State Council. and he presented to the King in French all matters of the Council of State concerning Norway. In 1839 he became lieutenant general .

When the previous Minister of State Severin Løvenskiold was appointed Swedish governor in Norway in 1841, the politically inexperienced Due became his successor as Minister of State from February 27, 1841 to 1858 and stayed in Stockholm. Frederik Due was the first Norwegian Minister of State who did not come from the nobility. His inexperience made itself felt when he passed the government in Christiania when negotiating a new tariff for Øresund with Sweden. This led to a constitutional crisis, and in 1842 it was decided that such matters would in future be dealt with by the joint Swedish-Norwegian Council of State. Minister of State Due and Councilor of State Oluf de Schouboe were indicted in the Reich Court on this matter.

Due had the full confidence of King Karl Johan and King Oscar I. With the change of the throne in 1858 Due resigned from the government. He then became ambassador to Vienna and Munich. He held this position until October 1871. Then he retired. He first settled in Copenhagen, but moved to Christiania in 1873, where he died in the same year.

Honors

From 1823 to 1832 he was the Norwegian herald of the Order of the Seraphines , from 1832 to 1841 he was its master of ceremonies, and in 1847 he received this order himself. In 1826 he became an honorary member of the Swedish Academy of Martial Sciences. In 1829 he became a member of Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskab in Trondheim, and in 1841 a member of the Society for the Edition of Manuscripts on Scandinavian History.

In 1821 he became a knight of the Order of the Swords , in 1823 of the North Star Order . He became its commander in 1832. In 1858 he received the Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Olav .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "Stykjunker" was the name given to the youngest officers in the artillery. The syllable "Styk" was borrowed from the German " Stück ", which denoted a ship's gun. Junker was the (usually noble) officer candidate .
  2. ^ "Second Lieutenant" was the lowest officer grade until 1927, corresponds to the ensign .
  3. ↑ "Premier Lieutenant" was the highest lieutenant grade until 1930.
  4. ↑ The "captain" was a company commander or battery commander, so corresponds to the captain.
  5. ^ Y. Nielsen: Due, Frederik Gottschalck . In: Theodor Westrin (Ed.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 6 : Degeberg-Egyptolog . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1907, Sp. 1016 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
  6. ^ The "Reichsgericht" was a special court for members of the government.

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personal data
SURNAME Due, Frederik
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Due, Frederik Gottschalck Haxthausen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian officer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH April 14, 1796
PLACE OF BIRTH Trondheim
DATE OF DEATH October 16, 1873
Place of death Christiania , Norway