Viktor von Düben
Baron Henrik Viktor Knut von Düben von Düben (21 October 1818 – 21 August 1867) was a Swedish peer, baron of Kägleholm, politician, lieutenant, estate owner, 2nd great grandson of organist and composer Gustaf Düben and great grandfather of renowned cinematographer Gunnar Fischer.[1]
Viktor von Düben | |
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 Portrait by Maria Röhl in 1847. | |
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Henrik Viktor Knut von Düben | |
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Baron | |
| Born | 21 October 1818 Stockholm, Sweden |
| Died | 21 August 1867 (aged 48) Kägleholm, Sweden |
| Noble family | von Düben |
| Spouse(s) | Lotten von Düben, Baroness of Kägleholm (m. 1849; died 1867) (née Tersmeden) |
| Father | Anders Gustaf von Düben |
| Mother | Carolina Maria Eckhardt |
| Occupation | Lieutenant, estate owner, politician |
Biography
Viktor von Düben was born in Stockholm on 21 October 1818. He was a son of Anders Gustaf von Düben, and Carolina Maria Eckhardt, a German born daughter of the typewriter at the University of Greifswald Johann Heinrich Eckhardt. He was educated at Military Academy Karlberg, where he graduated as a cadet. In 1844 he became a lieutenant in Uppsala. In 1855 he shouldered his father-in-law Carl Reinhold Tersmeden as the estate owner of Kägleholm. Thereby, he became the baron of Kägleholm.[2] von Düben served as a politician at the House of Nobility.[3] 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.
Personal life
In 1849 he married Lotten Tersmeden,[4] with whom he had five children, out of which three survived until adulthood. His oldest daughter Augusta von Düben and Jacob Henning Lallerstedt shouldered the roles as baron and baroness of Kägleholm after he had died.
Ancestry
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References
- von Düben genealogy at the House of Nobility (in Swedish). Retrieved 3 July 2020.
- Kjellberg, Sven T.; Artur Svensson, S. (1969). Slott och herresäten i Sverige: Södermanland 2. Löfsta-Öster Malma (in Swedish). Retrieved 18 October 2020.
- Statistiska uppgifter fran sista Stands-Riksdagen rörande behandlingen af Kongl. Maj:ts Förslag till ny Riksdags-Ordning, upprättade af G. M. S. (in Swedish). 1867. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
- http://runeberg.org/adelskal/1915/0267.html