3rd General Command (Denmark)

The 3rd General Command () (formerly the General Command of the Duchies ()) 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) Portrait Name Term of office Took office Left office Time in office 1 Lieutenant field marshalFrederick Ernest of Brandenburg-Kulmbach 1739 10 March 1762 years 2 General field marshalClaude Louis, Comte de Saint-Germain 10 March 1762 1769 years 3 Lieutenant generalPrince Charles of Hesse-Kassel 1769 19 March 1814 years 4 GeneralPrince Frederik of Hesse 20 March 1814 25 March 1842 5 Prince Frederick of Nør 31 March 1842 18 April 1846 – 18 April 1846 ? years ? 11 August 1850 30 November 1851 ? 1 December 1851 19 August 1852 †

General Command of Holstein and Lauenburg (1852–1855) Portrait Name Term of office Took office Left office Time in office 1 Lieutenant general 1852 1855 years

3rd General command (1855–1864) Portrait Name Term of office Took office Left office Time in office – 10 December 1856 23 June 1857 1 23 June 1857 17 June 1863 † 2 Peter Frederik Steinmann 22 October 1863 3 January 1864

Names Names General Command of the Duchies 1739– 1852 General Command of Holstein and Lauenburg 1852– 1855 3rd General command 1855 – 1864

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