Steen Andersen Bille

The name of Steen Andersen Bille is closely associated with one extended family of Danish Naval Officers over several generations.

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 five admirals and three captains. Many of these had the same name as their progenitor.

1 Progenitor
2 Family tree
3 List
4 HDMS Bille
5 Notes
6 References

Progenitor

Colonel and Vice-Commandant of Copenhagen STEEN ANDERSEN BILLE (1624 – 1698)

Family tree

Karen nee Mandixsen (1635-1681)

Colonel Steen Andersen Bille (1624–1698)

second marriage - no details

Captain Just Bille (1670-1749)

Catherine nee Maule (1672-1756)

First Marriage Mette Glud (1699–1720)

Admiral Michael Bille (1680-1776)

Second marriage to Karen nee Lasson(1703-1779)

Rear Admiral Daniel Ernst Bille (1711–1790)

Johanne Sophie Amalie nee Stibolt (1717–1788)

Rear Admiral Bendix Lasson Bille (1723-1784)

Lieutenant Steen Andersen Bille (1725-1748)

Adolphine Christine nee Friedenreich (1740–1771)

Captain Mathias Bille (1736 - 1782)

Anna Rebekka nee Bredahl(1754-1847)

Commander Just Bille (1744-1802)

Admiral Steen Andersen Bille (1751-1833)

Frederikke Wilhelmina Charlotte nee Borneman (1770-1851)

Charlotte Margrette Bille (1739-1804)

Captain Anders Bille (1730-1782) (no direct blood relation)

Rear Admiral Michael Johan Petronius Bille (1769–1845)

Captain Søren Adolph Bille (1775–1819)

Lieutenant Ernst Wilhelm Bille (1795-1821)

Vice Admiral Steen Andersen Bille (1797-1883)

Caroline Christiane Sophie Fredericke von Bülov (1808-1887)

Captain Daniel Ernst Bille (1770-1807)

Lieutenant Steen Andersen Bille (1830-1905)

List

Bendix Lasson Bille (23/11/1723-5/10/1784) Rear Admiral
Daniel Ernst Bille (7/04/1711 – 25/02/1790) Rear Admiral
Daniel Ernst Bille (22/09/1770-24/02/1807) Captain
Ernst Wilhelm Bille 9/9/1795 - 15/3/1821 Senior Lieutenant; unmarried.
Just Bille(1670-1749) Captain
Just Bille (13/3/1744 - 17/01/1802) Commander; no issue.
Mathias Bille (17/2/1736 – 17/3/1782) Captain^{[Note 1]}
Michael Bille (14/05/1680-2/05/1776) Admiral
Michael Johan Petronius Bille (8/11/1769 – 27/03/1845) Rear Admiral
Steen Andersen Bille (1624-1698) Colonel
Steen Andersen Bille (27/03/1725 - 23/09/1748) Junior Lieutenant; Unmarried
Steen Andersen Bille (23/8/1751 – 15/4/1833) Admiral; Actions: Action of 16 May 1797, Battle of Copenhagen, Gunboat War.
Steen Andersen Bille (5/12/1797 - 2/5/1883) Vice Admiral
Steen Andersen Bille (24/07/1830-3/06/1905) Lieutenant
Søren Adolph Bille (4/6/1775 – 12/9/1819) Captain^{[Note 2]}

Others^{[Note 3]}

HDMS Bille

Two ships have been named Bille in relatively recent times in the Royal Danish Navy:^[1]

Bille (1946) a torpedo boat with a speed of 29 knots. Decommissioned 1959
Bille (1976) a Willemoes-class torpedo boat, later fitted with two harpoon missiles.

Notes

^ Mathias Bille died after a hurricane on Ireland’s NW coast.
^ Søren Bille was with the brig Lougen in 1793-4 in the Danish West Indies. In 1801 he was second-in-command of the blockship Cronborg when he was wounded in the Battle of Copenhagen, but still assumed command after the death of the captain. He recaptured Allart on 10 August 1809. In 1814, when Norway and Denmark separated, he joined the Norwegian navy.
^ A further seven Danish naval officers with the surname Bille, but apparently unrelated to Steen Andersen Bille, are listed by Topsøe-Jensen. These are Anders, Christian Lodberg, Gabriel, Gerhardt Sivert, Hans Martin, Jørgen, and Lars.

References

^ "Den Sorte Registrant [The Black Folder]" (in Danish). The Royal Danish Naval Museum. http://www.orlogsmuseet.dk/B/index_4.htm.

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