Friedrich von Hessen-Kassel (1771–1845)

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Friedrich von Hessen-Kassel (1771–1845)

Friedrich von Hessen-Kassel (born May 24, 1771 in Gottorp ; † February 24, 1845 in Panker ) was a Danish general, governor of Norway (1810-1813) and governor in Schleswig-Holstein (1836-1842).

He was the son of Karl von Hessen-Kassel (1744-1836) and his wife Princess Louise of Denmark (1750-1831).

Life

A military career was predetermined for him from an early age. In 1778 he was colonel , in 1783 major general and in 1789 lieutenant general . In 1801 he was awarded the Elephant Order .

In 1808 he became the commander of the Rendsburg fortress and inspector of the infantry in Schleswig-Holstein. In July 1809 he was ordered to Norway to replace the local governor Christian August von Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg , to whom the Swedish throne had been offered and whose loyalty was therefore now doubted. He stayed there until May 23, 1813, when he was replaced by Prince Christian . In 1813 he was still Grand Commander of the Dannebrog Order .

He was now commander in chief of the Danish auxiliaries which Napoleon supported. After the Battle of the Nations near Leipzig , he retired to Rendsburg. In the battle of Sehested he was able to defeat the Russian general von Wallmoden .

After the Peace of Kiel on January 14, 1814, the troops under Friedrich fought against Napoleon. In 1818 the troops returned from France , and Friedrich became governor of Rendsburg again. After his father's death in 1836, he succeeded him as governor of Schleswig-Holstein. He held the position until 1842. After that, he withdrew to his estate Panker on the Baltic Sea, where he died in 1845.

family

In Oslo in 1813 he married Klara von Brockdorff (born January 16, 1778, † August 24, 1836) in an organic marriage. She was the daughter of Detlev von Brockdorff (1709–1790) and divorced from Baron Andreas Ernst Christian von Liliencron (1774–1823). The couple had no children.

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