page_title: Steen Andersen Bille (1751–1833)
section_title: Personal life
hierarchical_section_title: Steen Andersen Bille (1751–1833) / Personal life
caption_attribution_description: English: Frederikke Vilhelmine Bille (1771–1851), wife of Steen Andersen Bille (1751–1833)
context_page_description: Steen Andersen Bille (1751–1833) was a Danish naval officer and a member of the Bille family. He rose to the rank of admiral and became a Privy Counselor during the period of Denmark's policy of "armed neutrality" following the Gunboat War. He was instrumental in the rebuilding of the Danish Navy after 1814.
context_section_description: He married Frederikke Vilhelmine Charlotte Bornemann on 6 December 1790. She was the youngest  daughter of Vilhelm Hansen Bornemann (1731-1801) and Talche (Thalia) Storm /1738-1779). His wife bore him three four children, Thalia Amalia Bille (1792-1820), Sophie Steensdatter Bille (1794-97), Ernst Wilhelm Bille (1795-1821), and Steen Andersen Bille (1797-1883) who became a vice admiral in the Royal Danish Nacy..
  “Do right, and fear nobody" was his life's motto.  He died on 15 April 1833 and is buried in the Cemetery of Holmen, Copenhagen.
caption: Frederikke Vilhelmine Bille
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