Edouard Suenson

Vice-Admiral Edouard Suenson (13 April 1805 – 16 May 1887) was a Danish naval officer known for his participation in the First and Second Schleswig War. He served as the main Danish commander at the Battle of Heligoland in the latter.

Biography Family Edouard Suenson was the son of Captain Jean Isaac Suenson and Anna Susanne née Lütken. He married Ottilia Uldall, daughter of chamberlain Johan Joachim Uldall and Anna Christiane Nellemann, in Copenhagen on September 11, 1837. Their son Edouard Suenson Jr. would also become a naval officer. He also served as managing director of the Great Northern Telegraph Company.

Military career He entered military service in 1817 as a cadet and was promoted to lieutenant on September 14, 1823. Around 1825, he sailed for the Danish West Indies on the corvette Diana, and was granted admission to serve in the French Royal Navy. He was aboard the brig Alcyone when the combined British-French-Russian fleet destroyed the Ottoman navy at the Battle of Navarino. He later served on board the frigate Thetis during the Invasion of Algiers in 1830 from 1830 to 1831 under Admiral Guy-Victor Duperré. In autumn of 1831, he returned home from French service and later sailed with the brig St. Jan to the Danish West Indies. He was then promoted to First Lieutenant at Sea. In 1840, he was given command of the steamship Kiel and was promoted to Lieutenant Commander on February 13, 1841. From 1840 to 1841, he sailed with the frigate Bellona to the east and west coast of South America. From 1842 to 1844, he was in command of the steamship ÆgirIn. In 1846, he sailed as commander with the brig St. Croix to Iceland, and in 1847 became commander of the Trekroner Fort.