COLNET, ROBERT [SSNE 1314]

Surname
COLNET
First name
ROBERT
Title/rank
LT. COLONEL
Nationality
POSSIBLE
Region
Social status
OFFICER
Education
Religion

Text source

Robert Colnet served as a glasshardener and artillery officer. His nationality is unknown (French, German or Scottish). He came to Denmark in 1650, possibly after working in Sweden, as his travel money was paid out by a Danish resident in Stockholm. He was a glasshardener and on 5th December 1652 he took royal service as glass-master. In 1658 he was given land to build a glassworks but the seige of Copenhagen prevented it. In 1659 he became 'styck' lieutenant for the artillery, and later a captain in the ammunitions laboratory. He sailed to the Zealand coast and surprised prince Emanuel of Anhalt-Plotzkau in his quarters and took him and his people as prisoners to Fyn. That year Colnet made company chief and major. In 1675 he became the artillery's highest commanding officer in Copenhagen and he was active in the 1676 seige of Landskrona, where he was made lieutenant colonel. He was still in service in 1680.

Dansk Biografiskt Lexicon, 1633-44, vol.3.

Service record

SWEDEN, STOCKHOLM
Arrived 1649-01-01, as OFFICER
Departed 1649-12-31, as LT. COLONEL
Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY
DENMARK-NORWAY, COPENHAGEN
Arrived 1652-12-05
Departed 1658-12-31
Capacity MASTER GLASS WORKER, purpose ROYAL SERVANT
DENMARK-NORWAY, ARTILLERY
Arrived 1659-01-01, as LIEUTENANT
Departed 1680-12-31, as LT. COLONEL
Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY