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principles of my father differed vastly with those of his equals and of the then existing time, full of prejudices,
vanity and ridiculous etiquette. A little boy for instance of four or five years old, whose parents were of high
nobility, could never take a walk, except when accompanied by his tutor and two lackeys in full livery behind
him. His hat was adorned with white small ostrich feathers, which covered its whole inside, and his coat full of
golden laces; then, said they, it was highly necessary that the young count should not be confounded with the
plebeians! His parents got him a company, a squadron, or the title of gentleman of the king‘s bedchamber,
(Kammeriunker).
It is a notorious fact, that in a kingdom in miniature like that of Denmark, of scarcely two millions of
inhabitants, is to be found a greater number, a greater variety of titles, knights and soldiers, than in any other
country of Europe. The army is about forty thousand men strong, besides the navy, and more than thirty
thousand have titles, ribands, orders, or stars! In every society at Copenhagen, Schleswig, Kiel, &c., is to be
found some dozen counsellors called justizrath, hofrath, etatsrath, educationsrath, comerzienrath,
legationsrath, conferenzrath, or geheimerath, &c., who have never given any advice, or have been asked for by
the king or his ministers. The majority of these titles and orders can be bought at a fixed price, and form a part
of the revenue of the crown, like imports and exports of sugar and coffee, &c., in our custom houses. The
government, glad to find fools enough to spend their money for banbles and toys, grants, graciously, the most
humble request of these fools, and ridicules secretly these poor monkeys, an expression which I heard often
from the then prince royal, now king of Denmark.
In spite of this general mania of titles, my father was one of the few, (among whom was also count Louis
Reventlow,) who never applied neither for orders or titles. e was busily engaged to render his numerous
peasantry as happy as possible, and was the first in the whole kingdom who gave them freedom and liberty;
they were formerly slaves. But his greatest care was to give us a good, sound, and liberal education.
Ursula Acosta refererer hans fødselsregistrering fra Schwedt: 23
Den 23. september 72 blev født i Schwedt kl. 8 om morgenen Henri Louis, søn af Pierre Villaume, præst i den
franske kirke i Schwedt, og hans hustru Susanne, født Marre. Han blev hjemmedøbt den 8. oktober af sin far,
båret af hans Kgl. Højhed markgreve Friedrich Heinrich von Schwedt und Wegern for hendes Kgl. højhed
prinsesse Louise af Anhalt Dessau, født af Preussen.
Underskrevet: Villaume, præst
Friedrich Heinrich, prins af Preussen, markgrave af Schwedt (* 21 august 1709 i Schwedt, † 12 december
1788 i Schwedt) var den sidste ejer af det preussiske Sekundogenitur Schwedt-Wildenbruch.
Da hans bror Friedrich Wilhelm døde i 1771, arvede han herredømmet over Schwedt-Wildenbruch. Som
markgrave af Brandenburg-Schwedt var han var en fortaler for kunst, især teater.
Luise af Brandenburg-Schwedt
L(o)uise Henriette Wilhelmine von Brandenburg-Schwedt (* 24. September 1750 i Stolzenberg, nu Rózanki
/Polen; † 21. December 1811 i Dessau ) var gennem sit ægteskab prinsesse og senere hertuginde af
Anhalt-Dessau;
Steven H. Smith refererer på the Napoleon Series:
―Villaume, citoyen danois, qui a deux frères dans les armées de la République, est autorisé à prendre du
service; il se rendra au 4e batallion de la Sarthe commandé provisoirement par son frère.‖
23 Ursula Acosta, "Ducoudray Holstein," El Coqui de Ayer Vol 6, No 5 (2001). Herefter citeret som
"Ducoudray Holstein."
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