Frederik Hoppe (18 September 1770 – 22 February 1837) was a
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landowner, chamberlain and Member of the Royal Hunt (). He owned the Bernstorff Mansion in
Copenhagen
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as well as the estates Løvegård and Søbygård at
Kalundborg
Kalundborg () is a Danish city with a population of 16,211 (1 January 2022), He enrolled at the
University of Copenhagen
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in 1787.
On reaching the
Age of majority
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, he received an inheritance of 20,000 species daler from his father and 80,000 species daler from his uncle
Abraham Pelt
Abraham Pelt (11 February 1695 - 14 April 1783) was a Danish industrialist and philanthropist.
Early life
Pelt was born in Copenhagen, the son of Hans Peter Pelt (died 1715) and Dorothea Kellinghusen (died 1732). In 1708, his father, who was orig ...
. On 31 July 1790, he was appointed as . On 5 February 1791, he graduated with a degree in law from the university. In 1792, he travelled to Göttingen with the mineralogist G. Wad to continue his studies. On 11 February 1795, he was engaged as a
student teacher
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The term is also often used intercha ...
. His younger brother, Johan Christopher Hoppe, a naval officer, reached the rank of counter admiral.
Property
In 1800, Hoppe purchased Bernstorff Mansion on
Bredgade
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. In 1803, Hoppe purchased Rosenfeldt and Avnøgård (with and as well as Kastrup and Sværdborg and from
Jens Lund
Jens Martin Victor Lund (18 November 1871, Copenhagen – 10 June 1924, Hellerup) was a Danish painter, designer and graphic artist.
Studies
His father was a cabinetmaker for the Royal Court. He left school in 1886, after the loss of both of ...
for 200,000 rigsdaler but sold them again in 18041805. In 1806, he then purchased the estates
Frihedslund
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, Søbygaard and Løvegaard at
Kalundborg
Kalundborg () is a Danish city with a population of 16,211 (1 January 2022), Søbygaard remained in his ownership until 1829.
On 28 January 1811, he was appointed chamberlain (). On 30 January 1817, he became a member of the Royal Hunt ().
Personal life
On 14 December 1800 in Davinde Church, Hoppe was married to Josephine Marie Skeel (1780–1821), daughter of and Anne Dorothea von Ahlefeldt. They had six children, of which the four sons died without leaving offspring. The eldest of their two daughters, Anna Sophie Elisabeth Hoppe (1803–1881), was married to Christian Andreas Vind, owner of and Bækkeskov. The younger daughter, Eleonora Sophie Frederikke Hoppe (1807–1866 in Vedbæk), was married to Georg Bernadotte Sehested (1808–1873), a forester.
Hoppe died on 22 February 1837 in Copenhagen. He is buried in
Holmen Cemetery
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