Jean de Coninck
Jean de Coninck was a Dutch-Danish merchant and ship-owner. In 1785, he joined his elder brother, Frédéric de Coninck, as partner in theBiography
Jean de Coninck was born in the Netherlands, the son of Jean de C. and Susanne Esther de Rapin de Thoyras.
His first wife, Theodora van Schellebeck, died just 23 years old in Holland. He moved to Copenhagen in 1784, On 7 January 1785, he was married to Christiane Cathrine Reiersen, a younger sister of Niels Lunde Reisersen. In early February, he replaced Reiersen as partner of Coninck & Reiersen.
His wife gave birth to the daughter Anna Elisabeth in 1786 and the son Jean Frederik in 1788. She died in labour with their third child in 1789.
Jean de Coninck purchased the country house Marienborg in 1803.
In 1806, he purchased the Royal Danish Silk Manufactory in Bredgade in a partnership with his brother, Charles August Selby and William Duntzfelt.
