Joachim von Düben the Younger

Joachim von Düben the Younger (Swedish: Joachim von Düben den yngre; 21 October 1708 – 27 January 1786) was a Swedish statesman and riksråd.[1][2]

Joachim von Düben the Younger
Portrait by unknown painter, c. 1785
President of Privy Council Chancellery of Sweden
Tenure1772
SuccessorUlrik Scheffer
Born1708
Stockholm, Sweden
Died27 January 1786 (1786-01-28) (aged 77)
Stockholm, Sweden
Noble familyDüben family
Spouse(s)Catharina Eleonora Temminck
IssueFredrika Eleonora
FatherAnders von Düben the Younger
MotherUlrika Friedenreich

Early life

Born in Stockholm, Sweden, into the Düben family renowned for its contributions to classical music, he held the title of Freiherr, and was a half-brother of Henrik Jakob von Düben. He entered the world as the son of the composer Anders von Düben the Younger[3] and Ulrica Friedenreich. Besides Swedish, he had Dutch and German ancestry.

Political career

Düben was elected as President of Privy Council Chancellery of Sweden in 1772, and was fired following the Coup of Gustav III.

Düben was initially close to the court, in 1762 came into fierce conflict with Fredrik Carl Sinclair, his favored competitor who held the queen's trust. He now slipped increasingly towards the Caps and was, as an apostate, extremely hated by his former like-minded people. Several times he was stopped by the monarchy when proposing a national council.

After an amendment to the constitution in 1766 which enabled the Riksdag to overcome such royal opposition, he was finally appointed to the Riksråd in 1766. However, he lost this task at the change of government after the victory of the Hats in 1769.

Re-elected to the Riksdag in 1772, as Chancellor and last head of government of the Age of Liberty, he was dismissed after Gustav III's coup and thereafter without political influence.[4]

Family

In 1738, von Düben married Catharina Eleonora Temminck, daughter of Governor-General of the Dutch colony of Surinam, Hendrik Temminck.[5] They had six children, including the headmistress and artist Fredrika Eleonora von Düben. He then remarried to Cornelia Florentina Hildebrand.

References
  1. Konung Gustaf III.'s efterlemnade och femtio år efter hans död öppnade papper. Öfversikt, utdrag och jemnförelse af E. G. Geiger (in Swedish). 1843.
  2. "Joachim von Düben – Uppslagsverk – NE.se". www.ne.se. Nationalencyklopedin. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
  3. Hildebrand 1945, p. 634.
  4. Dyrberg, Torben Bech (2014-04-15). "Göran Adamson: Svensk mångfaldspolitik – en kritik från vänster. Malmö: Arx förlag 2014. 181 sider. ISBN 978-91-87043-22-2. Pris: 163,00 SEK". Tidsskriftet Antropologi (69). doi:10.7146/ta.v0i69.27299. ISSN 2596-5425. S2CID 164876659.
  5. Anrep 1858, p. 634.

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