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'''Wilhelm Edinger''' (19 October 1659 - 4 July 1733) was a [[Denmark|Danish]] merchant and ship-owner.
==Early life and education
Edinger was born19 October 1659 in [[Copenhagen]], the son of wine merchant Johan Vilhelm E. (død 1667) and Elisabeth Kriech (died 1704). On the father's death, the mother was married m 1669 to med wine merchant Johan Funck). Gis paternal family had been wine merchants in Copenhagen since the beginning of the century. It had close ties to the Lehn and Motzfeldt; families. Peter Motzfeldt became his guardian on the early death of his father.<ref name="DBL">{{cite web|url=https://biografiskleksikon.lex.dk/Wilhelm_Edinger|title=Wilhelm Edinger|language=Danish|website=Dansk Biografisk Leksikon|access-date=16 June 2022}}</ref>
==Career==
Edinger's marriage to [[Wigand Michelbecker]]'s daughter secured him a position in some of Copenhagen's most prominent business circles. In 1690 he took a citizenship as a merchant and already in the same year he is mentioned among the city's most distinguished shipowners. In 1691 he helped draft the Exchange Ordinance (''Børsordinansen'')). He was also elected as one of the directors of the [[Danish East India Company]]. In 1700 he was a member of a trade commission. In 1723. together with two other merchants, he submitted a proposal tp gie Copenhagen a monopoly to stock wine, tobacco and salt. Although the proposal was immediately rejected by [[Kommercekollegiet]] it was implemented by poster of 1 June 1726, but the monopoly was lifted again in 1730. He ran an extensive trade, particularly in West French and Spanish ports, partly with his own ships, partly in partnership with others. In addition to trading in goods, he ran an extensive brokage and commission business, arranging exchange transactions and payments for the Rentekammeret]].
==Property==
As early as 1699 he was the third largest taxpayer in western Quarter (Vester Kvarter). In 1707, he took over his father-in-law's town mansion on [[Frederiksholms Kanal]] (now the [[Prince's Mansion]]). In 1716, Czar Peter the Great resided in the building during his stay in Copenhagen. In 1725, Edinger sold the mansionto Frederik IV, who converted it into a residence for Crown Prince Frederi. He then took up residence in a property he built in [[Stormgade]] (later known as the Raben Mansion).
==Personal life==
On 15 December 1686, Edinger marrid to Else Margrethe Michelbecker (1668-1720), daughter of merchant Gysbert Wigand M. (1636-92) and Anna Ludewigs (1647-1724). Together, he and his wife gad 21 children. Their daughter Sophie Amalie Edinger (1700–1768) was married to [[Abraham Lehn]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://denstoredanske.dk/Dansk_Biog..._gartneri/Godsejer/Abraham_Lehn|title=Abraham Lehn|language=Danish|website=Dansk Biografisk Leksikonk|accessdate=20 February 2018}}</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:18th-century Danish businesspeople]]
[[Category
anish merchants]]
[[Categoryanish businesspeople in shipping]]
[[Category:Businesspeople from Copenhagen]]
Okumaya devam et...
'''Wilhelm Edinger''' (19 October 1659 - 4 July 1733) was a [[Denmark|Danish]] merchant and ship-owner.
==Early life and education
Edinger was born19 October 1659 in [[Copenhagen]], the son of wine merchant Johan Vilhelm E. (død 1667) and Elisabeth Kriech (died 1704). On the father's death, the mother was married m 1669 to med wine merchant Johan Funck). Gis paternal family had been wine merchants in Copenhagen since the beginning of the century. It had close ties to the Lehn and Motzfeldt; families. Peter Motzfeldt became his guardian on the early death of his father.<ref name="DBL">{{cite web|url=https://biografiskleksikon.lex.dk/Wilhelm_Edinger|title=Wilhelm Edinger|language=Danish|website=Dansk Biografisk Leksikon|access-date=16 June 2022}}</ref>
==Career==
Edinger's marriage to [[Wigand Michelbecker]]'s daughter secured him a position in some of Copenhagen's most prominent business circles. In 1690 he took a citizenship as a merchant and already in the same year he is mentioned among the city's most distinguished shipowners. In 1691 he helped draft the Exchange Ordinance (''Børsordinansen'')). He was also elected as one of the directors of the [[Danish East India Company]]. In 1700 he was a member of a trade commission. In 1723. together with two other merchants, he submitted a proposal tp gie Copenhagen a monopoly to stock wine, tobacco and salt. Although the proposal was immediately rejected by [[Kommercekollegiet]] it was implemented by poster of 1 June 1726, but the monopoly was lifted again in 1730. He ran an extensive trade, particularly in West French and Spanish ports, partly with his own ships, partly in partnership with others. In addition to trading in goods, he ran an extensive brokage and commission business, arranging exchange transactions and payments for the Rentekammeret]].
==Property==
As early as 1699 he was the third largest taxpayer in western Quarter (Vester Kvarter). In 1707, he took over his father-in-law's town mansion on [[Frederiksholms Kanal]] (now the [[Prince's Mansion]]). In 1716, Czar Peter the Great resided in the building during his stay in Copenhagen. In 1725, Edinger sold the mansionto Frederik IV, who converted it into a residence for Crown Prince Frederi. He then took up residence in a property he built in [[Stormgade]] (later known as the Raben Mansion).
==Personal life==
On 15 December 1686, Edinger marrid to Else Margrethe Michelbecker (1668-1720), daughter of merchant Gysbert Wigand M. (1636-92) and Anna Ludewigs (1647-1724). Together, he and his wife gad 21 children. Their daughter Sophie Amalie Edinger (1700–1768) was married to [[Abraham Lehn]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://denstoredanske.dk/Dansk_Biog..._gartneri/Godsejer/Abraham_Lehn|title=Abraham Lehn|language=Danish|website=Dansk Biografisk Leksikonk|accessdate=20 February 2018}}</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:18th-century Danish businesspeople]]
[[Category
anish merchants]][[Category
anish businesspeople in shipping]][[Category:Businesspeople from Copenhagen]]
Okumaya devam et...