Adam Gottlob von Krogh
| Adam Gottlob von Krogh | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 16, 1768 |
| Died | January 17, 1839 (aged 70) |
| Allegiance | Denmark |
| Years of service | 1786–1836 |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Awards | Order of the Dannebrog, Grand Cross |
Adam Gottlob von Krogh (May 16, 1768 – January 17, 1839) was a Norwegian-Danish military officer, and the son of Major General Caspar Herman von Krogh (b. December 1, 1725 - d. 1802) and his wife Christiane Ulrica née Lerche (November 1, 1730 – August 21, 1803, in Eidsvoll).
He was married to his cousin Magdalene (née von Krogh) (June 13, 1775 – December 19, 1847) Daughter of the following titular Privy Councilor Frederick Ferdinand von Krogh (d. 1829).
At 12 he was sent to study at the Søakademiet in Copenhagen, receiving an appointment as Ensign to the Crown Prince's Regiment in 1786. From 1788 he was Sekondlieutenant in the Royal Guard on foot.
In 1790 he went to Lindholm to serve as page chamber of the Crown Prince at Christiansborg Palace. He was the Inspection Officer at the time of the great Christiansborg Palace fire of 1794, and was badly injured while attempting to stop the fire. In 1816 he was made Colonel. He was then director of the Sound Customs House and Chamberlain to King Frederick VI of Denmark who knighted von Krogh, Commander Order of the Dannebrog in 1828 and then bestowed him with the Grand Cross Order of the Dannebrog in 1836. He lived at Marienlyst Castle between 1796 and his death in 1839 after which Frederick VI of Denmark graciously let his widow Magdalene remain living there till her death in 1847.
Anker, Carl Johann (1885). Biografiske data om 330 norske: norskfødte eller for nogen tid i den norske armé ansatte generalspersoner, 1628-1885 (in Norwegian). Kristiania: A. Cammermeyer. p. 152.
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