Jean de Coninck (1744–1807) was a Dutch-Danish merchant and ship-owner. In 1785, he joined his elder brother,

Frédéric de Coninck Frédéric de Coninck (2 December 1740 – 4 September 1811) was a Dutch merchant and shipowner active in Copenhagen, Denmark. Biography Frédéric de Coninck was born at The Hague in the Netherlands. In 1763, he moved to Copenhagen to set up a f ...

, as partner in the

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-based trading house Coninck & Reiersen. He purchased the country house

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in 1803 and was from 1806 a co-owner of the Royal Danish Silk Manufactury in Bredgade. He served as Russian consul in Copenhagen.

Biography

Jean de Coninck was born in the Netherlands, the son of Jean de C. (1692–1774) and Susanne Esther de Rapin de Thoyras (1710–1785). His first wife, Theodora van Schellebeck (1755–1783), died just 23 years old in Holland. de Coninck moved to Copenhagen in 1784. On 7 January 1785, he was married to Christiane Cathrine Reiersen (1755–1789), a younger sister of

Niels Lunde Reiersen Niels Lunde Reiersen (16 February 1742 - 20 July 1795) was a Danish government official, merchant, silk manufacturer, landowner and philanthropist. He was the owner of the Royal Danish Silk Manufactury in Copenhagen (1775-1796) as well as a foun ...

. In early February, he replaced Reiersen as partner of Coninck & Reiersen. de Coninck's wife gave birth to daughter Anna Elisabeth in 1786 and son Jean Frederik in 1788. She died in labour with their third child in 1789. In 1806, Coninck purchased the Royal Danish Silk Manufactury in Bredgade in a partnership with his brother,

Charles August Selby Charles August Selby (24 October 1755 – 15 March 1823) was an English- Danish merchant and landowner. He built the Bækkeskov manor house at Præstø and Orupgaard on Falster. The Baron's oldest son, the politician and landowner, Charles Borre ...

and William Duntzfelt. In 19+0. he purchased the country house

Family

He had the following children: * Pierre de Coninck * Sophie Marie de Connick * Henriette Charlotte de Coninck * Charles Auguste de Coninck * Paul Emile de Coninck * William de Coninck; * Anne Elisabeth de Coninck * Jean Frédéric de Coninck

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at geni.com 18th-century Danish businesspeople 18th-century Dutch businesspeople 19th-century Danish businesspeople Dutch emigrants to Denmark 1744 births 1807 deaths {{Denmark-bio-stub