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In a direct line from one Vice-Commandant of the City of Copenhagen in the later 17th Century, a long list of distinguished Danish naval officers emerged – including four admirals and three captains. Many of these had the same name as their progenitor.

Progenitor[edit]

Colonel and Vice-Commandant of Copenhagen STEEN ANDERSEN BILLE (1624 – 1698)
First marriage to Karen nee Mandixsen (1635 -1681)
Sons: Michael and Just

Line One[edit]

  • Captain JUST BILLE [Note 1] (1670 – 1749)

Married Catherine nee Maule (1672 -1756)
Son: Daniel Ernst

  • Rear Admiral DANIEL ERNST BILLE [1] 7/4/1711 – 25/2/1790

Married Johanne Sophie Amalie nee Stibolt 1/1/1717 – 10/8/1788
Son: Just
Son: Steen Andersen
Daughter: Charlotte Margrette[Note 2]

  • Commander JUST BILLE[2] 13/3/1744 - 17/01/1802 No issue.
  • Admiral STEEN ANDERSEN BILLE[3] [4] 23/8/1751 – 15/4/1833

Actions: Action of 16 May 1797, Battle of Copenhagen, Gunboat War
Married Frederikke Wilhelmina Charlotte nee Borneman
Son: Ernst William
Son: Steen Andersen

  • Senior Lieutenant ERNST WILHELM BILLE[5] 9/9/1795 - 15/3/1821 Unmarried.
  • Vice Admiral STEEN ANDERSEN BILLE [6] [7]5/12/1797 - 2/5/1883

Steen A. Bille married Caroline Christiane Fredericke nee von Bülov

Line Two[edit]

  • Admiral MICHAEL (or MICHEL) BILLE[8] 14/5/1680 – 2/5/1756

First marriage to Mette Glud (1699 – Nov 1720)
Second marriage to Karen nee Lasson
Son: Steen Andersen

Son: Mathias

  • Junior Lieutenant STEEN ANDERSEN BILLE[9] 27/03/1725 - 23/09/1748 Unmarried
  • Captain MATHIAS BILLE[10] [Note 3]17/2/1736 – 17/3/1782

First marriage to Adolphine Christine nee Friedenreich 1740 – 26/8/1771
Son: Michael Johan Petronius
Second marriage to Anna Rebekka nee Bredahl 30/9/1754 -21/11/1847
Son: Søren Adolph

  • Captain MICHAEL JOHAN PETRONIUS BILLE[11] 8/11/1769 – 27/3/1845

On the blockship Prøvestenen, Michael Bille personally fired the first shot of the battle of 2 April 1801.

  • Captain SØREN ADOLPH BILLE [12]4/6/1775 – 12/9/1819

1793-4 with Lougen in Danish West Indies. 1801 second-in-command of blockship Cronborg when he was wounded in the Battle of Copenhagen, but still assumed command after the death of the captain.
Recaptured Allart on 10 August 1809
Joined the Norwegian navy in 1814, at separation from Denmark

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Just Bille's parentage is not recorded, but his son Daniel Ernst is recorded as a nephew on the father's side of Admiral Michel Bille
  2. ^ Charlotte Margrette married Anders Bille. Their son, Commander Daniel Ernst Bille (1770 - 1807) died unmarried
  3. ^ Mathias Bille died after a hurricane on Ireland’s NW coast.

References[edit]

Citations
  1. ^ Topsøe-Jensen Vol I pages 115 - 116
  2. ^ Topsøe-Jensen Vol I pages 120 - 121
  3. ^ Topsøe-Jensen Vol I pages 130 - 133
  4. ^ Biography in Danish on Wikipedia
  5. ^ Topsøe-Jensen Vol I page 117
  6. ^ Topsøe-Jensen Vol I pages 133-136
  7. ^ Biography in Danish on Wikipedia
  8. ^ Topsøe-Jensen Vol I pages 124 - 128
  9. ^ Topsøe-Jensen Vol I page 130
  10. ^ Topsøe-Jensen Vol I pages 122 - 124
  11. ^ Topsøe-Jensen Vol I pages 128 - 130
  12. ^ Topsøe-Jensen Vol I pages 137-138
Bibliography

(in Danish) T. A. Topsøe-Jensen og Emil Marquard (1935) “Officerer i den dansk-norske Søetat 1660-1814 og den danske Søetat 1814-1932“ (Danish Naval Officers)

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