Nils Nilsen Lemming was born in 1656, in Denmark. He married Fru Lemming in 1679, in Hjørring, Nordjylland, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died on 23 June 1726, in Hjørring, Nordjylland, Denmark, at the age of 70.
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The Royal Danish Naval Academy was established in 1701 to educate then commission all officers into the Royal Danish Navy. It is the oldest, still-existing, officers' academy in the world.
The Royal Danish Military Academy educated and commissioned all officers for the Royal Danish Army. The Military Academy function was initiated in 1713 by request of King Frederick IV on inspiration from the Naval Academy.
Danish: habitational name from any of several places called Lemming, named with lem, either ‘lamb’ or ‘limb, twig’ + the suffix -ing denoting a place, i.e. ‘the place with the lambs or twigs’.
German: from a pet form of Lambert , see Lemme .
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