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The House of Danneskiold-Samsøe is a
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family of high nobility associated with the Danish Royal Family, and who formerly held the island of Samsø as a fief. By royal statutory regulation, the Counts Danneskiold-Samsøe and their male-line descendants are ranked as the second-highest nobles in Denmark, second only to the
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, who also descend from the
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. With a place in the 1st Class No. 13, they are entitled to the style " His/Her Excellency". The family uses a traditional spelling of the name; a modern spelling would be ''Danneskjold-Samsø''.


History

The name was created for several descendants of Danish monarchs of the House of Oldenburg, born of their liaisons with royal mistresses. The first grantees were children from the 1677 marriage between Countess Antoinette von Aldenburg and
Ulrik Frederik Gyldenløve, Count of Laurvig Ulrik is a male name, a Scandinavian form of Ulrich. Ulrik may refer to: *Ulrik Frederik Christian Arneberg (1829–1911), Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party *Albert Ulrik Bååth (1853–1912), Swedish poet *Ulrik Balling (born 1975), ...
, a celebrated (Norwegian) general and the son of
Frederick III of Denmark Frederick III ( da, Frederik; 18 March 1609 – 9 February 1670) was King of Denmark and Norway from 1648 until his death in 1670. He also governed under the name Frederick II as diocesan administrator (colloquially referred to as prince-bi ...
by his mistress
Margrethe Pape Margrethe Pape (1620–1684) was a Danish baroness. She was the mistress of King Frederick III of Denmark and the mother of Ulrik Frederik Gyldenløve Ulrik Frederik Gyldenløve, Count of Laurvig (20 July 1638 – 17 April 1704) was Governor-gener ...
. King
Christian V Christian V (15 April 1646 25 August 1699) was king of Denmark and Norway from 1670 until his death in 1699. Well-regarded by the common people, he was the first king anointed at Frederiksborg Castle chapel as absolute monarch since the decree ...
, the count's half-brother, granted a comital title to all of his male-line descendants. The next grantees were all the children of
Christian Gyldenløve Christian Gyldenløve, Count of Samsøe (Copenhagen, 28 February 1674 – Odense, 16 July 1703), was a Danish nobleman and military officer. He was one of five illegitimate children fathered by Christian V of Denmark with Sophie Amalie Moth. H ...
, Count of Samsø, the eldest son of Christian V by his mistress
Sophie Amalie Moth Sophie Amalie Moth, Countess of Samsøe (28 March 1654 – 17 January 1719) was the officially acknowledged royal mistress of King Christian V of Denmark. Together they had six acknowledged illegitimate children, all of whom bore the surname G ...
in 1696. He married his cousin, Countess Antoinette Augusta von Aldenburg (1660-1701) (eldest daughter of Count Anton I von Aldenburg und Knyphausen and his first wife, Countess Auguste Johanna zu
Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein was a county and later principality between Hesse-Darmstadt and Westphalia. History The county with imperial immediacy was formed by the 1657 partition of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Wittgenstein and raised from a county to ...
, himself a legitimated son of Anton Gunther, last independent Count of Oldenburg). The male Danneskiold-Laurvigen line was extinguished in 1783, and the Laurvig countship was inherited through an heiress by the noble Danish line of
Ahlefeldt family The House of Ahlefeldt is an ancient German and Danish noble family. It has similar coat of arms with the von Rumohr family, which indicates that they have descended from one House. Legend According to legend, the family descended from "Hunol ...
. In 1786, François Xavier Joseph Gyldenløve, second Count of Løvendal, great-grandson of Count Ulrik Frederik's first marriage, was granted the surname Danneskiold as wel

but this Danneskiold-Løvendal branch, too, was extinguished in its male line upon the death of his childless son in 1829. The first marriage of Count Christian produced only daughters, but the issue of his second marriage succeeded to the countship of Samsø and continues in male line, bearing the surname "Danneskiold-Samsøe". All Danneskiolds since 1829 have been descendants of the eldest son of Christian V and his mistress Sofie Amalie Moth (1654-1719), whom the king elevated to be the first '' Danish nobility, Lensgrevinde til Samsø'' ("Countess of Samsø"). A descendant, Countess Frederikke Louise Danneskiold-Samsøe (1699-1744,) married her kinsman Christian August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1696-1754), a
partitioned-off duke thumb , upright , John II was the first of the partitioned-off dukes. After his death his territory was divided into several partitioned off microstates In the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein, the term "partitioned-off duke" (''German'': Abg ...
, and from whose marriage all the future Augustenburgs descend. The present comital family numbers the noble families Ahlefeldt, Frijs-Frijsenborg, Kaas, Trolle, Ulfeldt,
Huitfeldt Huitfeldt is a Norwegian and Danish surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Anniken Huitfeldt (born 1969), Norwegian politician representing the Norwegian Labour Party, appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs in 2021 * Arild Huitfeldt (1 ...
, Sehested,
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, Rosenkrantz, Rantzau,
Reventlow Reventlow is the name of a Holstein and Mecklenburg Dano-German noble family, which belongs to the Equites Originarii Schleswig-Holstein. Alternate spellings include Revetlo, Reventlo, Reventlau, Reventlou, Reventlow, Refendtlof and Reffentloff ...
,
Brahe Brahe (originally ''Bragde'') is the name of two closely related Scanian noble families who were influential in both Danish and Swedish history. Danish family The first member of the family using the name Brahe is speculated to have been Verner B ...
,
Grubbe Grubbe is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Eiler Grubbe (1532–1585), Danish statesman *Emil Grubbe (1875—1960), American radiologist *Evert Grubbe (died after 1492), Danish nobleman *Marie Grubbe (1643–1718), Danish noble ...
, Krag til Juellund, and Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs among their ancestress-linked relatives. The present head of the family is Mikkel Archibald Valdemar Christian Count Danneskiold-Samsoe, with the style of ''Excellency''.


Other Danneskiolds


Danneskiold-Løvendal

Frederik III Frederick III ( da, Frederik; 18 March 1609 – 9 February 1670) was King of Denmark and Norway from 1648 until his death in 1670. He also governed under the name Frederick II as diocesan administrator (colloquially referred to as prince-bi ...
's son with
Margrethe Pape Margrethe Pape (1620–1684) was a Danish baroness. She was the mistress of King Frederick III of Denmark and the mother of Ulrik Frederik Gyldenløve Ulrik Frederik Gyldenløve, Count of Laurvig (20 July 1638 – 17 April 1704) was Governor-gener ...
,
Ulrik Frederik Gyldenløve Ulrik Frederik Gyldenløve, Count of Laurvig (20 July 1638 – 17 April 1704) was Governor-general of Norway (''Stattholdere i Norge'') from 1664–1699. He was the leading general in Norway during the Scanian War, whose Norwegian leg is conventio ...
's sons from his first marriage to Sophie Urne, Carl and Woldemar (1660-1740) became barons of Løvendal in 1662, the latter's son Ulrik Frederik Woldemar was elevated in 1741 by the king of Poland to regent, and his son, Major General and french Marshal François Xavier Joseph Danneskiold-Løvendal (1742-1808), was admitted in 1778 to the Danish court with the name Danneskiold-Løvendal. This line became extinct in 1829 with his son Carl Valdemar Count Danneskiold-Løvendal (1773-1829).


Danneskiold-Laurvig

Ulrik Frederik Gyldenløve's children from his third marriage to Countess Antoinette Augusta von Aldenburg were named Danneskiold in 1693. The son,
Ferdinand Anton Ferdinand is a Germanic name composed of the elements "protection", "peace" (PIE "to love, to make peace") or alternatively "journey, travel", Proto-Germanic , abstract noun from root "to fare, travel" (PIE , "to lead, pass over"), and "co ...
, founded the count's line Danneskiold-Laurvig. He owned the County of Laurvig in Norway , was director of the West Indies-Guinea Company and built it since the Counts Moltke belonging to the
Palace A palace is a grand residence, especially a royal residence, or the home of a head of state or some other high-ranking dignitary, such as a bishop or archbishop. The word is derived from the Latin name palātium, for Palatine Hill in Rome which ...
in Bredgade in Copenhagen. With his son Christian Conrad, Count Danneskiold-Laurwigen, the line also died out in 1783.


Notable family members

* Frederik Danneskiold-Samsøe (1703-1770), politician, minister, admiral, chief of the Danish-Norwegian marine *
Christian Conrad Danneskiold-Samsøe Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words '' Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρ ...
(1774-1823), councillor, board member, landowner and magistrate *
Henriette Danneskiold-Samsøe Johanne Henriette Valentine Danneskiold-Samsøe née Kaas (12 August 1776 28 July 1843) was a Danish countess who, when widowed, fulfilled her former husband's plans by founding the Holmegaard Glass Factory near Næstved in 1825. In so doing, sh ...
(1776–1843), businesswoman, founder of
Holmegaard Glass Factory Holmegaard Glass Factory ( da, Holmegaards Glasværk) is a glass factory located in the former municipality of Holmegaard just outside Næstved. History The home of Holmegaard Glassworks is located in the town of Fensmark, Holmegaard. The compa ...
*
Countess Louise Sophie Danneskiold-Samsøe Countess Louise Sophie of Danneskiold-Samsøe (22 September 1796 – 11 March 1867) was a member of a Danish noble family descended illegitimately from Christian V of Denmark, and the wife of Christian August II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonder ...
, (1796-1867) *
Christian Conrad Sophus Danneskiold-Samsøe (1836-1908) Christian Conrad Sophus, Count Danneskiold-Samsøe (29 August 1836 - 1 November 1908), normally referred to as Christian Danneskiold-Samsøe, was member of the Danish comital family Danneskiold-Samsøe, landowner and administrative leader of the Ro ...
theatre director *
Ulrich Friedrich Woldemar von Löwendal Ulrich Friedrich Woldemar Graf von Löwendal (russian: Ульрих Фридрих Вольдемар граф фон Левендаль, tr. ; 1700–1755) was a German officer and statesman. Life Graf von Löwendal served first under German ...
(1700-1755) *
Ferdinand Anton Danneskiold-Laurvig Ferdinand Anton Danneskiold-Laurvig (or Laurwigen; 1 July 1688 – 18 September 1754), count of Larvik, ''Gehejmekonferensråd'' ( Privy Councillor) and director of the Danish West India Company from 1723. Early life and education The son of Ul ...
(1688-1754)


Agnatic succession

* Elimar I, Count of Oldenburg (1040–1108) **
Elimar II, Count of Oldenburg Elimar II (also Egilmar) was Count of Oldenburg from 1108 through 1142. He was son of Elimar I, Count of Oldenburg and his wife Richenza. Marriage and issue Elimar married before 1102 Eilika of Werl-Rietberg, daughter of Henry, Count of Rietberg, ...
(1070–1142) ***
Christian I, Count of Oldenburg Christian I, known as "the Quarrelsome" (died 1167), was Count of Oldenburg from 1143 to 1167. He was son of Elimar II, Count of Oldenburg and wife Eilika von Werl-Rietberg, Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh (editor). Burke's Guide to the Royal Family ...
(† 1167) ****
Maurice, Count of Oldenburg Maurice I (german: Moritz I.; ca. 1145 – ca. 1211) was Count of Oldenburg from 1169 through 1211. He was the son of Count Christian I of Oldenburg and his wife Kunigunde. Marriage and issue He married Salome, the daughter of Otto II, Count of ...
(1145–1211) *****
Christian II, Count of Oldenburg Christian II, Count of Oldenburg (died 1233) was a German nobleman. He was the ruling Count of Oldenburg from 1209 until his death. Life He was a son of Maurice I of Oldenburg (died 1211) and his wife Salome of Wickerode. After his father' ...
(1184–1233) ******
John I, Count of Oldenburg John I, Count of Oldenburg ( – ) was a ruling Count of Oldenburg from 1233 until his death. Life His father, Christian II, had ruled jointly with his uncle, Otto I. After Christian II died in 1233, Otto I acted as guardian for the underage ...
(1204–1270) *******
Christian III, Count of Oldenburg Christian III, Count of Oldenburg (first attested in 12691285) was a ruling Count of Oldenburg. His parents were John I of Oldenburg and Richeza (or ''Rixa'') of Hoya-Stumpenhausen. Life Christian III was first mentioned in a document in 126 ...
(1234–1285) ********
John II, Count of Oldenburg John II, Count of Oldenburg (german: Johann II. Graf von Oldenburg; died c. 1314 or 1316) was Count of Oldenburg from 1275 until around 1301. He was the son of Christian III, Count of Oldenburg. His mother was either Hedwig von Oldenburg in Wild ...
(1272–1315) ********* Conrad I, Count of Oldenburg (1300–1347) ********** Christian V, Count of Oldenburg (1342–1399) *********** Dietrich, Count of Oldenburg (1390–1440) ************
King Christian I of Denmark Christian I (February 1426 – 21 May 1481) was a Scandinavian monarch under the Kalmar Union. He was king of Denmark (1448–1481), Norway (1450–1481) and Sweden (1457–1464). From 1460 to 1481, he was also duke of Schleswig (within ...
(1426–1481) ************* King Frederick I of Denmark (1471–1533) ************** King Christian III of Denmark (1503–1559) ***************
King Frederick II of Denmark Frederick II (1 July 1534 – 4 April 1588) was King of Denmark and Norway and Duke of Schleswig and Holstein from 1559 until his death. A member of the House of Oldenburg, Frederick began his personal rule of Denmark-Norway at the age of ...
(1534–1588) **************** King Christian IV of Denmark (1577–1648) ***************** King Frederick III of Denmark (1577–1648) ****************** Ulrik Frederik Gyldenløve, Count of Løvendal (1638–1704) ******************* Count Carl Danneskiold-Løvendal (1660-1689) ******************* Count Woldemar Danneskiold-Løvendal (1660–1740) ******************** Count Ulrich Friedrich Danneskiold-Løvendal (1694–1754) ******************** Count Ulrich Friedrich Woldemar Danneskiold-Løvendal (1700–1755) ********************* Count Woldemar Henrik Danneskiold-Løvendal (1723-1724) ********************* Count Frederik Woldemar Danneskiold-Løvendal (1724-1740) ********************* Count Franz Xaver Danneskiold-Løvendal (1742–1808) ********************** Count Carl Woldemar Danneskiold-Løvendal (1773–1829) ******************* Count Ulrik Frederik Danneskiold-Laurvig (1678) ******************* Count Christian Anton Danneskiold-Laurvig (1679-1679) ******************* Count Frederik Christian Danneskiold-Laurvig (1681-1696) ******************* Ferdinand Anton, Count of Laurvig (1688–1754) ******************** Count Frederik Ludwig Danneskiold-Laurvig (1717–1762) ********************* Count Christian Frederik Danneskiold-Laurvig (1717–1762) ******************** Count Ulrich Ferdinand Danneskiold-Laurvig (1720) ******************** Count Christian Conrad Danneskiold-Laurvig (1723–1783) ****************** King Christian V of Denmark (1646–1699) ******************* King Frederick IV of Denmark (1646–1699) ******************* Prince Christian William of Denmark (1672–1673) *******************
Prince Christian of Denmark Prince Christian of Denmark, Count of Monpezat (Christian Valdemar Henri John; born 15 October 2005) is a member of the Danish royal family. He is the eldest child of Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary. A grandson of Queen Margrethe ...
(1675–1695) ******************* Prince Charles of Denmark (1680–1729) *******************
Prince William of Denmark Prince William of Denmark and Norway or Prince Vilhelm (21 February 1687 – 23 November 1705) was the youngest son of Christian V of Denmark and Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel (27 April 1650 – 27 March 1714) ...
(1687–1705) ******************* Christian Gyldenløve, Count of Samsøe (1674–1703) ******************** Count Christian Danneskiold-Samsøe (1702-1728) ********************* Count Frederik Christian Danneskiold-Samsøe (1722-1778) ********************** Count Christian Conrad Danneskiold-Samsøe (1774-1823) *********************** Count Frederik Christian Danneskiold-Samsøe (1798-1869) *********************** Count Christian Conrad Sophus Danneskiold-Samsøe (1800-1886) ************************ Count Christian Danneskiold-Samsøe (1838-1914) ************************* Count Christian Emil Robert Danneskiold-Samsøe (1884-1886) ************************* Count Aage Conrad Danneskiold-Samsøe (1886-1945) ************************ Count Christian Ernest Danneskiold-Samsøe (1840-1908) *********************** Count Magnus Otto Sophus Danneskiold-Samsøe (1804-1894) ************************ Count Christian Conrad Sophus Danneskiold-Samsøe (1836-1908) ************************* Count Christian Valdemar Danneskiold-Samsøe (1864-1931) ************************** Count James Christian Carl Sophus Danneskiold-Samsøe (1900-1966) *************************** Count Valdemar Dale Danneskiold-Samsøe (1935-2016) **************************** ''Count Mikkel Archibald Valdemar Christian Danneskiold-Samsøe (b. 1971)'' **************************** ''Count Frederik Valdemar Mikkel Hannibal Danneskiold-Samsøe (b. 1985)'' **************************** ''Count Christian Valdemar Gustav Mikkel Danneskiold-Samsøe (b. 1987)'' **************************** ''Count Kevin Christopher Christian Mikkel Danneskiold-Samsøe (b. 1990)'' **************************** ''Count Sofus Charles Valdemar Mikkel Danneskiold-Samsøe (b. 1992)'' **************************** Count Oliver James Mikkel Alexander Danneskiold-Samsøe (2000-2016) ************************* Count Viggo Danneskiold-Samsøe (1874-1936) ************************** Count Knud Danneskiold-Samsøe (1900-1969) ************************** Count Hans Christian Erik Viggo Danneskiold-Samsøe (1915-1975) *************************** ''Count Carl Christian Erik Leopold Danneskiold-Samsøe (b. 1945)'' *************************** ''Count Frederik Jost Conrad Erling Danneskiold-Samsøe (b. 1946)'' *************************** ''Count Christian Jürg Heinrich Caspar Danneskiold-Samsøe (b. 1951)'' *************************** ''Count Kaj Ulf Carl Johan Danneskiold-Samsøe (b. 1959)'' *************************** ''Count Ulrik Otto Hubert Viggo Danneskiold-Samsøe (b. 1965)'' **************************** ''Count Philip Christian Ulrik Manuel Danneskiold-Samsøe (b. 1989)'' **************************** ''Count Niklas Christian Sophus Laszlo Danneskiold-Samsøe (b. 1990)'' ************************** Count Niels Frederik Kjeld Viggo Danneskiold-Samsøe (1916-1994) *************************** ''Count Ulrik Christian Lauritz Danneskiold-Samsøe (b. 1945)'' **************************** ''Count Niels Danneskiold-Samsøe (b. 1982)'' *************************** ''Count Otto Frederik Aage Danneskiold-Samsøe (b. 1947)'' **************************** ''Count Rolf Danneskiold-Samsøe (b. 1976)'' **************************** ''Count Helge Danneskiold-Samsøe (b. 1981)'' *************************** ''Count Kjeld Viggo Gerhard Danneskiold-Samsøe (b. 1952)'' ************************** Count Oluf Erling Christoffer Viggo Danneskiold-Samsøe (1917) ************************** Count Ubbe Eyvind Gregers Sophus Viggo Danneskiold-Samsøe (1921-1978) *************************** ''Count Jakob Frederik Christian Danneskiold-Samsøe (b. 1968)'' **************************** ''Count Julius Valentin Danneskiold-Samsøe (b. 1991)'' *************************** ''Count Johan Conrad Sophus Danneskiold-Samsøe (b. 1970)'' **************************** ''Count Valdemar August Theodor Danneskiold-Samsøe (b. 2008)'' **************************** ''Count Vilfred Arthur Cornelius Danneskiold-Samsøe (b. 2012)'' ************************* Count Knud Danneskiold-Samsøe (1876-1957) ************************ Count Frederik Vilhelm Steen Danneskiold-Samsøe (1837-1895) ************************* Count Frederik Sophus Christian Ludvig Danneskiold-Samsøe (1864-1944) ************************* Count Einar Carl Otto Danneskiold-Samsøe (1868-1908) ************************* Count Axel Edzard Ernest Danneskiold-Samsøe (1871-1925) ************************** Count Palle Julian Danneskiold-Samsøe (1906-1968) *************************** ''Count Thomas Godske Danneskiold-Samsøe (b. 1946)'' **************************** ''Count Mikkel Frederik Danneskiold-Samsøe (b. 1985)'' ************************ Count Otto Ludvig August Balthazar Danneskiold-Samsøe (1841-1896) ************************* Count Adam Sophus Danneskiold-Samsøe (1874-1961) ************************** Count Adam Otto Danneskiold-Samsøe (1910-1981) *************************** ''Count Bent Otto Aksel Danneskiold-Samsøe (b. 1943)'' *************************** ''Count Adam Peter Wilhelm Danneskiold-Samsøe (b. 1946)'' ************************** Count Ludvig Danneskiold-Samsøe (1926-1990) ********************** Count Ulrik Adolph Danneskiold-Samsøe (1723-1751) ******************** Count Friedrich Danneskiold-Samsøe (1703–1770) ********************* Count Christian Ulrich Danneskiold-Samsøe (1725-1726) *******************
Ulrik Christian Gyldenløve, Count of Samsø {{Infobox noble, type , name = Ulrik Christian Gyldenløve , title = Count of Samsø , image = Christian Ulrik Gyldenløve.JPG , caption = Ulrik Christian Gyldenløve, son of Christian V.The Por ...
(1678–1719)


References

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