3rd General Command (Denmark)

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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

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General Command of the Duchies (1739–1852)

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No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Term of office Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
1 File:Portret van Friedrich Ernst von Brandenburg-Kulmbach, RP-P-1911-4758.jpg Lieutenant field marshal
Frederick Ernest of Brandenburg-Kulmbach
(1703–1762) 		1739 10 March 1762 22–23 years [1]
2 File:Claude louis de saint germain.jpg General field marshal
Claude Louis, Comte de Saint-Germain
(1707–1778) 		10 March 1762 1769 6–7 years [1]
3 File:Tischbein Carl von Hessen.jpg Lieutenant general
Prince Charles of Hesse-Kassel
(1744–1836) 		1769 19 March 1814 44–45 years [2]
4 File:Prins Frederik av Hessen, stattholder i Norge 1810-13 - Norsk Folkemuseum - NF.1915-0227 - bilde 1.jpg General
Prince Frederik of Hesse
(1771–1845) 		20 March 1814 25 March 1842 28 years, 5 days [3]
5 File:Prince Frederick Emil August.jpg Prince Frederick of Nør
(1800–1865) 		31 March 1842 18 April 1846 4 years, 24 days [4]
– Gotthard Lützow (da)
(1784–1850)
Acting 		18 April 1846 ? 3–4 years
? File:Gerhard Christoph von Krogh 2.jpg Christoph von Krogh (da)
(1785–1860) 		11 August 1850 30 November 1851 1 year, 111 days [5]
? File:Frederik Bardenfleth 1781-1852 02.jpg Frederik Bardenfleth (da)
(1781–1852) 		1 December 1851 19 August 1852 † 262 days [6]

General Command of Holstein and Lauenburg (1852–1855)

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No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Term of office Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
1 File:Christoph von Krogh.jpg Lieutenant general
Christoph von Krogh (da)
(1785–1860) 		1852 1855 2–3 years [7]

3rd General command (1855–1864)

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No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Term of office Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
– File:Georg Schøller 02.jpg Georg Schøller (da)
(1793–1863) 		10 December 1856 23 June 1857 195 days [8]
1 23 June 1857 17 June 1863 † 5 years, 359 days
2 File:Peter Frederik Steinmann 1812-1894 by Eduard Hansen.jpg Peter Frederik Steinmann
(1812–1894) 		22 October 1863 3 January 1864 73 days [9]

Names

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Names[10]
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

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Ref

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  1. ^ a b 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. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  8. ^ Richter 1977b, p. 162.
  9. ^ Liebe & Borgstrøm 1978b, p. 165.
  10. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).

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