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Frederik De Løvenørn
Frederik de Løvenørn (6 January 1715 — 15 October 1779) was a Danish naval officer who later served as county governor of Antvorskov and Jorsør counties. Early life and beckground Løvenørn was born on 6 January 1715, the son of Poul Vendelbo Løvenørn and Ingeborg Vinding. His father bought Bregentved Manor from the king on very favourable conditions in 1721. In the 1730s, he served as Secretary of War and Minister of the Navy. Career Løvenørn became naval officer in 1734. On 4 March 1740, he reached the rank of commander captain. In 1740 he also inherited Bregentved from his father but sold the estate back to the king the same year. In the same year, he was also appointed a Supreme Court justice. On 26 November 1746, he was appointed councillor (''deputeret'') in the Admiralitets- og KommissariatsKollegium. On 15 September 1747, he was awarded the title of ''Konferensraad''. From 11 August 1751 until his death, he served as county governor of Antvorskov and Korsø ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of County Governors Of Antvorskov
A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but lists are frequently written down on paper, or maintained electronically. Lists are "most frequently a tool", and "one does not ''read'' but only ''uses'' a list: one looks up the relevant information in it, but usually does not need to deal with it as a whole".Lucie Doležalová,The Potential and Limitations of Studying Lists, in Lucie Doležalová, ed., ''The Charm of a List: From the Sumerians to Computerised Data Processing'' (2009). Purpose It has been observed that, with a few exceptions, "the scholarship on lists remains fragmented". David Wallechinsky, a co-author of ''The Book of Lists'', described the attraction of lists as being "because we live in an era of overstimulation, especially in terms of information, and lists help us ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1715 Births
Events For dates within Great Britain and the British Empire, as well as in the Russian Empire, the "old style" Julian calendar was used in 1715, and can be converted to the "new style" Gregorian calendar (adopted in the British Empire in 1752 and in Russia in 1923) by adding 11 days. January–March * January 13 – A fire in London, described by some as the worst since the Great Fire of London (1666) almost 50 years earlier, starts on Thames Street when fireworks prematurely explode "in the house of Mr. Walker, an oil man"; more than 100 houses are consumed in the blaze, which continues over to Tower Street before it is controlled. * January 22 – Voting begins for the British House of Commons and continues for the next 46 days in different constituencies on different days. * February 11 – Tuscarora War: The Tuscarora and their allies sign a peace treaty with the Province of North Carolina, and agree to move to a reservation near Lake Mattamus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Governors Of Denmark
A county () is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposesL. Brookes (ed.) ''Chambers Dictionary''. Edinburgh: Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2005. in some nations. The term is derived from the Old French denoting a jurisdiction under the sovereignty of a count (earl) or, in his stead, a viscount (''vicomte'').C. W. Onions (Ed.) ''The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology''. Oxford University Press, 1966. Literal equivalents in other languages, derived from the equivalent of "count", are now seldom used officially, including , , , , , , , and Slavic '' zhupa''; terms equivalent to 'commune' or 'community' are now often instead used. When the Normans conquered England, they brought the term with them. Although there were at first no counts, ''vicomtes'' or counties in Anglo-Norman England, the earlier Anglo-Saxons did have earls, sheriffs and shires. The shires were the districts that became the historic counties of England, and given the same Lat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
18th-century Danish Nobility
The 18th century lasted from 1 January 1701 (represented by the Roman numerals MDCCI) to 31 December 1800 (MDCCC). During the 18th century, elements of Enlightenment thinking culminated in the Atlantic Revolutions. Revolutions began to challenge the legitimacy of monarchical and aristocratic power structures. The Industrial Revolution began mid-century, leading to radical changes in human society and the environment. The European colonization of the Americas and other parts of the world intensified and associated mass migrations of people grew in size as part of the Age of Sail. During the century, slave trading expanded across the shores of the Atlantic Ocean, while declining in Russia and China. Western historians have occasionally defined the 18th century otherwise for the purposes of their work. For example, the "short" 18th century may be defined as 1715–1789, denoting the period of time between the death of Louis XIV of France and the start of the French Revolution, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Adolph Raben
Carl Adolph Raben (1744—1784) was a Danish court official, county governor and landowner. He owned the estates Næsbyholm and Bavelse. Early life Raben was born on 27 October 1744, the son of Christian Frederik Raben and Berte von Piessen. Career In 1760, he became court page (''Kammerjunker''. In 1665, he became an assistant in Rentekammeret. In 1765, he became ''kammerjunker'' for queen Caroline Matilda. In 1768, he created chamberlain (''kammerherre''). In 1774, he became lord chamberlain (''Hofmarskal'') for Frederick.From 28 April 1780 to 31 December 1780, he served as county governor of Antvorskov and Korsør counties. On 1 January 1681, he was appointed as county governor of Sorø and Ringsted counties. He concurrently served as ''overhofmester'' of Sorø Academy. He held these posts until 5 March 1674. Property In 1775, Raben bought the estates Næsbyholm and Bavelse from Johan Ludvig Holstein. Personal life Taben was married to Dorothea Magdalene Buchwald ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Villum Berregaard
Villum Berregaard (2 January 1717 - 1 December 1769) was a Denmark, Danish government official and Supreme Court justice. Early life and education Berregaard was born on 2 January 1717 at Antvorskov, the son of chamberlain Christian Frederik Berregaard (1683–1750) and Jytte Worm (1683–1741). His father was a major landowner whose holdings included til Kølbygård, Borreby and Antvorskow. He was the cousin on Bolle Luxdorph. Career In 1736, Berregaard was apponted as ''hofjunker.. In the same year, he became a councillor (''kommiteret') in kammerkollegiet. In 1741, Berregaard was apponted as country governor of Korsør and Antvorskov. In 1771, he became a councillor (''deputeret'') in Admiralitets- og Kommissariatskollegiet. In 1753, he was also appointed as a Supreme Court justice. In 1759, he became director of the Poor Authority (''De Fattiages Værn''). In 1763, he became director of the Økonomi- og Kommercekollegiet. In 1767, he became 1st Councillor in Ekstraskattekommi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
