Gyldenhorn

picture info	Gyldenhorn The Gyldenhorn family was an aristocratic family in The Kingdom of Denmark-Norway originating from Østfold and founded in the 14th century. The name Gyldenhorn was later given by genealogists after the coat of arms, a golden horn. History Descent and claims The House was founded in the 14th century by Oluf Torsteinssøn to Eline (Elingård), who lived around 1420, from whom all members descend. The most prominent member of the family was Erik Erikssøn, who in the 1460s was a bailiff in Skien, since a lawyer in Oslo, wrote «to Eline». His son Erik Erikssøn (ca. 1470 – ca. 1535) was a lawman in Oslo, later a commander at Tunsberghus, in 1524 became a ‘Riksråd’ (councillor) and a commander at Båhus castle, and was married to Eline, daughter of councillor Peder Griis. Their daughter Kirsten married the Danish nobleman Eiler Brockenhuus (died 1546). Estate Elingård is a manor house in Fredrikstad (formerly Onsøy) municipality, about 10 kilometres northwest of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Elingård Elingård (''Elingaard herregård'') is a manor house and an estate located at Fredrikstad in Viken county, Norway. The manor is situated on the Onsøy peninsula outside of Fredrikstad. Elingaard manor is currently operated as a museum. History and description The current main building was erected in the Renaissance style and was completed early in 1749. The building was constructed on two floors and consists of a main wing and two side wings. Outside is a garden laid out in the English manner. Elingård estate was owned by members of the Østby and Gyldenhorn families in the 15th century and of the noble family Brockenhuus in the 16th century. Chancellor of Norway Jens Bjelke acquired the estate through marriage with Sophie Brockenhuus in 1610. With this marriage, he became one of the wealthiest nobles in Norway. It was later inherited by his son, Admiral Henrik Bjelke. Elingård burned down in 1645. In the 18th century the estate was transferred to the Huitfeldt family ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Norwegian Noble Families Aristocracy of Norway refers to Modern history, modern and Medieval Ages, medieval Aristocracy (class), aristocracy in Norway. Additionally, there have been economical, political, and military elites thatrelating to the main lines of History of Norway, Norway's historyare generally accepted as nominal predecessors of the aforementioned. Since the 16th century, modern aristocracy is known as nobility ( no, adel). The very first aristocracy in today's Norway appeared during the Bronze Age (1800 BC500 BC). This bronze aristocracy consisted of several regional elites, whose earliest known existence dates to 1500 BC. Via similar structures in the Iron Age (400 BC793 AD), these entities would reappear as Petty kingdoms of Norway, petty kingdoms before and during the Viking Age, Age of Vikings (7931066). Beside a chieftain or petty king, each kingdom had its own aristocracy. Between 872 and 1050, during the so-called Unification of Norway, unification process, the first national aristoc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Noble Family Nobility is a social class found in many societies that have an aristocracy (class), aristocracy. It is normally ranked immediately below Royal family, royalty. Nobility has often been an Estates of the realm, estate of the realm with many exclusive functions and characteristics. The characteristics associated with nobility may constitute substantial advantages over or relative to non-nobles or simply formal functions (e.g., Order of precedence, precedence), and vary by country and by era. Membership in the nobility, including rights and responsibilities, is typically Hereditary title, hereditary and Patrilinearity, patrilineal. Membership in the nobility has historically been granted by a monarch or government, and acquisition of sufficient power, wealth, ownerships, or royal favour has occasionally enabled commoners to ascend into the nobility. There are often a variety of ranks within the noble class. Legal recognition of nobility has been much more common in monarchies, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Wedel-Jarlsberg The Count of Wedel-Jarlsberg (also ''Wedel Jarlsberg'') is a title of the Norwegian nobility and of the Danish nobility. The family of Wedel-Jarlsberg is a branch of the larger family von Wedel, which comes from Pomerania, Germany. Family members have had a significant position in the 18th and 19th centuries' Norwegian history. Feudal Count Johan Caspar Herman Wedel-Jarlsberg played in 1814 an active role in the constitutional assembly at Eidsvoll, and was the first native Norwegian to hold the post of Governor-general of Norway (representing the absent king as head of the Norwegian cabinet) during the union with Sweden. History The family's oldest known ancestors lived in Pomerania, but it is assumed that the family originated in Holstein and that is named for Wedel, a small town (now a suburb) just outside Hamburg. Gustav Wilhelm von Wedel (1641–1717) entered the service of Denmark–Norway and became commanding general in Norway in 1681. He bought the estate of Jarlsberg an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Huitfeldt (noble Family) Huitfeldt is a Norwegian noble family. Name and origin Huitfeldt is originally an old Danish noble family. It came to Norway around 1581 with Anders Huitfeldt (ca. 1555–1620). In 1582 he married Margrete Pedersdatter Litle, the daughter of Peder Hansen Litle, officer in command at Akershus Fortress, and Ingeborg Nilsdatter Gyllenløve. Anders Huitfeldt became the owner of the seat farm Tronstad (''Tronstad Gård'') in Hurum in Buskerud, which for 220 years remained in the family's possession. In Denmark, the family's certainly documented paternal line goes back to Henrik Nielsen (fl. 1429) in Ventofte on Funen. During the Middle Ages, the family used the name ''Hogenskild''. Among these are the known knight Claus Hogenskild (fl. 1386) and member of the Council of the Kingdom Lord Peder Hogenskild (ca. 1400–1478). In 1526, when King Frederik I of Denmark and Norway instructed the Danish nobility to adopt permanent family names, the family took the name Huitfeldt based on t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Bjelke (noble Family) {{More citations needed, date=June 2022 Bjelke, also spelled ''Bielke'', was a Danish nobility, Danish and Norwegian nobility, Norwegian noble family, known since the mid-15th century and extinct in 1868. History The family's progenitor was Josef Andersen of Gyllarp in Scania, living in the middle of the 15th century. His son Tilluf Josefsen to Gyllarp was the father of Jens Tillufsen Bjelke, who by his marriage to Lucie Nielsdatter Gyldenløve (noble family), Gyldenløve came to possess Austrått Fortress and Estate i Ørland, Norway. In the 17th century, this family was among the mightiest in the kingdom. The last man of the family was Carl Frederik Bjelke (1837–1868). Coat of arms The family's arms are a silver shield depicting two blue Beam (structure), beams ( no, bjelke). The coat of arms appears, among other places, in family members' wax seals, in heraldic artworks at Austrått Fortress, and in a portrait of Ove Bjelke. Connection to other families The family has n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Oluf Torsteinssøn Olaf of Denmark – Danish: ''Oluf'' - may refer to: * Olaf I of Denmark * Olaf II of Denmark no, Olav Håkonsson , house = Bjelbo , father = Haakon VI of Norway , mother = Margaret I of Denmark , birth_date = , birth_place = Akershus Castle, Oslo , death_date = , death_place = Falsterbo Ca ... {{hndis, Oluf of Denmark ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Østfold Østfold is a traditional region, a former county and a current electoral district in southeastern Norway. It borders Akershus and southwestern Sweden (Västra Götaland County and Värmland), while Buskerud and Vestfold are on the other side of Oslofjord. The county's administrative seat was Sarpsborg. The county controversially became part of the newly established Viken County on 1 January 2020. Many manufacturing facilities are situated here, such as the world's most advanced biorefinery, Borregaard in Sarpsborg. Fredrikstad has shipyards. There are granite mines in Østfold and stone from these were used by Gustav Vigeland. The county slogan is "The heartland of Scandinavia". The local dialects are characterized by their geographical proximity to Sweden. The name The old name of the Oslofjord was ''Fold''; ''Østfold'' means 'the region east of the Fold' (see also Vestfold). The name was first recorded in 1543; in the Middle Ages the name of the county was ''Borgarsysla'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]