Carl Emil Moltke (9 January 1773 – 19 March 1858) was a

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diplomat and landowner. He owned Aagaard from 1804 and Nørager from 1837.

Early life and education

Moltke was born at

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, the son of

Adam Gottlob Moltke Count Adam Gottlob von Moltke (10 November 171025 September 1792) was a Danish courtier, statesman and diplomat, and Favourite of Frederick V of Denmark. Moltke was born at Riesenhof in Mecklenburg. His son, Joachim Godske Moltke, and his gra ...

(1710–92) and Sophie Hedevig Raben (1733–1802). He was the brother of Otto Joachim Moltke and Gebhard Moltke-Hvitfeldt and the half-brother of Adam Gottlob Ferdinand Moltke, Caspar Moltke, Joachim Godske Moltke and Ludvig Moltke (1745–1824).

Career as naval officer

He entered the Naval Cadet Academy in 1786 and was created

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in 1789. In 1791–92, he served under Captain Poul de Løvenørn on an expedition to

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. In 1793, he entered British service as part of his training. In 1797, he was created

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. He was dispatched from the Navy in 1803.

Diplomatic career

Moltke began his diplomatic career in 1793 as secretary at the Danish legation in Lisbon. In 1801, he transferred to

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where he for a while served as chargé d'affaires. In 1804, he was appointed as Danish envoy in

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but not accredited as such until three years later. He had to leave Stockholm the following year as a result of the war. He was in 1808 appointed as envoy in

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but did not fully assume the office until in 1815. In the intermediate years, he was used for various diplomatic missions, for instance in 1813 to the Russian headquarters in

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where he was to request Alexander I's mediation in the conflict with England. After five years in the Hague, Moltke was transferred to

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. He discontinued his diplomatic career in 1822.

Honours and public offices

Moltke was appointed as chamberlain in 1804 and as ''Gehejmekonferensråd'' in 1820. He was a member of Roskilde Provincial Assembly in 1835–46 and was in 1840 appointed as ''ordenssekretær''.

Personal life

Moltke married Asta Thusnelda Münster-Meinhövel (1788–1842), a daughter of Georg Werner August Dietrich Münster-Meinhövel (1751–1801) and Isabella Johanne Charlotte Ompteda (Amalie Münster) (1767–1814), on 5 July 1807 in the Farrison Church in Copenhagen. She bore him one son, Ernst Moltke ( 2 January 1822 – March 1896). Moltke purchased Aagaard in 1804. He settled on the estate when he discontinued his diplomatic career in 1822. He purchased Nørager in 1837 and spent most of his last years on the estate. He died on 19 March 1858.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Moltke, Carl Emil 19th-century Danish naval officers Royal Danish Naval Academy alumni Danish counts 19th-century Danish diplomats 19th-century Danish landowners People from Faxe Municipality Moltke family 1773 births 1858 deaths