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
Portrait by Maria Röhl in 1847.
Coat of arms
Full name Henrik Viktor Knut von Düben
Titles and styles 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

Ancestors of Viktor von Düben
16. Gustaf Düben 8. Anders von Düben 17. Emerentia Standaert 4. Henrik Jakob von Düben 18. Johan Gabriel Sparwenfeld 9. Christina Sparwenfeld 2. Anders Gustaf von Düben 10. Herman Petersen 5. Julie af Petersens 11. Charlotta Bedoire 1. Viktor von Düben 6. Johann Heinrich Eckhardt 3. Carolina Maria Eckhardt

References

1. von Düben genealogy at the House of Nobility (in Swedish). Retrieved 3 July 2020.
2. Kjellberg, Sven T.; Artur Svensson, S. (1969). Slott och herresäten i Sverige: Södermanland 2. Löfsta-Öster Malma (in Swedish). Retrieved 18 October 2020.
3. 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.
4. http://runeberg.org/adelskal/1915/0267.html