Jacob Flindt

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Jacob Flindt (born April 19, 1768 in Nielstrup , † May 12, 1842 in Horsens ) was a Danish lieutenant general .

Life

Flindt was the son of the district judge and conference councilor Henrik Flindt (1718–1790) and the countess Frederikke Christina Holck (1725–1787), daughter of Lieutenant General Count Christian Christopher Holck (1698–1774).

He began his court career at the age of eleven as a page to Princess Sophie Friederike , became her court squire in 1787 and her chamberlain in 1792 .

As early as 1789 he had received his patent as second lieutenant in the Guard on Horseback and in 1792 he was promoted to prime lieutenant . After his career opportunities at court diminished with the early death of the Hereditary Princess, he devoted himself entirely to the military career. He stayed with the mounted guard and rose there in 1797 to Rittmeister , 1806 to Prime Major, 1811 to Lieutenant Colonel and finally in 1814 was commander of the "Prince Ferdinand Dragoons". In this role and with the regiment of Prince Friedrich von Hessen-Kassel, he accompanied him to France.

In 1821 he became chief of the Baudissin cavalry regiment . He was promoted to major general in 1831 and lieutenant general in 1841. In 1834 he became the commander of the Dannebrogorden and received the Grand Cross on his 50th anniversary in service . At the same time he became an honorary citizen of Horsens, where he lived until his death.

Flindt had been married to Louise Elphinston († 1818) since 1795.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jonathan Smith: On the history of the Oldenburg army during the Danish period 1667–1773 . In: Oldenburger Jahrbuch , Volume 44/45. 1940/41 (1941), p. 57
personal data
SURNAME Flindt, Jacob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish Lieutenant General
DATE OF BIRTH April 19, 1768
PLACE OF BIRTH Nielstrup
DATE OF DEATH May 12, 1842
Place of death Horsens