Carl von und zu Mansbach (26 March 1790 – 17 July 1867) was a Hessian-Norwegian military officer and diplomat. He led the

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from 1822 to 1828, and later commanded

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and

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, reaching the rank of

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. His later career was spent as a Swedish-Norwegian diplomat.

Early life

Mansbach was born at Fredrikshald to military officer

Johann Friedrich von und zu Mansbach Johann Friedrich von und zu Mansbach (26 October 1744 – 15 March 1803) was a Hessian-Danish military officer. He spent much of his career in Norway, participated in the Theater War, and commanded Fredriksten Fortress from 1790 to his death, reach ...

(1744–1803) and Isabella von Oldenburg (1769–1855). He spent his childhood in

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, and in December 1803 he became a corporal in the Infantry Regiment of

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. He was promoted to second lieutenant in 1805. From January 1808 he served in the Royal Life Guards, and in March 1811 he became premier lieutenant. In May 1812, in Fredrikshald, he married his first cousin, Anna Sophia Maria Anker (1793–1860). Their daughter Eleonora Mansbach (1825–1869) married judge and politician

Otto Joachim Løvenskiold Otto Joachim Løvenskiold (14 May 1811 – 4 August 1882) was a Norwegian judge and politician. He served three terms in the Parliament of Norway, and served as Mayor of Kristiania from 1869 and 1876. He was a Supreme Court Justice from 1854 to ...

in August 1845, and thus became the stepmother of Herman Severin Løvenskiold and

Carl Otto Løvenskiold Carl Otto Løvenskiold (23 December 1839 – 1 October 1916) was a Norwegian naval officer, business executive and landowner. He served as the Norwegian prime minister in Stockholm during 1884. By birth, he is a member of Løvenskiold family, L ...

Career in Norway

From 1814, when Norway won independence, Mansbach served Norway—his country of birth. He became a member of the General Staff, and was promoted to captain on 22 May 1814. After a hiatus between October 1814 and January 1815, he became major in September 1815 and lieutenant colonel in September 1821. He served as leader of the

from August 1822 to June 1828. He advanced to colonel in July 1823, major general in June 1828 and lieutenant general in January 1839. He was the commander of

from 1828 to 1838, and then commander at

. On 30 December 1847, Mansbach became a diplomat, as he was assigned as Swedish-Norwegian ambassador to

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. From 1851 to 1855 he was stationed in

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, and from 1855 to 1858 in

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and

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. In 1858 he retired to his family manor in Mansbach,

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, where he died in July 1867.

References

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