Frederik Christian Kaas (1725–1803)

The son of Commander Hans Kaas and Agatha Rodsteen nee Banner, Frederik Christian Kaas was born on 1 December 1725 at Rydbjerg near Ringkøbing fjord. In 1748 he was granted leave to travel to Holland at his own expense for treatment of a wound on one cheek. He married his first wife, Susanne Jacoba Fabritius, in 1757 (she died 1762). In 1764, after a period of dubious health, he married his second wife, Christine Elisabeth Birgitte Juul. ==Service career and promotions==

• 1739 Cadet • From 1746 as a Senior Lieutenant. He held various appointments at the royal court from 1750 to 1760 In 1754 he sailed again to Morocco as captain of the trading ship Fridericus Quartus. Kaas returned to Denmark demanding an investigation and court martial into the failed expedition. This concluded that Kaas and several other senior figures held some degree of blame and, although nobody was found culpable when the enquiry was halted by the government, two officers (including J. H. E. Bernstorff) • 1772 Vice Admiral. Apart from command of a squadron in the Baltic in 1773, the remainder of Kaas' career was spent on administration ashore as leader of the admiralty • 1775 Admiral ==Honours==

• In 1768 he became a Ridder of Dannebrog • In 1790 he was awarded the Order of the Elephant. ==Retirement and death==

Kaas spent much of his retirement from 1781 peacefully on his estate, Fraugdegaard near Odense on the island of Funen. He died 18 January 1803 in Copenhagen. His sarcophagus, and that of his wife, lie side-by-side in the chapel of Fraugde Church. ==Notes==