Baron
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Henrik ''Viktor'' Knut von Düben
von Düben
The term ''von'' () is used in German language surnames either as a nobiliary particle indicating a noble patrilineality, or as a simple preposition used by commoners that means ''of'' or ''from''.
Nobility directories like the ''Almanach de ...
(21 October 1818 – 21 August 1867) was a
Swedish peer, politician, lieutenant, estate owner, second great-grandson of organist and composer
Gustaf Düben
Gustaf Düben (also spelt Gustav) (1624/1628December 19, 1690) was a Swedish organist and composer.
Personal life
Early life
Düben was born in the 1620s in Stockholm, Sweden, the son of the German-born Andreas Düben, an organist, and Anna ...
.
Early life
Viktor von Düben was born on 21 October 1818 at Bollstanäs in
Stockholm
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, Sweden, to Carolina Maria von Düben (
née
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Eckhardt) and
Anders Gustaf von Düben. The fourth child in a Noble family, he had two sisters and three brothers, among others writer
Cesar von Düben. Carolina Maria was born in
Swedish Pomerania
Swedish Pomerania ( sv, Svenska Pommern; german: Schwedisch-Pommern) was a dominion under the Swedish Crown from 1630 to 1815 on what is now the Baltic coast of Germany and Poland. Following the Polish War and the Thirty Years' War, Sweden held ...
, thus of German descent, while Anders Gustaf had
Dutch
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* Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands
* Dutch people ()
* Dutch language ()
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* Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States
* Pennsylvania Dutch Country
People E ...
,
French
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,
German
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and
Scottish
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ancestry.
Both his father and his grandfather was closely linked to the
Royal Court of Sweden
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. His father was a prominent
courtier
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and close friend of
Gustav, Prince of Vasa
Prince Gustav of Vasa, Count Itterburg (german: Gustav, Prinz von Wasa; 9 November 1799 at Stockholm – 4 August/5 August 1877 at Pillnitz), born Crown Prince of Sweden, was the son of King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden and Queen Frederica. His Austr ...
, and his grandfather
Henrik Jakob von Düben was a ''
hofmarschall
The ''Hofmarschall'' (plural: Hofmarschälle) was the administrative official in charge of a princely German court, supervising all its economic affairs.
Historically, every civil service was regarded as court service (e.g. the Russian nobility is ...
''.
Career
Von Düben was educated at
Military Academy Karlberg
Military Academy Karlberg ( sv, Militärhögskolan Karlberg, MHS K) is a Swedish military academy, since its inauguration in 1792 in operation in the Karlberg Palace in Solna, just north of central Stockholm. It is thus the oldest military academ ...
, where he graduated as a
cadet
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. In 1844 he became a
lieutenant
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The meaning of lieutenant differs in different militaries (see comparative military ranks), but it is often sub ...
in
Uppsala
Uppsala (, or all ending in , ; archaically spelled ''Upsala'') is the county seat of Uppsala County and the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, fourth-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmö. It had 177,074 inha ...
. In 1855 he shouldered his father-in-law Carl Reinhold Tersmeden as the estate owner of
Kägleholm
Kägleholm is an island in Lake Väringen, Örebro County, Sweden, north of the city of Örebro
Örebro ( , ) is the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, sixth-largest city in Sweden, the seat of Örebro Municipality, and capital of th ...
. Thereby, he became baron of Kägleholm.
Von Düben served as a politician at the
House of Nobility. His term ended with the abolishment of the old governing system in 1866, in which the nobility had a stronger presence in terms of authority.
Von Düben founded a
marksman
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association in Ödeby in 1865.
Von Düben was elected the first chairperson of Ödeby's Municipal Board.
Von Düben made several donations to the Karolinska Elementarläroverket in
Örebro
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in 1860 and 1863. The donations were made up of collections of books, coins and several medals. In 1862 he made donations to Finnish people in need as the Great Famine of the 1860s had struck Finland.
Family
In 1849 he married Hedvig Charlotta
Tersmeden
The Tersmeden family, originally ''tor Smede'', is a noble Swedish family originally from Stade that rose to prominence in the 15th-century with Thomas tor Smede, founder of one of the most prominent trading companies in northern Germany. The fami ...
,
daughter to first cousins; reformist
Carl Reinhold Tersmeden
Carl Reinhold Tersmeden (9 February 1789 – 21 July 1855), was a Swedish Army ''ryttmästare'' and politician. He served as the first chairperson of the first reform meeting in Örebro ( sv, Reformmötena i Örebro).
Early life
Carl Reinhold ...
and Gustava, née Tersmeden, with whom he had five children, out of which three girls survived until adulthood.
References
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1818 births
1867 deaths
Swedish barons
Swedish people of German descent
Swedish people of French descent
Swedish people of Dutch descent
Swedish people of Scottish descent
19th-century Swedish politicians
19th-century Swedish military personnel
19th-century Swedish landowners
Politicians from Stockholm
Local politicians in Sweden
19th-century Swedish philanthropists
Viktor
The name Victor or Viktor may refer to:
* Victor (name), including a list of people with the given name, mononym, or surname
Arts and entertainment
Film
* ''Victor'' (1951 film), a French drama film
* ''Victor'' (1993 film), a French shor ...