Viktor von Düben

Henrik Viktor Knut von Düben von Düben (21 October 1818 – 21 August 1867) was a Swedish peer, baron of Kägleholm, lieutenant, estate owner, 2nd great grandson of organist and composer Gustaf Düben and great grandfather of renowned cinematographer Gunnar Fischer.[1]

Viktor von Düben
Baron von Düben, painted by Maria Röhl in 1847.
Coat of arms
Full name Henrik Viktor Knut von Düben
Detail Titles and styles Baron
Born	21 October 1818 Stockholm, Sweden
Died	21 August 1867(1867-08-21) (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

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 1849 he shouldered his father-in-law Carl Reinhold Tersmeden as the estate owner of Kägleholm. Thereby, he became the baron of Kägleholm.

Personal life

In 1849 he married Lotten Tersmeden,[2] 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 4. Henrik Jakob von Düben 9. Christina Sparfwenfeldt 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. http://runeberg.org/adelskal/1915/0267.html