- Anthony Coucheron
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name= Anthony Coucheron
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allegiance=Denmark-Norway
rank= colonel
commands= Christiansø Fortress
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lived= c. 1650-1689
placeofbirth= probably Holland
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portrayedby=Anthony Coucheron was an engineering officer born about 1650 (probably in
Holland ), and diedMarch 14 1689 atAkershus fortress , Christiania,Norway . Coucheron worked as construction supervisor inFredrikstad in 1665 and was assistant to his father 1666. His father was the Dutch quartermaster generalWillem Coucheron , who began the construction of the fortifications at Fredrikstad in 1663. Together they worked on the fortification which became known as Fredriksten fortress inHalden .In 1673 Anthony Coucheron was sent as lieutenant (in Norwegian "løytnant") to
Kongsvinger inElverum to prepare plans for expansion of the existing fortification. Coucheron then became a lieutenant commander (in Norwegian "kapteinløytnant") atAkershus in 1674, and in the same year he was promoted to captain. In July of the same year he was promoted to quartermaster lieutenant general inDenmark . He was promoted rapidly (following in the footsteps of his father, who was Quartermaster General in Norway in 1680) and was named commandant and colonel atChristiansø Fortress , probably in 1681.Together with
Johan Caspar von Cicignon , Coucheron reconstructedTrondheim after fire destroyed the city in 1681 and he directed the construction ofKristiansten Fortress . In addition to working on the fortifications at Trondheim,Kongsvinger and Elverum, he worked on the remodeling ofAkershus Fortress and the plans for fortifyingFredrikstad .Transferred to
Denmark Coucheron worked on the fortification of Danish Christiansø located onErtholmene an island east ofBornholm , (begun in 1684) andFladstrand inFredrikshavn in 1687). Together with the commandantJacob Geveke he undertook the fortification ofKronborg (1686-1688).References
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*Chr. Elling: "Holmens Bygningshistorie", 1932
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*J. Klindt Jensen: "Barokken i Rønne Fæstning", 1952
*H. Langberg: "Danmarks Bygningskultur I", 1955
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*"Norsk Kunstnerleksikon", Oslo 1981
*Kjeld Magnussen: "Foren. til norske Fortidsminners Bevaring", Årsbok 1985
*P. Bolten Jagd: "Danske Forsvarsanlæg I", 1986
*"Huse i Fr.havn", 1986
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