Adam Gottlob von Krogh

Adam Gottlob von Krogh (May 16, 1768 – January 17, 1839) was a Danish military officer, and the son of Major General Caspar Herman von Krogh (b. December 1, 1725 - d. 1802) and his wife Christiane Ulrica née Lerche (November 1, 1730 – August 21, 1803, in Eidsvoll).[1][2]

Adam Gottlob von Krogh
Born(1768-05-16)May 16, 1768
DiedJanuary 17, 1839(1839-01-17) (aged 70)
AllegianceDenmark
Years of service1786–1836
RankColonel
AwardsOrder of the Dannebrog, Grand Cross

He was married to his cousin Magdalene (née von Krogh) (June 13, 1775 – December 19, 1847) Daughter of the following titular Privy Councilor Frederick Ferdinand von Krogh (d. 1829).[3]

Military career

At age 12, he was sent to study at the Søakademiet in Copenhagen, receiving an appointment as Ensign to the Crown Prince's Regiment in 1786. From 1788, he was Sekondlieutenant in the Royal Guard on foot.[4]

In 1790, he went to Lindholm to serve as page chamber of the Crown Prince at Christiansborg Palace. He was the Inspection Officer at the time of the great Christiansborg Palace fire of 1794, and was badly injured while attempting to stop the fire. In 1816, he was made Colonel.[3] He was then director of the Sound Customs House and Chamberlain to King Frederick VI of Denmark who knighted von Krogh, Commander Order of the Dannebrog in 1828 and then bestowed him with the Grand Cross Order of the Dannebrog in 1836. He lived at Marienlyst Castle between 1796 and his death in 1839 after which Frederick VI of Denmark graciously let his widow Magdalene remain living there till her death in 1847.[5]

Order of the Dannebrog, Grand Cross
Order of the Dannebrog, Breast Star with Grand Cross
Order of the Dannebrog ribbon

References
  1. Reque, Bill. "Christiane Ulrica Lerche". Retrieved 2009-11-18.
  2. Anker, Carl Johann (1885). Biografiske data om 330 norske: norskfødte eller for nogen tid i den norske armé ansatte generalspersoner, 1628-1885 (in Norwegian). Kristiania: A. Cammermeyer. p. 152. Retrieved November 29, 2009.
  3. Bricka, Carl Frederik (1895). DANSK BIOGRAFISK LEXIKON, tillige omfattende Norge for Tidsrummet 1537-1814 (in Danish). Vol. IX. BIND. Copenhagen: Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag (F. Hegel & Søn). Retrieved November 16, 2009.
  4. Wad, Gustav Ludvig (1883). Personalhistorisk tidsskrift (in Danish). Vol. 5. Copenhagen: Samfundet for dansk-norsk genealogi og personalhistorie. p. 143. Retrieved November 23, 2009.
  5. Müllers, W.A. "Marienlyst Slot" (in Danish). Helsingør Leksikon. Retrieved 2009-11-17.

Sources

Books

Anker, Carl Johann (1885). Biografiske data om 330 norske: norskfødte eller for nogen tid i den norske armé ansatte generalspersoner, 1628-1885 (in Norwegian). Kristiania: A. Cammermeyer. p. 152. Retrieved November 29, 2009.

Bricka, Carl Frederik (1895). DANSK BIOGRAFISK LEXIKON, tillige omfattende Norge for Tidsrummet 1537-1814 (in Danish). Vol. IX. BIND. Copenhagen: Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag (F. Hegel & Søn). Retrieved November 16, 2009.

Wad, Gustav Ludvig (1883). Personalhistorisk tidsskrift (in Danish). Vol. 5. Copenhagen: Samfundet for dansk-norsk genealogi og personalhistorie. p. 143. Retrieved November 23, 2009.

Online

Müllers, W.A. "Marienlyst Slot" (in Danish). Helsingør Leksikon. Retrieved 2009-11-17.

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