Frederik Hoppe (18 September 1770 – 22 February 1837) was a

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landowner, chamberlain and Member of the Royal Hunt (). He owned the Bernstorff Mansion in

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as well as the estates Løvegård and Søbygård at

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in 1787. On reaching the

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, he received an inheritance of 20,000 species daler from his father and 80,000 species daler from his uncle

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. On 31 July 1790, he was appointed as . On 5 February 1791, he graduated with a degree in law from the university. In 1792, he travelled to Göttingen with the mineralogist G. Wad to continue his studies. On 11 February 1795, he was engaged as a

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. His younger brother, Johan Christopher Hoppe, a naval officer, reached the rank of counter admiral.

Property

In 1800, Hoppe purchased Bernstorff Mansion on

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. In 1803, Hoppe purchased

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and Avnøgård (with and as well as Kastrup and Sværdborg and from Jens Lund for 200,000 rigsdaler but sold them again in 18041805. In 1806, he then purchased the estates

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, Søbygaard and Løvegaard at

Kalundborg Kalundborg () is a Danish city with a population of 16,211 (1 January 2022), Søbygaard remained in his ownership until 1829. On 28 January 1811, he was appointed chamberlain (). On 30 January 1817, he became a member of the Royal Hunt ().

Personal life

On 14 December 1800 in Davinde Church, Hoppe was married to Josephine Marie Skeel (1780–1821), daughter of and Anne Dorothea von Ahlefeldt. They had six children, of which the four sons died without leaving offspring. The eldest of their two daughters, Anna Sophie Elisabeth Hoppe (1803–1881), was married to Christian Andreas Vind, owner of and

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. The younger daughter, Eleonora Sophie Frederikke Hoppe (1807–1866 in Vedbæk), was married to Georg Bernadotte Sehested (1808–1873), a forester. Hoppe died on 22 February 1837 in Copenhagen. He is buried in

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Frederik Hoppe
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hoppe, Frederik 19th-century Danish landowners Danish jurists Danish nobility People from Copenhagen University of Copenhagen alumni Burials at Holmen Cemetery 1770 births 1837 deaths