Haxthausen, August, baron de (1738-1793)

Danish courtier and army officer.

Second lieutenant (1754), major general (1777), then lieutenant general (1785). Gentleman-in-waiting (1759). Chamberlain (1766).

Son of Christian Frederik and Margrethe Hedevig (Juel) Haxthausen. Married (1) Baroness Charlotte Amalie Wedel Jarlsberg (1765). Married (2) Dorothea Sophie Schack- Rathlou (1774). Married (3) Countess Christiane Caroline Holstein (1792).