Carl Adolph Rothe

[1] The Rothe family originates from Germany, coming to Denmark in the end of the 17th century.

The couple had no less than eight children: Louis, Anna Rosine, Andrea Bjørn, Karen, Charlotte Elisabeth, Martha Gustava, Margrethe Christine and Louise.

[3] Rothe joined the Danish navy as a naval volunteer (cadet) in 1778 and on 2 April 1783 he was commissioned as an officer in the rank of a Second Lieutenant.

In his naval career Rothe, fought in the Battle of Copenhagen in 1801 against the British fleet, commanding the ship (pram) Nyborg.

After that battle, in which he was wounded, he spent two months as an English prisoner of war in Göteborg, Sweden.