The 3rd General Command (Danish: 3. Generalkommando) (formerly the General Command of the Duchies (Danish: Generalkommandoen over Hertugdømmerne)) was the overall command of all Royal Danish Army units in Duchies of Holstein and Lauenburg. The command was abolished following Denmark's loss of Schleswig-Holstein, following the Second Schleswig War.
Commanders
General Command of the Duchies (1739–1852)
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
| 1 | Lieutenant field marshal Frederick Ernest of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (1703–1762) | 1739 | 10 March 1762 | 141 years | [1] | |
| 2 | General field marshal Claude Louis, Comte de Saint-Germain (1707–1778) | 10 March 1762 | 1769 | 117 years | [1] | |
| 3 | Lieutenant general Prince Charles of Hesse-Kassel (1744–1836) | 1769 | 19 March 1814 | 106 years | [2] | |
| 4 | General Prince Frederik of Hesse (1771–1845) | 20 March 1814 | 25 March 1842 | [3] | ||
| 5 | Prince Frederick of Nør (1800–1865) | 31 March 1842 | 18 April 1846 | [4] | ||
| – | Gotthard Lützow (1784–1850) Acting | 18 April 1846 | ? | 26 years | ||
| ? | Christoph von Krogh (1785–1860) | 11 August 1850 | 30 November 1851 | [5] | ||
| ? | Frederik Bardenfleth (1781–1852) | 1 December 1851 | 19 August 1852 † | [6] | ||
General Command of Holstein and Lauenburg (1852–1855)
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
| 1 | Lieutenant general Christoph von Krogh (1785–1860) | 1852 | 1855 | 20 years | [7] | |
3rd General command (1855–1864)
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
| – | Georg Schøller (1793–1863) | 10 December 1856 | 23 June 1857 | [8] | ||
| 1 | 23 June 1857 | 17 June 1863 † | ||||
| 2 | Peter Frederik Steinmann (1812–1894) | 22 October 1863 | 3 January 1864 | [9] | ||
Names
| Generalkommandoen over Hertugdømmerne | General Command of the Duchies | 1739 | – | 1852 |
| Generalkommandoen over Holsten og Lauenborg | General Command of Holstein and Lauenburg | 1852 | – | 1855 |
| 3. Generalkommando | 3rd General command | 1855 | – | 1864 |
Ref
- ^ Norrie 1962, p. 646.
- ^ Liebe & Borgstrøm 1978a, p. 165.
- ^ Richter 1977a, p. 127.
- ^ Richter 1977a, p. 16.
- ^ Richter 1977b, p. 12.
- ^ Richter 1977a, p. 22.
- ^ Statshaandbog for det danske Monarchie for Aaret 1854 (in Danish). Copenhagen: Bianco Lunds Bogtrykkeri. 1854. p. 9.
- ^ Richter 1977b, p. 162.
- ^ Liebe & Borgstrøm 1978b, p. 165.
- ^ "3. Generalkommando" (in Danish). sa.dk/daisy. The Danish National Archives. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
Sources
- Clemmesen, Michael Hesselholt (1982). Jyllands landforsvar fra 1901 til 1940 (in Danish). Copenhagen: Det Krigsvidenskabelige Selskab. ISBN 87-981346-0-4.
- Liebe, P. I. & Borgstrøm, P. (1978a). Biografiske oplysninger om faste artilleriofficerer af linien 1. Bind (in Danish). Rigsarkivet.
- Liebe, P. I. & Borgstrøm, P. (1978b). Biografiske oplysninger om faste artilleriofficerer af linien 4. Bind (in Danish). Rigsarkivet.
- Norrie, Gordon (1962). "Felttoget i Mecklenburg 1762*". Historisk Tidsskrift. 11 (6): 641–669. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
- Vejledning og oversigt I: Hæren 1660-1980 (in Danish). Rigsarkivet og hjælpemidlerne til dets benyttelse III. Danish National Archives. 1984. ISBN 87-7497-073-9.
- Richter, Volhelm (1977a). Den Danske Landmilitæretat 1801-1894: I. Bind (in Danish). Copenhagen: Dansk Historisk Håndbogsforlag.
- Richter, Volhelm (1977b). Den Danske Landmilitæretat 1801-1894: II. Bind (in Danish). Copenhagen: Dansk Historisk Håndbogsforlag.