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 | 28years, 5days | |
| 5 | | Prince Frederick of Nør (1800–1865) | 31 March 1842 | 18 April 1846 | 4years, 24days | |
| – | | Gotthard Lützow[da] (1784–1850) Acting | 18 April 1846 | ? | 3–4 years | |
| ? | | Christoph von Krogh[da] (1785–1860) | 11 August 1850 | 30 November 1851 | 1year, 111days | |
| ? | | Frederik Bardenfleth[da] (1781–1852) | 1 December 1851 | 19 August 1852 † | 262days | |
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 |
| – | | Georg Schøller[da] (1793–1863) | 10 December 1856 | 23 June 1857 | 195days | |
| 1 | 23 June 1857 | 17 June 1863 † | 5years, 359days |
| 2 | | Peter Frederik Steinmann (1812–1894) | 22 October 1863 | 3 January 1864 | 73days | |
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
Sources
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