Hans Henrik Rode

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Hans Henrik Rode

Hans Henrik Rode (9 September 1767 – 29 December 1830) was a Norwegian military officer.

Biography

He was born in

Rendsborg, Prince Frederick of Hesse. Rode was also a teacher at the military institute in Rendsborg from 1800 to 1808. He was promoted further to lieutenant in 1803, major in 1809 and lieutenant colonel in 1809.[1] In 1809 Frederick of Hesse was appointed as commanding general in the southern part of Norway,[2] and Rode followed him there.[1]

Frederick of Hesse left Norway in 1813,

Swedish campaign against Norway of the summer, which would eventually oust Christian Frederick, Rode commanded a brigade—which did not see military action. Despite the change that occurred when Norway and Sweden formed a union, Rode remained a prominent figure. Having become general commissary of war in October 1814, he remained so until his death at the farm Søndre Hellerud in December 1830.[1]

Family

In 1798 he married Charite Nicoline Holst (1778–1863) in Copenhagen.[3] They had sons Frederik Rode (1800–1883) and Hans Henrik Albert Rode (1818–1883); daughter Henriette Nicoline Rode (1810–1898) married priest Gustav Adolph Lammers.[4]

References

  1. ^
    Dansk biografisk lexikon
    (in Danish). Vol. 14. Copenhagen: Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag. pp. 139–140. Retrieved 14 November 2009.
  2. ^ (in Norwegian). Vol. 4 (1st ed.). Oslo: Aschehoug. pp. 258–259.
  3. ^ Finne-Grønn, S. H. (1916). Det vestlandske slekt Sundt: genealogisk-personalhistoriske meddelelser ved S. H. Finne-Grønn (PDF) (in Danish). Det mallingske bogtrykkeri. p. 93.
  4. ^ Moe, Steinar (2022-06-29), "G.A. Lammers", Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian Bokmål), retrieved 2022-10-24