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    Henrik Ruse, Baron of Rysensteen (né Henrik Ruse 9 April 1624 – 22 February 1679) was a Dutch officer and fortification engineer. Following a period when...
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    After the Swedish siege of Copenhagen (1658–1660) the Dutch engineer Henrik Rüse was called in to help rebuild and extend the construction. The fortification...
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    cliff face to the sea on the west side. Dutch Engineer Major General Henrik Ruse (1624-79) initiated the fortress construction, planned with three bastions...
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    van Voorhees (1600 in Hees – 1684) an early Dutch settler in America Henrik Ruse, Baron of Rysensteen (1624 in Ruinen - 1679) a Dutch officer and fortification...
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  • sovereignty of the arctic archipelago Svalbard in 1920. From 1912 to 1918, Bredo Henrik von Munthe af Morgenstierne was Rector of the University of Oslo. When Norway...
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    his courtiers, Jacob Petersen (kammertjener, later rigsbaron). With Henrik Ruse, he opened an inn at the site. Due to a dispute at the court, Jacob Petersen...
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    other mansion houses in Denmark have been based on its design. It was Henrik Ruse, a Dutch building engineer, who was charged by Frederick III to develop...
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    fortification engineer Henrik Ruse. The house at No. 9 was built in 1681, most likely for dock manager (havnemester) Christen Christensen. Rüse was for a while...
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    After the Swedish siege on Copenhagen (1658–1660) the Dutch engineer Henrik Rüse was called in to help rebuild and extend the construction. The fortification...
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    to Heinrich Scholten being an acquaintance of Henrik Rüse, perhaps being tied to him through family. Rüse would be called to Denmark at the behest of Frederick...
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