Gerhard Christoph von Krogh (10 October 1785 – 12 April 1860) was a Danish

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and military officer. He served as a

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and was the Danish Supreme Commander during the

First Schleswig War The First Schleswig War (german: Schleswig-Holsteinischer Krieg) was a military conflict in southern Denmark and northern Germany rooted in the Schleswig-Holstein Question, contesting the issue of who should control the Duchies of Schleswig, ...

. His victory at the Battle of Isted, was at its time the largest in Scandinavian history. The battle's anniversary on the 25th of July, is the

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day in

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. He was the son of

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, Friderich Ferdinand von Krogh and Rosine Elisabeth von Frankenburg und Proschlitz. He married '' Komtesse'' Siegfriede Victorine Knuth-Christiansdal on 6 February 1813 at the Citadels Church in

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. Together they had a residence in the Prince's Mansion in Copenhagen from 1817 until 1853.

Legacy

The memorial

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is partly dedicated to von Krogh. Kroghsgade in

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is named after him.

References

1785 births 1860 deaths Danish military personnel Danish generals Danish nobility People of the First Schleswig War Recipients of the Order of St. Anna, 1st class Grand Crosses of the Order of the Dannebrog Von Krogh family {{denmark-mil-bio-stub