Hans Schack, Count of Schackenborg (14 January 1734 – 21 August 1796) was a Danish

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and enfeoffed count (). He was the fourth holder of the Countship of Schackenborg from 1741 to 1796.

Biography

Hans Schack was born on 14 January 1734 at

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in the

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. Born into the

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of Schack, he was the fifth child and eldest surviving son of the Danish

and

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Otto Didrik Schack, and his wife Anna Ernestine Frederikke Vilhelmine Gabel .Danmarks Adels Aarbog, 1932
p. 66. At the early death of his father on 11 July 1741, he inherited the Countship of Schackenborg and assumed the title of enfeoffed count. Count Schack died on 21 August 1796, aged 62, at

. He was succeeded by his eldest surviving son, Otto Didrik Schack.

Family

Schack married firstly on 7 January 1757 at

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Ulrikke Augusta Vilhelmine Moltke, daughter of Danish

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and

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Adam Gottlob Moltke Count Adam Gottlob von Moltke (10 November 171025 September 1792) was a German-born Danish courtier, politician and diplomat who was a favourite of Frederick V of Denmark, Frederick V of Denmark-Norway. Moltke was born at Walkendorf, Riesenhof ...

and Christiane Frederikke von Brüggemann, by whom he had four children. She died on 7 April 1763 in Copenhagen. * Otto Didrik Schack, who succeeded him as 5th Count of Schackenborg. * Countess Frederikke Juliane Schack (1762–1815) * Countess Anne Ernestine Schack (1762–1763) * Countess Adamine Frederikke Schack (1763–1825) Schack married secondly on 7 October 1763 at Lohma in the

Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg Saxe-Altenburg () was one of the Saxon duchies held by the Ernestine duchies, Ernestine branch of the House of Wettin in present-day Thuringia. It was one of the smallest of the German states with an area of 1323 square kilometers and a populati ...

Caroline Louise Sophie von Moltke, daughter of Joachim Christoph von Moltke and Sophia Albertina von Wolzogen), by whom he had four children. She died on 12 September 1794. * Countess Caroline Mathilde Juliane Schack (1768–1775) * stillborn son (1770) * Countess Sophie Albertine Ernestine Schack (1772–1774) * stillborn son (1775)

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Bibliography

External links

Official website of Schackenborg Castle
{{DEFAULTSORT:Schack, Hans, 4th Count Of Schackenborg 1734 births 1796 deaths 18th-century Danish people People from Tønder Municipality Knights of the Order of the Dannebrog Counts of Denmark