Friedrich Danneskiold-Samsøe
Count Friedrich Danneskiold-Samsøe (born November 1, 1703 in Assendrup , Aversi Sogn , † July 18, 1770 in Marselisborg near Aarhus ) was a Danish statesman and general .
Life
ancestry
Danneskiold-Samsøe was a son of the royal Danish general field master Christian Gyldenlöwe (1674-1703) and thus grandson of the Danish king Christian V. His mother was Dorothea Krag (1675-1754).
Career
At the age of nine, Danneskiold-Samsøe was sent to England to study naval engineering and shipbuilding . After seven years abroad, which he concluded with a short stay in Paris and Holland, he returned to Denmark in 1721 and became chamberlain . As early as 1719 he had inherited the barony of Marselisborg from his uncle Ulrik Christian Gyldenløve and was also lord of Rixdorf (sold in 1722) and Schönweide (sold in 1726) from 1719 . In 1722 he acquired a share of the Lundegaard rule, which he ceded to his brother Christian Danneskiold-Samsøe (1702-1728) in 1727.
In 1723 Danneskiold-Samsøe entered the service of the Royal Danish Army with the rank of Rittmeister and in 1727 was company commander of the Guards on foot. On August 9, 1728 he asked for his departure to be able to take over the guardianship of his nephew Friedrich Christian Danneskjold-Samsøe (1722–1778) in full.
In 1729 he became a privy councilor and in December 1730 appointed to the Supreme Court and the ducal court. Increasingly, from 1731 at the latest, Danneskiold-Samsøe was concerned with naval matters. As the chief naval administrator, he and Ulrik Frederik von Suhm designed the reconstruction of the Danish fleet . He was appointed lieutenant general on June 17, 1743 through numerous intermediate stages , which at the same time led to a final rift with Suhm and his dismissal. Since February 4, 1746, he was the General State Port Commission.
In 1740 he suggested building a canal between Zealand and Amager . This and other plans, which were adequately budgeted , were no longer implemented under his aegis , as he was released from all offices after the change of the throne in November 1746.
On September 23, 1760 he became royal Danish chief steward of the knight academy in Sorø . In 1766, after another change of throne in Denmark, he returned briefly to the administration of naval affairs.
family
He married Countess Dorothea Wedell-Wedellsborg (1706–1763) on Wedellsborg in 1724 . The marriage resulted in nine children, but without continuing the lineage . Only three came of age:
- Count Friedrich Christian Danneskiold-Samsøe (1729–1758) was an officer
- Countess Friederike Louise Charlotte Danneskiold-Samsøe (1737–1821) was the prioress of the Gisselfeld Virgin Monastery
- Countess Sophie Dorothea Danneskiold-Samsøe (1726–1766) married her cousin, Count Ulrich Adolf Danneskiold-Samsøe (1723–1751).
literature
- Danmarks nobility Aarbog . Copenhagen 1929, II., P. 219
- Friedrich Danneskiold-Samsøe . In: Carl Frederik Bricka (Ed.): Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Tillige omfattende Norge for Tidsrummet 1537-1814. 1st edition. tape 4 : Clemens – Eynden . Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag, Copenhagen 1890, p. 189-194 (Danish, runeberg.org ).
- Friedrich Danneskiold-Samsøe . In: Christian Blangstrup (Ed.): Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon . 2nd Edition. tape 5 : Cikorie – Demersale . JH Schultz Forlag, Copenhagen 1916, p. 753-754 (Danish, runeberg.org ).
Web links
- Count Friedrich Danneskiold-Samsøe on Stamtavler over danske adelsslægter
- Frederik Danneskiold-Samsøe on Den Store Danske
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dorothea Krag . In: Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon (Danish)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Danneskiold-Samsøe, Friedrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Danneskjold-Samsøe, Friedrich; Danneskiold-Samsøe, Frederik |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish statesman and general |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 1, 1703 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Assendrup , Aversi Sogn |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 18, 1770 |
| Place of death | Marselisborg near Aarhus |