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The 3rd General Command (Danish: 3. Generalkommando) (formerly the General Command of the Duchies (Danish: Generalkommandoen over Hertugdømmerne)) was the overall command of all Royal Danish Army units in Duchies of Holstein and Lauenburg. The command was abolished following Denmark's loss of Schleswig-Holstein, following the Second Schleswig War.

Commanders

General Command of the Duchies (1739–1852)

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Term of office Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
1 Lieutenant field marshal
Frederick Ernest of Brandenburg-Kulmbach
(1703–1762) 		1739 10 March 1762 22–23 years
2 General field marshal
Claude Louis, Comte de Saint-Germain
(1707–1778) 		10 March 1762 1769 6–7 years
3 Lieutenant general
Prince Charles of Hesse-Kassel
(1744–1836) 		1769 19 March 1814 44–45 years
4 General
Prince Frederik of Hesse
(1771–1845) 		20 March 1814 25 March 1842 28 years, 5 days
5 Prince Frederick of Nør
(1800–1865) 		31 March 1842 18 April 1846 4 years, 24 days
– Gotthard Lützow [da]
(1784–1850)
Acting 		18 April 1846 ? 3–4 years
? Christoph von Krogh [da]
(1785–1860) 		11 August 1850 30 November 1851 1 year, 111 days
? Frederik Bardenfleth [da]
(1781–1852) 		1 December 1851 19 August 1852 † 262 days

General Command of Holstein and Lauenburg (1852–1855)

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Term of office Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
1 Lieutenant general
Christoph von Krogh [da]
(1785–1860) 		1852 1855 2–3 years

3rd General command (1855–1864)

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Term of office Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
1 Georg Schøller [da]
(1793–1863) 		10 December 1856 23 June 1857 195 days
23 June 1857 17 June 1863 † 5 years, 359 days
2 Peter Frederik Steinmann
(1812–1894) 		22 October 1863 3 January 1864 73 days

Names

Names
Generalkommandoen over Hertugdømmerne General Command of the Duchies 1739 – 1852
Generalkommandoen over Holsten og Lauenborg General Command of Holstein and Lauenburg 1852 – 1855
3. Generalkommando 3rd General command 1855 – 1864

Notes

Ref

  1. ^ Norrie 1962, p. 646.
  2. Liebe & Borgstrøm 1978a, p. 165.
  3. Richter 1977a, p. 127.
  4. Richter 1977a, p. 16.
  5. Richter 1977b, p. 12.
  6. Richter 1977a, p. 22.
  7. Statshaandbog for det danske Monarchie for Aaret 1854 (in Danish). Copenhagen: Bianco Lunds Bogtrykkeri. 1854. p. 9.
  8. Richter 1977b, p. 162.
  9. Liebe & Borgstrøm 1978b, p. 165.
  10. "3. Generalkommando". sa.dk/daisy (in Danish). The Danish National Archives. Retrieved 1 July 2022.

Sources

  • Clemmesen, Michael Hesselholt (1982). Jyllands landforsvar fra 1901 til 1940 (in Danish). Copenhagen: Det Krigsvidenskabelige Selskab. ISBN 87-981346-0-4.
  • Liebe, P. I.; Borgstrøm, P. (1978a). Biografiske oplysninger om faste artilleriofficerer af linien 1. Bind (in Danish). Rigsarkivet.
  • Liebe, P. I.; Borgstrøm, P. (1978b). Biografiske oplysninger om faste artilleriofficerer af linien 4. Bind (in Danish). Rigsarkivet.
  • Norrie, Gordon (1962). "Felttoget i Mecklenburg 1762*". Historisk Tidsskrift. 11 (6). da: 641–669. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
  • Petersen, Vagn Aage, ed. (1984). Vejledning og oversigt I: Hæren 1660-1980. Rigsarkivet og hjælpemidlerne til dets benyttelse III (in Danish). Danish National Archives. ISBN 87-7497-073-9.
  • Richter, Volhelm (1977a). Den Danske Landmilitæretat 1801-1894: I. Bind (in Danish). Copenhagen: Dansk Historisk Håndbogsforlag.
  • Richter, Volhelm (1977b). Den Danske Landmilitæretat 1801-1894: II. Bind (in Danish). Copenhagen: Dansk Historisk Håndbogsforlag.
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