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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|17th-century Danish captain and governor of Danish India}}<br />
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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Christian Porck<br />
| order = 11th & 13th<br />
| monarch = [[Christian V]]<br />
| country = [[Denmark–Norway]]<br />
| predecessor = [[Wolf Henrik von Kalnein]]<br />
| successor = [[Moritz Hartmann (officer)|Moritz Hartmann]]<br />
| term_start = October 1687<br />
| term_end = 1689<br />
| term =<br />
| birth_date = Unknown<br />
| birth_place = Denmark–Norway<br />
| death_date = 1694<br />
| death_place = [[Tranquebar]], [[Danish India]]<br />
| allegiance = Denmark–Norway<br />
| rank = [[Captain]]<br />
| office = Governor of Tranquebar<br />
| term_start2 = 1690<br />
| term_end2 = 1694<br />
| monarch2 = Christian V<br />
| predecessor2 = Moritz Hartmann<br />
| successor2 = [[Claus Vogdt]]<br />
| service_years = {{circa|1687–1694}} <br />
}}<br />
'''Christian Porck{{Efn|{{IPA|da|kʁɛsdjan pɒg}}}}''' (alternatively spelled '''Pouch'''; {{Died in|1694}}) was a Danish [[captain]] and [[governor of Tranquebar]] from 1687 to 1689 and again from 1690 to 1694.<br />
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== Career ==<br />
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Porck was installed as Vice Governor of [[Tranquebar]] by Governor [[Wolf Henrik von Kalnein]] in October 1687, being described as a manly ({{Langx|da|mandhaftig|label=none}}) and powerful [[captain]].{{Sfn|Larsen|1940|p=98}} Practically, Porck became governor and was very capable in this position, representing Denmark's interests in the area and stabilizing the colony.{{Sfn|Abrahamson|2000|p=14}}<br />
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In 1689, Porck was excused as governor in favour of [[Moritz Hartmann (officer)|Moritz Hartmann]], who was sent from [[Copenhagen]].{{Sfn|Larsen|1940|p=99}} However, Porck retained his title as Vice Governor and was reinstated as practical governor the following year, as Hartmann left Tranquebar.{{Sfn|Larsen|1940|p=98}}{{Sfn|Hartmann|1895|p=11}}<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Måske har disse boet |url=https://foreningen-trankebar.dk/297016987/421419796 |access-date=2025-07-01 |website=foreningen-trankebar.dk |language=da}}</ref> Subsequently, on 3 October 1691, Porck received an official royal appointment to his position as governor and Commander of [[Dansborg]].{{Sfn|Larsen|1940|p=98}}<ref name=":0" /><br />
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Between 1690 and 1692, Porck improved the [[bastion]]s around the city, which were initiated by the previous governor, von Kalnein. A proposal of his to further the construction of the bastions was adopted by the council of the [[Danish East India Company]] on 13 December 1690. As a result, the number of men working on the construction became {{Circa|150}} over 1,5 years.{{Sfn|Larsen|1940|p=98}} Porck would die in Tranquebar in 1694,{{Sfn|Larsen|1940|p=98}} being succeeded by [[Claus Vogdt]].{{Sfn|Larsen|1940|p=117}}<br />
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== See also ==<br />
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* {{Annotated link|Henrik Eggers}}<br />
* {{Annotated link|Anders Nielsen (colonist)}}<br />
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== Notes and references ==<br />
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=== Notes ===<br />
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=== Works cited ===<br />
* {{Cite book |last=Larsen |first=Kay |url=https://slaegtsbibliotek.dk/922667.pdf |title=Guvernører, Residenter, Kommandanter og Chefer |publisher=Arthur Jensens Forlag |year=1940 |location=[[Copenhagen]] |language=Danish}}<br />
* {{Cite book |last=Hartmann |first=Gudbrand |url=https://slaegtsbibliotek.dk/922077.pdf |title=En familie Hartmann i Danmark og Norge 1615–1895 |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & Sønner |year=1895 |location=[[Oslo]] |language=Danish}}<br />
* {{Cite book |last=Abrahamson |first=Per Olov |url=https://www.islandssamlarna.se/Rapport2000Nr117Mars.pdf |title=Danska Ostindien Vad är det? |publisher=Föreningen Íslandssamlarna |year=2000 |language=sv}}<br />
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[[Category:1694 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Tranquebar]]<br />
[[Category:Governors of Danish India]]<br />
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